Middle Weifetal nature reserve

The nature reserve Mittleres Weifetal with a size of 2.6  ha is located west of Hallenberg . It was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis on September 15, 2004 with the Hallenberg landscape plan. The L 717 borders in the north and west. The nature reserve Hallenberger Wald follows this road . To the south it borders on the nature reserve Hallenberger Waldlandschaft .

Area description

The NSG consists of extensive grassland with wet grassland and fallow land. The white river flows in the valley.

Protection purpose

The NSG is supposed to protect the grassland with its species inventory. To contribute to the preservation and development of communities and habitats of wild, partly endangered species, animal and plant species. As with all nature reserves in Germany, the protection designation pointed out that the area was designated as a nature reserve “because of the rarity, special character and beauty of the area”. According to the NSG designation, the area was also designated in order to contribute to the safeguarding of the ecological network Natura 2000 of the European Union within the meaning of the Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive . The NSG consists of four sub-areas.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Hochsauerlandkreis

literature

• Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority (ed.): Landscape plan Hallenberg , Meschede 2004, pp. 23–28 and 61.

Web links

• "Mittleres Weifetal" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia

Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 42 "  N , 8 ° 34 ′ 42"  E