Neumarkt sand dunes

	Neumarkt sand dunes IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz , Sengenthal , Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz district , Bavaria
surface	65.15 hectares
Identifier	NSG-00231.01
WDPA ID	164798
Geographical location	49 ° 15 ' N , 11 ° 28' E Coordinates: 49 ° 15 '8 " N , 11 ° 28' 20" E
Setup date	January 16, 1985
administration	District of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate
particularities	Geotope

The Neumarkt sand dunes are a nature reserve and designated geotope near Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz in the Upper Palatinate district of Neumarkt in Oberpfalz in Bavaria .

location

The nature reserve is located south of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate and northeast of the municipality of Sengenthal . It is part of the fauna-flora-habitat area inland dunes and Albtrauf near Neumarkt (FFH no. 6734-371; WDPA no. 555521692). It belongs to the natural area foreland of the Middle Franconian Alb .

description

The 65 ha, 800 m long and up to 500 m wide area has several striking drifting sand dune fields. The dunes are up to 500 m long and up to 12 m high. A near-natural forest of the bog pine forest and sandy grass heaths can be found here .

During the Würm were sands from the Nuremberg pool blown well to the Alba Rose and camped there as a mighty inland dunes from. The undulating character of a dune landscape can still be seen here. The nature reserve was placed under protection on January 16, 1985 and designated as an important geotope (373R018) by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment .