Ruhrleggen nature reserve

The Ruhrleggen nature reserve with a size of 50.7  hectares is located south of Wiemeringhausen in the city of Olsberg in the Hochsauerland district . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 2004 with the Olsberg landscape plan . The NSG consists of two areas. The area of ​​the NSG has been part of the Fauna-Flora-Habitat Area (FFH) gorge and Schatthang forests north of Niedersfeld (Natura 2000 no. DE-4717-303) in the European system of protected areas according to Natura 2000 since 2004 .

Area description

The NSG is a forest with up to 10 m high diabase rocks and upstream block heaps. The forest is a beech forest.

Protection purpose

The deciduous forest there is to be protected in the NSG. 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 39-40.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 4717-303 canyon forests north of Niedersfeld.  (FFH area) Profiles of the Natura 2000 areas. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved November 28, 2017.

Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 31 ″  N , 8 ° 30 ′ 33 ″  E