Wesmecke Valley nature reserve

The Wesmecke-Tal nature reserve is a 20.30 hectare nature reserve (NSG) 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 Schoppenwasser-Tal nature reserve is only separated by a path at the southwest end of the NSG .

Area description

The NSG is the meadow valley of the meandering Wesmecke with the floodplain . In the NSG there are areas with alder forest . Otherwise there is mostly grassland in the NSG. 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

• List of nature reserves in the Märkisches Kreis

literature

• Märkischer Kreis - Lower Landscape Authority (ed.): Märkischer Kreis: Landscape Plan No. 6 Meinerzhagen , Lüdenscheid 2001, pp. 91–92.

Web links

• Nature reserve "Wesmecke-Tal" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia

Coordinates: 51 ° 5 '11 "  N , 7 ° 43' 48"  E