Rethmoorsee

Rethmoorsee IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Rethmoorsee
location	South-east of Winsen (Luhe) , Harburg district , Lower Saxony
surface	90 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 244
WDPA ID	318978
Geographical location	53 ° 20 '  N , 10 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 19 '40 "  N , 10 ° 15' 14"  E
Setup date	July 2nd, 1998
administration	NLWKN

The Rethmoorsee is a quarry pond , with his shore area the same nature reserve in the Lower Saxon town of Winsen (Luhe) in the district of Harburg forms.

The nature reserve with the sign NSG LÜ 244 is 90  hectares in size. It has been under nature protection since July 2nd, 1998. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Harburg.

The nature reserve is located southeast of Winsen (Luhe). In the north the nature reserve borders on the A 39 , in the northeast on the Hanover – Hamburg railway line and in the south on the Hausbach. A moat runs around the lake.

The lake was created between 1983 and 1989 through excavation for the construction of the A 250 , which is now the northern section of the A 39. The resulting pit then filled with groundwater.

The beautiful bays along the lake is reed zones, shrubs, grasslands and grassland surrounded areas. There are also two shallow ponds between the lake and the motorway.

The grassland areas in the south of the reserve are extensively farmed, while over 12 hectares of grassland areas in the north and west since 2005, as grazing areas for Belted Galloway serve, which should keep the surfaces gehölzarm.

In the west of the nature reserve there is a covered lookout point for nature observation.

See also

• List of lakes in Lower Saxony

Web links

Commons : Rethmoorsee  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Rethmoorsee" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)
• Young Wilderness Rethmoorsee , leaflet of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coasts and Nature Conservation (PDF; 1.43 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Rethmoorsee observation station , Geolife.de navigator. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
2. ^ Project "Viewpoint at Rethmoorsee" , Nature Conservation Foundation Landkreis Harburg. Retrieved May 22, 2019.