Schoppenwasser valley nature reserve
The Schoppenwasser-Tal nature reserve is a 7.71 hectare nature reserve south of the village of Hardenberg 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 . The NSG is only separated from the Wesmecke-Tal nature reserve in the east and from the Hemche-Tal / Geitsiepen nature reserve in the west .
Area description
The NSG is the meadow valley of the meandering Schoppenwasser with the floodplain . There is mostly grassland in the floodplain . Partly there is wet and damp grassland in the NSG. Some of the grassland has fallen fallow .
Protection purpose
The nature reserve was designated for the conservation and development of the meadow valley and as a habitat for endangered animal and plant species. 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”.
For the NSG there is a special prohibition “the grassland before June 15. to mow ".
See also
literature
- Märkischer Kreis - Lower Landscape Authority (ed.): Märkischer Kreis: Landscape Plan No. 6 Meinerzhagen , Lüdenscheid 2001, pp. 98–99.
Web links
- Nature reserve "Schoppenwasser-Tal" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 44 ″ N , 7 ° 43 ′ 36 ″ E