Saubrink / Oberberg natural forest

Saubrink / Oberberg natural forest IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	East of Hameln , Hameln-Pyrmont district , Lower Saxony
surface	240 ha
Identifier	NSG HA 097
WDPA ID	164759
Geographical location	52 ° 6 '  N , 9 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 6 '6 "  N , 9 ° 32' 5"  E
Sea level	from 194 m to 405 m
Setup date	May 22, 1986
administration	NLWKN

The Saubrink / Oberberg natural forest is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Salzhemmendorf and in the Coppenbrügge area in the Hameln-Pyrmont district .

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG HA 097 is 240  hectares in size. It is completely part of the FFH area "Ith" and almost identical to the natural forest reserve "Saubrink / Oberberg". The nature reserve is completely enclosed by the " Ith " nature reserve, which was designated in 2008 . The area has been a nature reserve since May 22, 1986. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Hameln-Pyrmont.

The nature reserve is located within the Weserbergland Schaumburg-Hameln nature park in the north of the Ith, southwest of Coppenbrügge. It is characterized by extensive, near-natural forest areas - beech forest communities , dry limestone slopes and maple - ash trees - ravine forests - which are no longer cultivated. As natural forests, they should be left to their natural development.

In the herbaceous layer are spring flowering bulbs such as Corydalis , daffodils and wood anemones to find. Furthermore, here grow arum , yellow archangel , lily of the valley , hellebore , daphne and goldenrod and orchids like the orchid . There is also abundant moss and lichen vegetation.

The north and west of the reserve there are several distinctive rock formations of the Ith comb outcropping layer rib of Korallenooliths (Adam and Eve, Falkenstein, flags stone and Garwindelstein) and a landslide (Devil's Kitchen). Most of the rock formations are designated as natural monuments .

literature

• Peter Meyer, Katja Lorenz, Andreas Mölder, Roland Steffens, Wolfgang Schmidt, Thomas Kompa, Anne Wevell von Krüger: Natural Forests in Lower Saxony. Protection and Research. Volume 2 - Lower Saxony mountains . Leinebergland-Druck, Alfeld 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-050091-6

Web links

• Nature reserve "Saubrink / Oberberg natural forest" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)
• The places of worship of Northern Ith , Mystic Culture (photos of the rock formations)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile of the Saubrink / Oberberg natural forest, database of natural forest reserves in Germany, Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food . Retrieved March 22, 2012.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The most striking rock formations in the Weser Uplands , Daily Anzeiger Holzminden , June 28, 2000. Accessed on March 22, 2012.
3. ↑ Protected areas and natural monuments ( Memento from September 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Hameln-Pyrmont district (PDF, 6.08 MB).