Steeger Berg nature reserve

Steeger Berg nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Steeger Berg nature reserve near Hauserhof
location	Kürten , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	14.56 ha
Identifier	GL-018
WDPA ID	165660
Geographical location	51 ° 1 ′  N , 7 ° 13 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 51 ″  N , 7 ° 13 ′ 17 ″  E
Setup date	1990
Framework plan	Landscape plan of the municipality of Kürten
administration	Lower landscape authority Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

former quarry in Steeg

The Steeger Berg nature reserve is a nature reserve in the Dürscheid district of the municipality of Kürten in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis . It lies between Meiswinkel , Miebach , Steeg and Dürscheid (clockwise).

description

The nature reserve spreads in the south on sloping shoulders of a ridge sloping to the east and west of a ridge rising to the north. In the north it lies on a ridge sloping to the west. The two sections are morphologically separated by a dry valley . At the southern tip there is a former limestone quarry .

Vegetation and protection

The protection took place in order to preserve and develop a significant occurrence and development of a limestone beech forest and spruce stands on karst subsoil , an old orchard in the south and warmth-loving forest fringes and bushes. In detail, the following protective purposes were set:

• Preservation and development of the species-rich mixed beech forest as a habitat for numerous endangered plant species, in particular geophytes and adapted plant species on calcareous soils,
• Preservation and development of a limestone beech forest as a typical landscape section ( hilltops , hillside forests and sinkholes ) in the area of ​​the Paffrath Kalkmulde landscape ,
• Preservation and development of forest communities that have become rare and typical of the Paffrather Kalkmulde landscape, in particular the pearl grass and woodruff beech forests.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} "Steeger Berg" nature reserve (GL-018) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on April 14, 2017.

Web pages

• The District Administrator of the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis - Landscape Plan Kürten, text part 06/2012, p. 44, accessed on March 21, 2017