Schmalenaus Bruch nature reserve

NSG Schmalenaus Bruch IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Meschede , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	2.3 ha
Identifier	HSK-098
WDPA ID	165434
Geographical location	51 ° 24 '  N , 8 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 24 '25 "  N , 8 ° 13' 13"  E
Sea level	from 480 m to 493 m
Setup date	1994
Framework plan	Landscape plan Meschede

The nature reserve Schmalenaus Bruch with a size of 2.3 hectares is located directly on the northern city limits of Meschede in the Arnsberg Forest . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 1994 with the Meschede landscape plan. In the north, the Arnsberg Forest nature reserve borders the town of Warstein in the Soest district .

Area description

The NSG is a break area with forest and meadows. It covers part of the source horizon of the Große Schmalenau ; its defined source is only a few meters away in the north adjacent NSG Arnsberger Wald. The forest in the NSG is a quarry forest with red alder and birch trees, while the grassland has wet and wet meadows. Rare animal and plant species are found in the NSG.

Protection purpose

The NSG is supposed to protect the break area with 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

• Westphalian Office for State and Building Maintenance: Meschede landscape plan . Arnsberg 1994, p. 24.

Web links

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