Schmale Becke nature reserve

The Schmale Becke nature reserve is a 9.2 hectare nature reserve (NSG) in the town of Meinerzhagen in the Märkisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia . The NSG was designated in 2001 by the district council of the Märkischer Kreis with the landscape plan No. 6 Meinerzhagen .

Area description

The NSG is the meadow valley of the Schmale Becke .

Protection purpose

The nature reserve was designated “for the maintenance, restoration and optimization of a mainly grassland-dominated low mountain range as a habitat for numerous endangered plant and animal communities”. As with other nature reserves in Germany, the protection designation indicated that the area became a nature reserve “because of its scenic beauty and uniqueness”.

In the NSG it is forbidden to mow the grassland before June 15th.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Märkisches Kreis

literature

• Märkischer Kreis - Lower Landscape Authority (Ed.): Märkischer Kreis: Landscape Plan No. 6 Meinerzhagen , Lüdenscheid 2001, pp. 67–68.

Web links

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

Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 15 ″  N , 7 ° 46 ′ 35 ″  E