Katerlöh nature reserve

The Katerlöh nature reserve with a size of 2.8 hectares is located in the municipality of Herscheid, northwest of the hamlet of Katerlöh . The nature reserve (NSG) was designated in 1998 by the Märkischer Kreis with the landscape plan No. 5 Herscheid .

Area description

The NSG is a juniper heather .

Protection purpose

According to the nature reserve designation, the area was designated a nature reserve for the maintenance, development and restoration of a juniper heather with a specially adapted flora and fauna. As with all nature reserves in Germany, the protection designation pointed out that the area became a nature reserve “because of the rarity, special character and beauty of the area”.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Märkisches Kreis

literature

• Märkischer Kreis: Landscape plan No. 5 Herscheid , Lüdenscheid 1998.

Web links

• Nature reserve "Katerlöh" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia

References

1. ↑ Märkischer Kreis: Landscape Plan No. 5 Herscheid , Lüdenscheid 1998, pp. 36–38.

Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 44 ′ 31 ″  E