Kalltal gorge forest
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Kalltal gorge forest
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| location | Simmerath , Aachen city region , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany | |
| surface | 52 ha | |
| Identifier | ACK-087 | |
| WDPA ID | 319079 | |
| Natura 2000 ID | DE-5303-302 | |
| FFH area | 52 ha | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 38 ' N , 6 ° 18' E | |
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| Setup date | 1990 | |
| Framework plan | Landscape plan Simmerath | |
| administration | Lower landscape authority of the Aachen city region | |
The nature reserve Schluchtwald Kalltal (NSG identification ACK-087) connects north of Rollesbroich directly downstream to the Upper Kalltal with tributaries . The L12 separates both areas. The protected area ends at the Kalltalsperre. The total area is 51 hectares. The nature reserve lies entirely in the much larger FFH area DE-5303-302 Kalltal and side valleys. This makes it part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas.
description
The wooded section of the valley in the protected area is around 2.7 km long. The Kall is three to five meters wide, unobstructed and runs between cattle pastures and spruce forests. The banks are completely lined with old wood. A sewage treatment plant is adjacent to the western slope. Further down, the stream is five to eight meters wide and flows gently meandering through a 10 to 20 m wide valley floor with alder floodplain forest. An abandoned quarry is included on the northern edge of the valley, near the mouth of the dam. The Kall valley also represents an important connecting element with regard to the state-wide biotope network of near-natural rivers. The protection goal is to preserve the dilatation water dynamics and the alluvial forests by maintaining the water regime as well as the careful conversion of the spruce forests into natural deciduous forest stands.
Protection purpose
The Kall Bachtal is an important network axis in the transnational biotope network between the Hohem Venn and the Rurtal . The designation as a nature reserve primarily serves to preserve a near-natural stretch of flowing water as well as the moist to wet grassland and bog areas as a habitat for several threatened plant and animal species and the preservation and development of natural habitats in accordance with Annex I Habitats Directive. So here plant communities are like dry heaths, Luzulo beech forest, dwarf shrub , broom, juniper heath , Nardus grasslands , dry meadows and pastures, reedbeds , riverine forests , breakage before and swamp forests. The protected area is the habitat of beaver , great mouse-eared bat , pond bat , kingfisher , whinchat , lung gentian , leg breaker and others. a.
See also
Web links
- Nature reserve "ACK-087 Schluchtwald Kalltal" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia