Langscheider Mark nature reserve

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Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 23 "  N , 7 ° 55 ′ 55"  E

Relief map: North Rhine-Westphalia
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The Langscheider Mark nature reserve with an area of ​​148.1  hectares is located southwest of Langscheid in the urban area of Sundern and in the Hochsauerlandkreis . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the district council of the Hochsauerlandkreis in 2019 with the Sundern landscape plan . Before that, the area was designated as part of the Sundern nature reserve from 1993 . The NSG goes in the south to the L 687 . Campsites and the Sorpesee are located on the other side of the L 687 . In the west it goes to the city and district limits. The NSG is mostly surrounded by spruce forests in the Sundern nature reserve .

description

Hiking trail through the Langscheider Mark

The NSG consists of near-natural grove beech forests of heterogeneous age structure. The beech forests are predominantly hall forests with a sparse herbaceous layer and in large parts without a noteworthy shrub layer. Especially in the north, they are often rich in structure, old and dead wood, in groups or in individual trunks, other tree species are added here. Usually oaks, but also spruce, larch and other tree species are added. In this northern part of the area there are also cave trees and occasionally standing dead wood. In the north the beeches and oaks can be up to 180 years old, in the south they are a little younger at up to 120 years. Occasionally, beech natural regeneration can be observed in the entire NSG. In places, natural regeneration of sycamore and ash trees can also be seen. However, there is also a considerable spruce attack, especially in the edge areas of the protected area.

There are small, near-natural seepage springs and spring streams throughout the area. There are some individual alders along the streams. In the north they flow in small Siepentälchen mainly to the Melscheder Mühlenbach and in the south to the Sorpesee. Some of the rivulets seep back into the forest floor after just a few meters. The larger, nameless wooded Siepental in the area of ​​the southern eastern border of the area extends over a length of almost 900 m from the plateau of the Langscheider Mark in a south-easterly direction and flows from the north-west into a side bay of the Sorpesees. The Bachaue is bordered on both sides by forest paths, which are followed by coniferous forests and young hardwood forests. The narrow stream floodplain of the Siepental is characterized by a near-natural stream course and corresponding stream-accompanying, spring-infiltrated alder forests. In some places, small cushions of peat moss stand out. A special feature are the numerous very old alder trees in the stock. Spruce trees are partially added to the alluvial forest areas, especially in the peripheral areas. Through the dam of the Sorpesee-Randstrasse, the creek is dammed into a small still water with underwater and floating leaf vegetation as well as a fragmentary large sedge that is important as amphibian and dragonfly habitat.

Protection purpose

According to the landscape plan, it was designated as:

  • "Protection, conservation and optimization of large, near-natural beech forests and their communities through natural forest management with natural sources and source streams for scientific, natural history, geological and cultural reasons;"
  • "Protection, preservation and development of a large, near-natural, biogeographically typical biotope complex with particular importance within the regional forest biotope network;"
  • "Protection, preservation and development of the Siepen Valley and its communities in its function as a networking biotope, which is characterized by a near-natural flowing water and stream floodplain forests."
  • "The NSG also serves to sustainably secure habitats that are particularly worthy of protection according to § 30 BNatschG and the occurrence of rare animal and plant species."

Special forest rules

Softwood cultivation with a maximum share of 20% or 30% is still permitted on three composite areas within the NSG. Outside these composite areas with up to 30% coniferous wood, the coniferous forest areas are converted into hardwood areas with payment of an appropriate compensation. A Douglas fir seed stock in the north-eastern NSG area enjoys grandfathering.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Langscheider Mark nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Landscape plan Sundern - reorganization, p. 62 ff. (PDF) Retrieved on September 1, 2020 .
  2. ^ Hochsauerlandkreis: Landscape plan Sundern. Meschede 1993, p. 74.