Wildlife Sanctuary

Wildlife Sanctuary

The Hillebachtal in the nature reserve

The Hillebach in the nature reserve

The nature reserve Irrgeister is a 38.6 hectare nature reserve (NSG) in the urban area of Winterberg between Niedersfeld and Grönebach . The area was designated as a NSG by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 2008 with the Winterberg landscape plan . The NSG is part of the Wiesen FFH area in the Springebach and Hillebach valleys near Niedersfeld (DE 4717-304).

The name Irrgeister probably comes from the vernacular. It comes from the fog that often rises from the wet meadows in Hillegrund.

Habitats

The NSG includes the course of the Hillebach and the grassland in the valley. The grassland is mostly grazed with cattle .

Conservation activities

Since 2003, the North Rhine-Westphalia Foundation has bought 7.71 hectares in the NSG for nature conservation purposes at the request of the Association for Nature and Bird Protection in the Hochsauerlandkreis .

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Hochsauerlandkreis
• List of FFH areas in North Rhine-Westphalia

literature

• Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority: Landscape plan Winterberg (PDF; 1.4 MB). Meschede 2008, p. 33.
• Werner Schubert: Unused and unloved - On the successful rescue of the Sauerland wet meadows (PDF; 1.85 MB), Irrgeister 2006/23. Pp. 23-26.

Web links

Commons : Wildlife Sanctuary  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Irrgeister" (HSK-405) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia

Individual evidence

1. ^ North Rhine-Westphalia Foundation: Annual Report 2017 . P. 62

Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '34.4 "  N , 8 ° 33' 8.1"  E