Kehlenberg nature reserve

Kehlenberg nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Schmallenberg , Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	6.8 ha
Identifier	HSK-555
WDPA ID	389800
Geographical location	51 ° 15 '  N , 8 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '33 "  N , 8 ° 23' 16"  E
Setup date	2008
Framework plan	Landscape plan Schmallenberg southeast
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Hochsauerlandkreis

The nature reserve Kehlenberg with a size of 6.8 ha is located south of Bödefeld in the urban area of Schmallenberg . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 2008 with the Schmallenberg Southeast landscape plan .

Area description

The NSG is an overgrown red beech - oak - coppice forest on the Kehlenberg . On the ridge there is a low, moss-rich ledge.

Protection purpose

The NSG is supposed to protect the forest area with its species inventory.

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 Hochsauerlandkreis

literature

• Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority (ed.): Landscape plan Schmallenberg Südost , Meschede 2008, p. 40.

Web links

• Nature reserve "HSK-555 Kehlenberg" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia