Loop (nature reserve)

NSG loop

Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 41 "  N , 14 ° 28 ′ 35"  E

Loop (nature reserve)​

Saxony

The loop nature reserve is a nature reserve in the Görlitz district in eastern Saxony . It is located in Muskau-Hoyerswerdaer-Heide near the Gleisdreieck of the Spremberg – Hoyerswerda and Cottbus – Görlitz railway lines between Spremberg and Runde in the district of Görlitz. It is characterized as a flat sand surface south of a terminal moraine as an old pine wood area with natural rejuvenation.

The for Muskauer Heide so typical blueberry - Preiselbeerwald with the adjacent heather faces is habitat for the black grouse . Other bird species such as black woodpecker , green woodpecker , great spotted woodpecker , oriole live there. Rare residents are u. a. the wasteland horror .

The 52 hectare nature reserve was designated by the Dresden Regional Council on January 11, 2007.

Web links

• Ordinance of the regional council of Dresden establishing the nature reserve "Loop" from January 11, 2007 (SächsABl. P. 412)

See also

• Old grinder pond area
• List of nature reserves in the district of Görlitz

literature

• Hugo Weinitschke: Handbook of the nature reserves of the German Democratic Republic. The nature reserves of the districts of Cottbus, Frankfurt (Oder) and Potsdam as well as the capital of the GDR, Berlin - Volume 2. p. 245