Mutzbach nature reserve

Mutzbach nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Bridge over the Mutzbach
location	Bergisch Gladbach , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	4,945 ha
Identifier	GL-065
WDPA ID	555514037
Geographical location	51 ° 0 '  N , 7 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 59 '34 "  N , 7 ° 4' 21"  E
Setup date	2008
Framework plan	Landscape plan south district (Bergisch Gladbach, Overath, Rösrath)
administration	Lower landscape authority Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

The Mutzbach nature reserve extends in the Hand district of Bergisch Gladbach between Diepeschrath and Diepeschrather Weg as far as the city limits of Cologne . From here there is a seamless connection to the Oberer Mutzbach nature reserve in Cologne's urban area . The Mutzbach nature reserve is part of the Bergische Heideterrasse .

vegetation

The protection designation takes place for the maintenance and development of a near-natural, alder -lined brook (the Mutzbach ), a wet alder floodplain forest with transitions to the alder forest and accompanying beech forests as well as a pond as an important habitat for amphibians .

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official map of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. Retrieved February 27, 2017
2. ^ "Südkreis" landscape plan (Bergisch Gladbach, Overath, Rösrath), text part. (PDF) The District Administrator of the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis, 2008, p. 67 , accessed on February 25, 2017 . 

Web pages

Commons : Mutzbach nature reserve  - collection of images

• Nature reserve "Mutzbach" (GL-065) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia