Ringesbach Valley and Upper Gleierbach Valley Nature Reserve

NSG Ringesbach- and upper Gleierbachtal IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Schmallenberg , Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	12.82 hectares
Identifier	HSK-572
WDPA ID	389875
Geographical location	51 ° 9 '  N , 8 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 8 '36 "  N , 8 ° 9' 9"  E
Setup date	2008
Framework plan	Landscape plan Schmallenberg northwest
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Hochsauerlandkreis

The nature reserve Ringesbach- and upper Gleierbachtal with a size of 12.82 ha is located south of Bracht (Schmallenberg) in the urban area of Schmallenberg . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 2008 with the Schmallenberg Northwest landscape plan .

Area description

The NSG is a Bachtal complex with floodplain; the streams are Gleierbach and Ringesbach . Rare animal and plant species are found in the NSG.

Protection purpose

The NSG is supposed to protect the Bachtal complex with floodplain and its species inventory.

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 (Ed.): Landscape plan Schmallenberg Northwest , Meschede 2008, pp. 28–29.

Web links

• Nature reserve "HSK-572 Ringesbach- und Oberes Gleierbachtal" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia