Upper Dombach Valley

The Obere Dombachtal is a nature reserve in Dombach in the Limburg-Weilburg district east of the Sommerberg .

The nature reserve

The nature reserve with a size of 18.71 hectares was placed under protection on February 17, 1995.

The nature reserve consists of areas of the districts "Dombach", "Sauerwiesen", "Am Heppenborn", "Unter dem Heppenborn", "Nußheck", "Unter dem Nußheck", "Am Stolzenberg", "Kirchheck", "Om dem Sauren Wiesen" "," In the Münstergrund "and" The dry meadows "of the city of Bad Camberg . The upper Dombachtal has natural flowing waters, Hainsternmieren, alder and alluvial forest relicts, whistle grass, oat and marsh marigold meadows as a location for rare and endangered plants and animal species. The aim of the designation of the area is the regeneration of the fallow wet meadows, the extensification of the smooth oat meadows, the conversion of the wild fields into grassland and the conversion of the spruce stands into deciduous forest appropriate to the location.

Web links

• World Database on Protected Areas - Oberes Dombachtal (English)

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Limburg-Weilburg district

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ordinance on the "Upper Dombachtal" nature reserve of February 17, 1995 . In: The government president (ed.): State gazette for the state of Hesse. 1995 No. 11 , p. 909 , point 290 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 15.1 MB ]).

Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 46.9 ″  N , 8 ° 20 ′ 38.7 ″  E