Westenfelder Kalkknäppchen nature reserve

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The Westenfelder Kalkknäppchen nature reserve with a size of 2.6  hectares is located east of Westenfeld in the urban area of Sundern (Sauerland) . The area was designated as a nature reserve by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 1993 with the Sundern landscape plan . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) with an area of ​​2.3 hectares for the first time in 1993 with the Sundern landscape plan by the district council of the Hochsauerlandkreis . When the landscape planner Sundern was reorganized, the NSG was again identified and enlarged. The NSG begins directly at houses in the Westenfelder Mühle area . The Hellefelder Senke conservation area borders in the north and the Sundern conservation area in the southeast .

Area description

Small beech grove with a very species-rich herb layer. The central part of the NSG is formed by an old mixed beech forest with an extremely species-rich herb layer with some types of orchids. The eastern part of the NSG is characterized by a high proportion of maple in the forest. The limestone is scattered and only sparsely exposed in low rock ridges. The coal limestone and dark clay and alum slate were previously quarried in the small quarry to the south. Its steep walls, up to about 25 m high, have a species-rich rock vegetation on the upper edge. In addition to the orchid species, there is a larger occurrence of the green hellebore . Just as remarkable is a small population of the narrow-leaved hollow tooth .

Protection purpose

The NSG is intended to protect the ravine forest and other forest areas with the source and source stream with the species there. 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”.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority (ed.): Landscape plan Sundern , Meschede 1993, p. 21.
  2. Landscape plan Sundern - reorganization, p. 40 ff. (PDF) Retrieved on May 4, 2019 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 19 '15.3 "  N , 8 ° 3' 10.6"  E