Salt pond heather

Salt pond heather IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Salzenteichs Heide - Former clay pit
location	North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	75.49 ha
Identifier	GT-025
WDPA ID	165290
Geographical location	52 ° 5 '  N , 8 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 5 '7 "  N , 8 ° 12' 34"  E
Setup date	1989
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Gütersloh district

Salzenteichs Heide is a nature reserve with a size of 75.49 hectares, the predominant part (approx. 40.68 hectares) of which lies in the area of ​​the city of Borgholzhausen and the other part in the area of ​​the city of Versmold . Both cities belong to the Gütersloh district , the area is managed with the number GT-025.

It was designated to preserve the east Münsterland park landscape with communities and sites of wild plant and animal species, especially rare and sometimes endangered plant communities in the moist grassland areas, as well as hedges, field trees, a section of stream and small bodies of water.

The name is historically derived from the original use of the area. As early as the middle of the 15th century, salt was extracted from brine springs here , by directing their water into flat ponds and evaporating there. The resulting brew was further evaporated in salt pans.

Today you can find many small bodies of water in the area, which emerged from clay pits that were used for the production of bricks from the 18th century .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Salzenteichs Heide" nature reserve (GT-025) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on March 10, 2017.

Web links

• "Salzenteichs Heide" nature reserve (GT-025) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• World Database on Protected Areas - Salzenteichs Heide (English)