Upper Wiedtal

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Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 32 ″  N , 7 ° 46 ′ 46 ″  E

Relief map: Rhineland-Palatinate
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Upper Wiedtal​
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Rhineland-Palatinate
Upper Wiedtal nature reserve (July 2016)

The Upper Wiedtal nature reserve is the largest nature reserve in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The 204 hectare area, which was placed under nature protection in 2008 , extends southeast of the local community of Wied . To the west of the area runs the B 8 , to the east runs the state road L 292. The Wied flows through the area roughly in a north-south direction.

Protective purpose is the preservation and development of the upper reaches of Wied as semi-natural low mountain creek in the context of the existing, diverse, different in the area habitat types , such as sources , streams, ponds , wetlands , breakage, swelling and brook forests.

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Commons : Naturschutzgebiet Oberes Wiedtal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files