Southern Versener Moor

Southern Versener Moor IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Northwest of Meppen , southwest of Haren
surface	100 ha
Identifier	NSG WE 234
WDPA ID	319178
Geographical location	52 ° 43 '  N , 7 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 42 '58 "  N , 7 ° 9' 11"  E
Sea level	from 16 m to 18 m
Setup date	02/26/1999
administration	NLWKN

The southern Versener Moor is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony town of Meppen in the Emsland district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 234 is 100  hectares in size. It is located northwest of Meppen in the International Nature Park Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen and is part of the Bourtanger Moor . In the east, the nature reserve borders directly on the A31 , through which part of the moorland was built over.

The “ Wesuweer Moor ” nature reserve joins to the north, and the “ Versener Heidesee ” nature reserve to the northeast .

The reserve provides a largely industrial abgetorftes bog area under protection. Only six hectares in the east of the area represent unpeeled raised bog. The area is to be renatured by rewetting .

The area is drained via various ditches to the Wesuwer Schloot, which flows into the Ems southeast of Wesuwe .

The area has been a nature reserve since February 26, 1999. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Emsland.

Web links

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