Leihenberg-Nordhelle nature reserve

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The nature reserve Leihenberg-Nordhelle is a 19  hectare nature reserve (NSG) southwest of Elverlingsen or Werdohl-Elverlingsen power plant in the urban area of Altena in the Märkisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia . The NSG was designated as NSG by ordinance in 1952 and 2004 by the Arnsberg district government . The NSG is on the west side of the Lenne (Ruhr) . The NSG has been part of the FFH area Schluchtwälder in the Lennetal (No. DE-4712-301) with a size of 202 hectares since 2004 . It is surrounded by the landscape protection area Märkischer Kreis .

Area description

The NSG is a species-rich hillside mixed forest on the rocky steep slopes exposed towards the Lenne. The forest is Luzulo - beech forests , ravine forest and slope mixed forests. There are also near-natural source areas, creek and valley sections in the NSG. In the NSG rocks and cliffs emerge in various places. An old water of the Lenne, cut off and silted up by the railway line, with its willow and alder forest as well as extensive sedge and reed stands belongs to the NSG.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 9.6 ″  N , 7 ° 41 ′ 34.3 ″  E