Rieseberger Moor
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Rieseberger Moor
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 Edge area with meadow |
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| location | North of Königslutter am Elm , in the Lower Saxony district of Helmstedt | |
| surface | 145 ha | |
| Identifier | NSG BR 005 | |
| WDPA ID | 82418 | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 17 ' N , 10 ° 49' E | |
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| Sea level | from 91 m to 107 m | |
| Setup date | 10/02/1998 | |
| administration | NLWKN | |
The Rieseberger Moor is a 1.5 km 2 large fen . It is located around 1.5 km southeast of Rieseberg , a district of Königslutter . The quarry forest area, which has been designated as a nature reserve since 1955 , is a well-preserved example of a low moor in the final stage with approaches to high moor .
history
The development of the Rieseberger Moor began around 7,000 years ago. A. The moor was formed in an approximately 1 × 1 km landscape depression. Rising groundwater levels may be the cause; there may also have been open water areas at times. Peat digging has been carried out in the bog since 1744 , most recently to extract bog brine. The water-filled hollows in the moor are evidence of peat extraction. The economic use of the moor was ended when it was converted into a nature reserve in the 1950s. During the Second World War , a British bomber crashed into the moorland, the remains of the aircraft sunk in the swampy ground.
today
The peat layers of the bog are 1–2 m thick. A quarry forest grows on it , which is covered with birch and black alder . In the edge zone are oaks that indicate the proximity of mineral soils. A 7 m high sand island protrudes from the center of the moorland. The Rieseberger Moor is a good example of the now rare, undisturbed fen areas. They are one of the most pristine parts of the landscape that still exist. Most of the fens were turned into meadows and pastures after drainage and potting. The greatest threat today comes from the lowering of the groundwater level, which can be regulated with the help of the inflow and outflow of the Lauinger Mühlenriede . The Puritzmühle waterworks, which had been in operation since 1955, was shut down in 2014.
natural reserve
The Rieseberger Moor is a particularly worthy of protection nature reserve because of its natural occurrence of birch quarry forest. It may only be entered on paths. Because of the risk of sinking, this is also strongly advised. Two narrow paths designed as billet dams cross the moorland. Access to the moor is not signposted and difficult to find.
Web links
- Rieseberger Moor near the Braunschweig-Ostfalen region
- Nature reserve "Rieseberger Moor" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harzwasser for the north of Königslutter. Salzgitter Zeitung of October 22, 2013, accessed on March 11, 2017 .
