Small Steinmecketal nature reserve

Small Steinmecketal nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
View of the northwestern NSG section (2016)
location	Meschede , Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	9.1 ha
Identifier	HSK-130
WDPA ID	164137
Geographical location	51 ° 22 '  N , 8 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 22 '20 "  N , 8 ° 17' 56"  E
Setup date	1994
Framework plan	Landscape plan Meschede
administration	Lower landscape authority Hochsauerlandkreis

The Kleines Steinmecketal nature reserve with a size of 9.1 hectares is located in the Arnsberg Forest nature park northeast of Meschede . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 1994 with the Meschede landscape plan.

Area description

The NSG is a quarry forest with the Kleine Steinmecke stream . Red alder and red spruce predominantly grow in the quarry forest . Rare animal and plant species are found in the NSG.

Protection purpose

The NSG is supposed to protect the stream and the alder forest 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

• Westphalian Office for State and Building Maintenance: Meschede landscape plan . Arnsberg 1994, p. 63.

Web links

Commons : Nature reserve Kleines Steinmecketal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "HSK-130 Kleines Steinmecketal" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia