Töckelhausener Bachtal nature reserve

	Töckelhausener Bachtal nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Source pond in Töckelhausen
location	Wermelskirchen , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	10.76 ha
Identifier	GL-043
WDPA ID	329675
Geographical location	51 ° 10 ' N , 7 ° 15' E Coordinates: 51 ° 9 '31 " N , 7 ° 14' 47" E
Setup date	2000
Framework plan	Landscape plan Wermelskirchen
administration	Lower landscape authority Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

The Töckelhausener Bachtal nature reserve is located between Oberstrasse near Bergisch Born and the northern boundary of the district on Eschbach in the town of Wermelskirchen in the Rheinisch-Bergisch district .

description

The nature reserve mainly comprises the bottom of the Bachtal up to the confluence with the Eschbach, including its floodplain on the left .

Protective purposes

The protection designation takes place for the preservation and development of a predominantly near-natural stream valley with its diverse mosaic of partly fallow wet grassland , remains of alluvial forest , reed beds and small amphibian spawning waters, to ensure the water quality of the Eschbach dam as well as for the protection, care and development of the habitats bound to these habitats Biological communities of plants and animals. The following protection purposes are specified in detail:

Securing the function as a biotope connection area of outstanding importance as a connection area and with connecting elements,
Preservation and development of the landscape in its special character, rarity and outstanding beauty,
Protection, maintenance and development of the predominantly wooded and near-natural brook valley of the Bergische Plateau with a diverse mosaic of wet grassland, wet grassland fallow land and alluvial forest remains as well as the essentially near-natural biotope complex,
Securing the function as a biotope connection area of outstanding importance as a connecting area and with connecting elements as a habitat for typical plant and animal species as well as a networking biotope between the populated areas and the Eschbachtal ,

Preservation and development of habitats, biotopes or communities of certain wild, characteristic and remarkable animal or plant species,

Preservation and protection of the protected biotopes : near-natural spring areas as well as species-rich poor meadows and pastures.

Prohibitions

To achieve and maintain the protective purposes, it is forbidden to change the groundwater level or to implement irrigation, drainage or other measures that change the water balance.