St. Avold (nature reserve)

St. Avold IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Quarry lake in the NSG
location	Osterwald west of Elze , Hameln-Pyrmont district , Lower Saxony
surface	7.5 ha
Identifier	NSG HA 091
WDPA ID	165635
Geographical location	52 ° 8 '  N , 9 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 7 '37 "  N , 9 ° 37' 28"  E
Sea level	from 365 m to 395 m
Setup date	December 24, 1995
administration	NLWKN

St. Avold is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Salzhemmendorf in the Hameln-Pyrmont district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG HA 091 is 7.5  hectares in size. It is located within the Weserbergland Schaumburg-Hameln nature park in the Osterwald , a ridge of the Calenberger Bergland , north of the village of Osterwald in the middle of a forest area. The nature reserve is completely from the conservation area surrounded "Osterwald-Saupark". The area has been a nature reserve since December 24, 1985. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Hameln-Pyrmont.

The nature reserve includes the former Oberen or St. Avold quarry with a near-natural still water , the riparian zones and adjacent trees and bushes. The quarry, one of several in the Osterwald, was developed around 1900 and used as a sandstone quarry until 1964 .

A circular route runs along the nature reserve.

Web links

Commons : St. Avold Nature Reserve  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Osterwalder quarries , Flecken Salzhemmendorf. Retrieved May 15, 2019.