Upper Hunte

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Upper Hunte

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

Bad Essen - Hunte.jpg
location Southeast of Bad Essen
surface 110 ha
Identifier NSG WE 251
WDPA ID 378333
Geographical location 52 ° 16 '  N , 8 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 15 '43 "  N , 8 ° 23' 52"  E
Upper Hunte (Lower Saxony)
Upper Hunte
Sea level from 62 m to 131 m
Setup date 01/25/2007
administration NLWKN
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Obere Hunte is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxon town of Melle and the municipality of Bad Essen in the Osnabrück district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 251 ( SCI DE3616301) is 110  hectares . It is congruent with the FFH area of the same name .

The nature reserve "Obere Hunte" is located southeast of Bad Essen and north of Melle in the area of ​​the Wiehengebirge and the Osnabrück hill country . It places the upper reaches and floodplain area of the Hunte from the source area to the Rabber district belonging to Bad Essen (a little below the crossing of the former Wittlager Kreisbahn ) and the Bremkebach and Glanebach brooks that flow into the Hunte under protection.

The upper Hunte is a flowing water that has not changed much by humans, with gravel banks and a constantly changing shape of the riverbed. The shore is almost completely lined with trees. In Auebereich are reed areas and Hochstaudenfluren to find. The adjacent areas are predominantly characterized by grassland , in some places there are also fields . The source area and the area of Wiehe mountain breakthrough as well as the by-carrying Glane Bach valley is predominantly forested, with a large part thereof, to be the location of typical coniferous forest represents.

The area has been a nature reserve since January 25, 2007. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Osnabrück.

Web links

Commons : Obere Hunte nature reserve  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. Various authors: Geographische Landesaufnahme: The natural spatial units in single sheets 1: 200,000 . Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1952–1994. → Online maps
    • Sheet 83/84: Osnabrück / Bentheim (Sofie Meisel 1961; 66 pages) → map (PDF, 6.6 MB)
    • Sheet 85: Minden (Sofie Meisel 1959; 50 p. - only 535.03) → map (PDF, 4.6 MB)