Groß-Gerau Niederwald
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The coppice forest of Groß-Gerau
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| location | Groß-Gerau , Hessen , Germany | |
| surface | 69.56 ha | |
| Identifier | 1433022 | |
| WDPA ID | 162728 | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 57 ′ N , 8 ° 29 ′ E | |
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| Sea level | from 87 m to 88 m | |
| Setup date | 1995 | |
| administration | Lower nature conservation authority in the Groß-Gerau district | |
The Niederwald of Groß-Gerau is a nature reserve in the Groß-Gerau district (NSG identification 1433022). It covers around 69.5 hectares of forest east of Nauheim and north of Groß-Gerau in the Groß-Gerau district in Hesse .
Area description
The nature reserve comprises the western part of the forest area known as Niederwaldpark in the north of the Groß-Gerau district. In the west, the nature reserve borders on federal highway 67 for a length of about one and a half kilometers with an average width of 300 meters . A small tip in the north extends over the Hegbach into the Nauheim district. The Apfelbach , which flows into the Hegbachsee on the other side of the motorway , divides the protected area roughly in the middle on its course from east to west. Shortly before the mouth of the Apfelbach, the Dohlgraben runs from the south at an acute angle . On both sides of this Dohlgrabens the nature reserve forest strip east extended by an approximately square impact of about 500 meter side length, limited by Parfinkehorstschneise, Krämer lane and width fracture corridor .
Protection purpose
The purpose of the protection is to protect the moisture-loving deciduous forest communities of chickweed-oak-hornbeam forest, black alder-ash alluvial forest, black alder swamp forest and oak-elm alluvial forest, with aquatic plant communities and reed stands for the rare and endangered plants living in this area - and animal species, especially bird and insect species, including a particularly high number of endangered deadwood beetles, and to protect them from harm. The protection and maintenance goal is to further develop the near-natural forest, to bring about measures to improve the water balance of the originally moist to wet locations and to create a game density adapted to the ecological conditions.
literature
- Ordinance on the nature reserve "The Niederwald von Groß-Gerau" of October 4, 1995 . In: Higher nature conservation authority (ed.): State gazette for the state of Hesse. 1995 No. 45 , p. 3509 , point 1156 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 9.5 MB ]).