Nature reserve Vordere Winterseite

The nature reserve Vordere Winterseite with a size of 7.7 hectares is located west of Hallenberg . It was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis on September 15, 2004 with the Hallenberg landscape plan.

Area description

The NSG consists of fallow grassland and heather. The NSG is partly very overgrown by bushes. There are also many spruce trees in the NSG that were created by flying seeds.

Protection purpose

The NSG is supposed to protect the grassland and the heather with their inventory of species. To contribute to the preservation and development of communities and habitats of wild, partly endangered species, animal and plant species. As with all nature reserves in Germany, the protection designation pointed out that the area was designated as a nature reserve “because of the rarity, special character and beauty of the area”. According to the NSG designation, the area was also designated in order to contribute to the safeguarding of the ecological network Natura 2000 of the European Union within the meaning of the Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive .