Hombachtal nature reserve

Hombachtal nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
At the entrance to the Hombachtal (2017)
location	Bergisch Gladbach , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	22,357 hectares
Identifier	GL-064
WDPA ID	555514036
Geographical location	51 ° 0 '  N , 7 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 59 '53 "  N , 7 ° 10' 32"  E
Setup date	2008
Framework plan	Landscape plan south district (Bergisch Gladbach, Overath, Rösrath)
administration	Lower landscape authority Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

The Hombachtal nature reserve extends between the Herrenstrunden and Herkenrath districts of Bergisch Gladbach . It encompasses the Hombach valley from the spring depths of a backwater at Breite with the Hombacher Berg via Oberhombach , Hombach to Unterhombach . The road leading through the Hombachtal ends in the Strundetal .

vegetation

The protection designation takes place for the maintenance and development of the brook valley, which is characterized by semi-natural alluvial forests , extensive grassland and well-developed beech forests on limestone and loess soils . The upper course is lined with alders and intensive grassland. A near-natural alder, ash and alluvial forest has been preserved near Unterhombach . Unterhombach north of the western side of the valley of extensive grassland is taken that of a wood-lined hollow road is divided. On the eastern side of the valley is the limestone dome of the Hombacher Berg, which is planted with well-developed, herb-rich pearl grass beech forest.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Südkreis" landscape plan (Bergisch Gladbach, Overath, Rösrath), text part. (PDF) The District Administrator of the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis, 2008, pp. 65–66 , accessed on February 25, 2017 . 

Web links

• Nature reserve “Hombachtal” (GL-064) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia