Oppenweher Moor

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Oppenweher Moor
nature reserve Oppenweher moor nature reserve

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

Rushes in the Oppenweher Moor

Rushes in the Oppenweher Moor

location north of Oppenwehe in the district of Minden-Lübbecke  / North Rhine-Westphalia  (NW) and the district of Diepholz  / Lower Saxony  (NI)
surface 380.0 ha (NI),
492.48 ha (NW)
Identifier NSG HA 043 (NI),
MI-001 (NW)
WDPA ID 82287 (NI),
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FFH area 380.0 ha (NI),
471 ha (NW)
Bird sanctuary 380.0 ha (NI),
471 ha (NW)
Geographical location 52 ° 30 '  N , 8 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 30 '22 "  N , 8 ° 30' 56"  E
Oppenweher Moor (Lower Saxony)
Oppenweher Moor
Sea level from 37 m to 39 m
Setup date March 28, 1977 (NI),
July 22, 1952 (NW)
administration Lower nature conservation authority of the district of Diepholz, lower landscape authority of the district of Minden-Lübbecke

The Oppenweher Moor , also called Stemmer Moor , is an upland moor in the Diepholzer Moorniederung natural area . It covers a total size of around 870  hectares and is located in Lower Saxony and in the north-eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia . It is one of the most important bog formations in Northwest Germany and is counted among the ten most important wetland protection areas in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is part of the Dümmer Nature Park .

location

The area is located in the north of the Oppenwehe district of the municipality of Stemwede in the East Westphalian district of Minden-Lübbecke and in the south of the Diepholz district . On the Lower Saxony side, it forms the Oppenweher Moor nature reserve with the official registration number NSG HA 043 on an area of ​​380 ha . On the North Rhine-Westphalian side, there is the approx. 492 ha nature reserve Oppenweher Moorland with the registration number MI-001, which is based on the amalgamation of the former nature reserves Oppenweher Moor and Am Oppenweher Moor . Most of the land is owned by the Minden-Lübbecke district, which bought the land with the support of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

description

Before it was placed under protection, peat was extracted in large areas using the traditional manual peat digging method. No industrial dismantling took place at any time.

Despite the former drainage and peat digging, the bog provides a livelihood for a large number of endangered plant and animal species. Important plants in the Oppenweher Moor include peat moss , cotton grass and bell heather . The peat mosses are responsible for the growth of the bog and are the most important plants of the raised bog. They can store more than twenty times their weight in water. Their lower parts die off and turn into peat . The thickness of the peat in the Oppenweher Moor is up to 170 cm. The best known and most conspicuous plant is cotton grass. In spring, the cotton grasses transform large parts of the raised bog into a white sea. The bell heather is a typical heather plant of the raised bogs. It prefers wet locations and blooms in summer. Typical bog species such as rosemary heather , round-leaved sundew , black crowberry and common cranberry also thrive on the rewetted raised bog .

Information pavilion and hiking trails

Five circular hiking trails run through the nature reserve and allow visitors to observe rare animals and plants. A bird watching tower in the south of the moor also offers a wide view of the center of the area. In the “Moorblick” information pavilion, the history of the moor and interesting facts about its origin and significance are presented.

Connection with other protected areas

The Oppenweher Moor is also an EU bird sanctuary " Oppenweher Moor " and an FFH area with an area of ​​380 ha in Lower Saxony (FHH and VSG identification DE-3416-302) and approx. 471 ha in North Rhine-Westphalia ( FHH identification DE-3417-301, VSG identification DE-3417-471), which serves as a refuge for numerous endangered meadow bird species . Significantly, for example, the breeding population of the common snipe and the Schwarzkehlchens . The bog is also an important resting place for birds on the move , including cranes . During the migration period, the crane's resting population is several thousand animals.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ordinance text on the "Oppenweher Moor" nature reserve. (No longer available online.) Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation , archived from the original on June 10, 2016 ; Retrieved June 9, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nlwkn.niedersachsen.de
  2. ^ Ordinance on the “Oppenweher Moor nature reserve” in the Oppenwehe district, Lübbecke district (Westphalia) . In: State government of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ed.): GV. NW. 1952 No. 59 . A. Bagel, Düsseldorf November 26, 1952, Part II Other authorities, C. Detmold district government, p. 308 .
  3. ↑ a b Oppenweher moorland nature reserve. In: Protected areas of our district , No. 3. 4th edition. District of Minden-Lübbecke (Ed.), 2011, accessed on May 25, 2016 (PDF; 885 kB).
  4. ^ A b Nature reserve "Oppenweher Moorlandschaft" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on February 21, 2017.
  5. ^ Oppenweher Moor. Dümmer e. V., accessed on February 10, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Oppenweher Moor nature experience map. (PDF; 1.5 MB) Scale 1: 20,000. Dümmer e. V., in cooperation with: Municipality of Stemwede, Municipality of Wagenfeld, BUND Diepholzer Moorniederung, Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Protection, 2013, accessed on February 10, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Natura 2000 area "Oppenweher Moor" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on March 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ FFH area No. 066 - bird sanctuary V74 Oppenweher Moor. In: Natura 2000 - FFH and bird sanctuaries in the Diepholz district. District of Diepholz, 2017, accessed on February 10, 2017 .

Web links

Commons : Oppenweher Moor  - Collection of images, videos and audio files