"Im Dümpel" hardwood reserve nature reserve

NSG hardwood stock "Im Dümpel" IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Schmallenberg , Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	7.17 hectares
Identifier	HSK-565
WDPA ID	389815
Geographical location	51 ° 15 '  N , 8 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '56 "  N , 8 ° 20' 49"  E
Setup date	2008
Framework plan	Landscape plan Schmallenberg northwest
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Hochsauerlandkreis

The nature reserve “Im Dümpel” with a size of 7.17 hectares is located east of Dornheim in the urban area of Schmallenberg . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 2008 with the Schmallenberg Northwest landscape plan .

Area description

The NSG is largely a red beech forest with a few oaks. In addition, there is a seepage source in an ash tree . A brook leads from the seepage spring to the NSG. Rare animal and plant species are found in the NSG.

Protection purpose

The NSG is supposed to protect the 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

• Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority (ed.): Landscape plan Schmallenberg Northwest , Meschede 2008, p. 29.

Web links

• Nature reserve “HSK-565 Hardwood stock“ Im Dümpel ”” in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia