Vor'm Hängeberg nature reserve

	Nature reserve “Vor'm Hängeberg” IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	View from south to north
location	Brilon , Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	2.5 ha
Identifier	HSK-205
WDPA ID	378310
Geographical location	51 ° 23 ' N , 8 ° 35' E Coordinates: 51 ° 22 '32 " N , 8 ° 35' 14" E
Setup date	2001

The nature reserve Vor'm Hängeberg with a size of 2.5 hectares is located north of Gudenhagen in the urban area of Brilon an der Landstrasse. The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 2001 with the Hoppecketal landscape plan . Most of it lies in a hairpin bend on federal highway 251 .

Area description

The NSG is a grassland area. The grassland is partly wet and wet grassland. Endangered plant species occur in the area. The NSG is grazed with cattle.

Protection purpose

The NSG is supposed to protect the grassland. 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”.

Conservation measures

Forestry chopper chops cut spruce and bushes on the edge of the NSG

The NSG was largely bought by the Association for Nature and Bird Protection in the Hochsauerlandkreis (VNV) in order to graze it extensively. In the winter of 2013/2013, trees and bushes were cut down on a large scale in the area. In April 2013, this wood material was chopped up by a forestry chopper. The chopped material was sent to the town of Brilon for the wood chip heating system.

literature

Harald Legge, Richard Götte: Optimization and maintenance measures in VNV protected areas. Irrgeister 2013/20: pp. 38–40
Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority: Hoppecketal landscape plan (PDF; 1.4 MB), Meschede 2001, p. 40.

Web links

Commons : Vor'm Hängeberg nature reserve - collection of images, videos and audio files

Nature reserve “Vor'm Hängeberg” (HSK-205) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia