Neuchâtel wood
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Neuchâtel wood
IUCN category none - not specified |
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| location | Between Zetel , Bockhorn and Neuchâtel , Friesland district , Lower Saxony | |
| surface | 713 ha | |
| Identifier | NSG WE 307 | |
| WDPA ID | 555518233 | |
| Natura 2000 ID | DE2513331 | |
| FFH area | 664.39 ha | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 24 ' N , 7 ° 59' E | |
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| Sea level | from 2 m to 10 m | |
| Setup date | 1st February 2019 | |
| particularities | Partly natural forest reserve | |
The Neuenburger Holz is a forest area and a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipalities of Zetel and Bockhorn in the Friesland district .
Nature reserve
The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 307 is about 713 hectares . It completely covers the same-named, 664.39 hectare FFH area . Individual sub-areas that are not part of the FFH area but are completely surrounded by it were largely included in the nature reserve. Within the scope of the Nature Conservation Ordinance, the nature reserve replaces the previous landscape protection area “Neuenburger Holz”, which was designated in 1985, and the previous nature reserve “ Neuchâtel Primeval Forest ”, designated in 1938 . Part of the forest is designated as a natural forest reserve. The nature reserve borders on the remaining parts of the "Neuenburger Holz" nature reserve in several places. The area has been under nature protection since February 1, 2019. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Friesland.
description
The nature reserve lies between Zetel, Bockhorn and Neuchâtel . It places a predominantly historically old forest area on the Frisian Wehde , a flat ridge as part of the East Frisian-Oldenburg Geest , under protection. The forest area is criss-crossed by numerous streams.
The forests are characterized as grove -beech forests, woodruff-beech forests, oak-beech forests and oak-hornbeam forests . The dominant tree species in the beech forests is the common beech , which is sometimes joined by the pedunculate oak . Other tree and shrub species are rowanberry , holly and buckthorn , in the woodruff beech forests ash , hornbeam and bird cherry . In the herbaceous layer settle among other Carex Pilulifera , wavy hair and Solomon's seal beech forests Woodruff, in Woodruff , melica uniflora , Mercurialis perennis , yellow archangel and wood anemone . In the oak-hornbeam forests, English oak and hornbeam dominate. There are also ash, common beech, white elm , common hazel , bird cherry and hawthorn . In the area of the “Neuchâtel Primeval Forest” designated as a natural forest, grove-beech forests and oak-hornbeam forests grow. The latter was historically used as a hut forest . In some places oak afforestations and coniferous wood can be found. Alder-ash forests with black alder and common ash grow in small areas . In the herb layer z. B. Bitter Foam Cabbage and Small Valerian . The alder-ash forests grow primarily on wet locations, for example along streams.
The forests generally have structure-rich inner and outer forest edges as well as a high proportion of old and dead wood . In places, clearings and larger, predominantly moist grassland areas as well as small bodies of water and forest ponds are embedded in the forests. These are partly the result of recultivation measures in former clay mining areas . Tall herbaceous meadows sometimes settle in clear areas . The edges of the forest are in places pronounced as wall hedges .
The Neuchâtel wood is an important habitat for a species-rich flora and fauna. In the area, along with other amphibians of the great crested newt home. The forests contain among other woodpeckers black , middle and lesser spotted woodpecker , stock dove , garden and Waldbaumläufer , birds of prey and owls and various species of bats . Various ferns , orchids and mushrooms also settle here .
The nature reserve borders in places in the north on the locality of Zetel and in the west on the locality of Neuchâtel. Otherwise it is largely surrounded by agricultural land . Further forest communities join to the north of Neuchâtel. South of Zetel, the Zeteler Tief flows through the Neuchâtel wood. In the south and east it borders on the Woppenkamper Bäke.
The Neuenburger Holz is crossed by the federal highway 437 between Neuenburg and Bockhorn . In the north, the district road 102 runs through the forest that connects Bockhorn and Zetel, in the south a connecting road between Neuchâtel and Grabstede . Numerous forest paths run through the forest area .
Web links
- Nature reserve "Neuenburger Holz" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)
- NSG WE 307 - Neuchâtel wood , Friesland district
- Neuchâtel jungle , brochure, Friesland district (PDF, 3.1 MB)
- Neuchâtel Primeval Forest nature reserve , profile, Friesland district (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Neuenburger Holz , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved February 14, 2019.
- ↑ Profile of the natural forest of the Neuchâtel primeval forest , database of natural forest reserves in Germany, Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
- ↑ Official Journal for the District of Friesland , No. 1, January 31, 2019 (PDF, 1 MB). Retrieved February 14, 2019.
