Medebachtal nature reserve and headwaters

Medebachtal nature reserve and headwaters

NSG (grassland on the right) and surroundings

The nature reserve Medebachtal and headwaters with a size of 50.7  ha is located south of Bruchhausen in the urban area of Olsberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 2004 with the Olsberg landscape plan .

Area description

The NSG is the headwaters from the Medebach and the stream with the floodplain to the village. In the village, at the confluence of the Lutterbecke and the Medebach, the Gierskoppbach becomes .

Protection purpose

In the NSG, the source area there and the stream are to be protected. 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: Olsberg landscape plan . Meschede 2004, pp. 19-24 and 48-49.

Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 4 ″  N , 8 ° 32 ′ 30 ″  E

Web links

Commons : Nature reserve Medebachtal and headwaters  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Medebachtal und Quellgebiet" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia