Schwalenberg Forest

NSG Schwalenberger Wald IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Himmelsteich am Mörth in the NSG Schwalenberger Wald
location	North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	2928.128 ha
Identifier	LIP-063
WDPA ID	329620
Geographical location	51 ° 54 '  N , 9 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 54 '24 "  N , 9 ° 9' 24"  E
Setup date	1993
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Lippe district

The Schwalenberger Wald nature reserve is located in the Lippe district and has a total area of ​​around 2928.1 hectares. The area is managed with the number LIP-063 and extends over parts of the towns of Schieder-Schwalenberg and Lügde .

It was especially for large-scale protection of wet Hochstaudenfluren , Luzulo - Buchenwald , Woodruff -Buchenwald and alder - ash - softwood floodplain forest expelled.

The area is particularly important for the following animal species:

• Crested newt
• Middle woodpecker
• Red kite
• Black stork
• Black woodpecker
• Gray woodpecker
• Bullhead
• Stag beetle
• Great Moss Maiden

The protection status of the two former nature reserves Mörth and Salkenbruch was lifted when the nature reserve Schwalenberger Wald was created and both areas were fully integrated.

Web links

Commons : Schwalenberger Wald nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve “Schwalenberger Wald” (LIP-063) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• World Database on Protected Areas - Schwalenberger Wald (English)