Osteschleife Hundswiesen

Osteschleife Hundswiesen
Image wanted
location	North-east of Bremervörde , districts of Rotenburg (Wümme) and Stade , Lower Saxony
surface	20 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 351
FFH area	19 ha
Geographical location	53 ° 32 '  N , 9 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 31 '54 "  N , 9 ° 11' 2"  E
Sea level	from 1 m to 5 m
Setup date	1st March 2019

The Osteschleife Hundswiesen is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxon town of Bremervörde in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district and the community of Estorf in the combined community of Oldendorf-Himmelpforten in the Stade district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG LÜ 351 is around 20  hectares in size. Of this, around 14.5 hectares are in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district and around 5.5 hectares in the Stade district. Around 19 hectares of the nature reserve are part of the 49.55 hectare FFH area "Osteschleifen between Kranenburg and Nieder-Ochtenhausen", which extends over three partial areas . The area has been under nature protection since March 1, 2019. Responsible lower nature conservation authorities are the districts of Rotenburg (Wümme) and Stade.

The nature reserve is located northeast of Bremervörde. It provides protection for a loop of the confined Oste and the area behind the dike with reeds and reed grass as well as a small alluvial forest . The oste is tide affected. Their banks are occupied by freshwater mudflats and reed beds. The nature reserve is the habitat of species-rich flora and fauna. The Red List species marsh marigold and small valerian have been identified in the nature reserve . The reed beds are the habitat of various bird species . The area is a feeding habitat for the white stork , the Oste migratory corridor for sea and river lamprey .

Web links

• Nature reserve "Osteschleife Hundswiesen" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nature reserves , Rotenburg district (Wümme). Retrieved March 15, 2019.
2. ↑ nature reserve "Osteschleife dog meadows" , press release, Rotenburg (Wümme), February 28, 2019. Accessed March 15 of 2019.