Pirgo sand pit

Pirgo sand pit
location	Northeast of Friesoythe , Cloppenburg district , Lower Saxony
surface	1.6 ha
Identifier	NSG WE 286
WDPA ID	555690868
Geographical location	53 ° 3 '  N , 7 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 2 '50 "  N , 7 ° 54' 5"  E
Sea level	from 6 m to 7.5
Setup date	April 26, 2018

The Pirgo sand pit is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxon town of Friesoythe in the Cloppenburg district .

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG WE 286 is 1.6  hectares in size. It is almost identical to the FFH area of the same name . The area has been under nature protection since April 26, 2018. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Cloppenburg.

The nature reserve is northeast of Friesoythe. It places an abandoned sand pit full of groundwater with its bank areas under protection. The sand pit is mostly surrounded by trees. Parts of the shore zones are swampy . Frogweed and flooding celery settle in the water .

The nature reserve borders on a company site in the south. State road 831 runs in the southeast .

Web links

Commons : Sandgrube Pirgo  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sandgrube Pirgo , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved May 4, 2018.
2. ↑ Enactment of the ordinance of March 26, 2018 on the nature reserve "Sandgrube Pirgo" in the city of Friesoythe in the district of Cloppenburg , announcement of the district of Cloppenburg, April 12, 2018. Accessed on May 4, 2018.