Nature reserve Kollen- and Westerbachtal

Nature reserve Kollen- and Westerbachtal IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
The Kollenbach near Offermannsheide
location	Kürten , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	25.24 hectares
Identifier	GL-022
WDPA ID	164193
Geographical location	51 ° 0 '  N , 7 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 0 '10 "  N , 7 ° 15' 43"  E
Setup date	1990
Framework plan	Landscape plan of the municipality of Kürten
administration	Lower landscape authority Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

The nature reserve Kollen- und Westerbachtal is a nature reserve in the area of Hufe , Oberkollenbach , Niederkollenbach , Engeldorf and Offermannsheide in the municipality of Kürten in the Rheinisch-Bergisch district .

description

The nature reserve Kollen- and Westerbachtal consists of two parts. The western part begins in the area between Hufe and Oberkollenbach and then leads continuously to Offermannsheide. The eastern part has its origin in Niederkollenbach and ends at Engeldorf. The interruption is caused by a section of the stream that is not under nature protection and is also close to nature. In both parts of the area, the stream mainly flows through forest.

Vegetation and protection

In the relatively wide floodplain you can see alluvial forests with black alder and ash . In the northern section the floodplain opens up to a meadow valley with wet fallow land, into which the glandular balsam has penetrated as an invasive neophyte . The area with its near-natural low mountain range and the partially open floodplain overgrown with wet grassland is typical of the Bergische plateau . The designation of the protected area was made for the preservation and development of species and structure-rich floodplain habitats. The following protection purposes are specified in detail:

• Preservation and securing of the protected biotopes : quarry , swamp and alluvial forests , swamps , reed beds , wet meadows rich in sedges and rushes , large sedge groves , spring areas as well as natural and natural areas of flowing and standing inland waters,
• Preservation and development of near-natural small bodies of water and ponds with silting zones as important habitats, especially for amphibians ,
• Preservation and development of near-natural and structurally rich alluvial forests as well as accompanying hornbeam - rich hillside forests,
• Preservation and securing of boggy alder swamps and numerous rushes and sedge swamps as habitats for rare and adapted animal and plant species,
• Securing the function as a biotope network area is of paramount importance.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} nature reserve "Kollen- und Westerbachtal" (GL-022) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on April 14, 2017.

Web pages

• The District Administrator of the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis - Landscape Plan Kürten, text part 06/2012, p. 48, accessed on March 24, 2017