Olpebachtal nature reserve

Olpebachtal nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
At the beginning of the western part near Kaas
location	Kürten , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	25.06 ha
Identifier	GL-016
WDPA ID	166022
Geographical location	51 ° 2 '  N , 7 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 1 '43 "  N , 7 ° 16' 59"  E
Setup date	1990
Framework plan	Landscape plan Kürten
administration	Lower landscape authority Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

The nature reserve Olpebachtal is a nature reserve in the municipality of Kürten in the Rheinisch-Bergisch district . It begins in the vicinity of Hembach and extends from here over Delling to south of Eichen . Here is a brief interruption. A second part follows between the districts of Kaas and Sülze along the Kohlgrube road to the municipality of Kürten.

description

The NSG covers the lower section of the Olpebach valley until shortly before the confluence with the Kürtener Sülz . Here it goes into the nature reserve Olpebachtal (GM-042) in the municipality of Lindlar . As a near-natural flowing water with a wide floodplain, the area is representative of the Bergische plateau .

Vegetation and protection

The Bachtal consists of wet grassland in the form of flat, waters accompanying Hochstaudenfluren with butterbur and meadowsweet -rich wet fallow, by Himalayan balsam as invasive Neophyt are impaired. Particularly noteworthy are the extensive, water-accompanying tall herbaceous vegetation in the south. The protection designation takes place for the maintenance and development of a natural, extensive stream valley and its side depths. In detail, the following protective purposes were set:

• Preservation and development of the extensive, diversified Bachtal system with its outstanding beauty and character and particular suitability for recreation in nature,
• Preservation and securing of the protected biotopes : quarry , swamp and alluvial forests , wet meadows rich in sedges and rushes , spring areas and natural and near-natural areas of flowing and standing inland waters,
• Preservation and development of species-rich grassland areas as well as wet and wet grassland in the valley floor as a habitat for adapted animal and plant species,
• Securing the function as a biotope network area of outstanding regional importance.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} "Olpebachtal" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on March 24, 2017.
2. ↑ ^{a b} landscape plan Kürten. Text part. (PDF) The District Administrator of the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis, June 2012, pp. 42–43 , accessed on March 25, 2017 .