Dry sand lawn Achim

Dry sand lawn Achim IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Image of the nature reserve with a view of the Ellisee
location	In the north-west of Achim , Verden district , Lower Saxony
surface	57.23 hectares
Identifier	NSG LÜ 211
WDPA ID	165319
Natura 2000 ID	DE2919331
FFH area	56 ha
Geographical location	53 ° 1 '  N , 9 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 1 '9 "  N , 8 ° 59' 34"  E
Sea level	from 7 m to 20 m
Setup date	April 2, 1994
administration	NLWKN

The Achim dry sand lawn is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony town of Achim in the Verden district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG LÜ 211 is about 57 hectares. It is almost congruent with the FFH area of ​​the same name designated in 2004 . In the south it borders on the protected landscape area "Weser lowlands between the canal mouth at Eissel and Clüverswerder". The area has been a nature reserve since April 2, 1994. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Verden.

Silver grass corridor

The nature reserve, which consists of two partial areas, is located between the Achim districts of Bierden and Uphusen, south of Landesstrasse 158. It consists of the remains of a former inland dune area that stretched along the Weser. Most of the dunes have been removed. The Ellisee, created by dredging , is located in the protected area . On the nutrient-poor, dry sands of the dunes are silver grasslands and sandy grasslands and sand heaths with heather before. The dry sand grassland is one of the few larger, still existing grassland complexes in Lower Saxony. For care, they are temporarily grazed with heather sheep and goats.

Various plant and animal species typical of the site occur in the nature reserve, including hymenoptera, butterflies and grasshoppers that are worth protecting.

Prior use

The former Uphuser Mountains were an extensive area between Uphusen and Bierden, which was characterized by large dunes until the beginning of the 20th century. Before the First World War, the large sand dunes were removed to fill the embankments in Bremen, but numerous smaller dunes remained. Over the years, the heather and shrubbery expanded again.

Until 1944, the area was used by Borgward , based in nearby Bremen- Hastedt, to test the driving characteristics of their military vehicles. After the end of the Second World War, the site lay fallow for a few years , only to be used again by Borgward as a test site until the end of the 1950s. In 1960 another sand mining began not only in the remaining dunes, but also in the depths, u. a. for the expansion of the Bremen Cross and the New Vahr in Bremen.

Web links

Commons : Sandtrockenrasen Achim  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sand dry grassland Achim , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved September 26, 2019.
2. ↑ FFH areas: Achim dry sand grassland (Ellisee) , nature and landscape protection, city of Achim. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
3. ↑ With Heidschnucken and goats against encroachment , press release of the district of Verden, July 21, 2015. Retrieved on February 29, 2016.
4. ↑ Achim dry sand grassland , nature reserves, Verden district. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
5. ↑ Carl Borgward company - Bierden test site , religte.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.