Staufenberg (nature reserve)

Staufenberg IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
The Great Staufenberg in the NSG
location	North-east of Bad Sachsa in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony
surface	163 hectares
Identifier	NSG BR 080
WDPA ID	165650
Geographical location	51 ° 37 '  N , 10 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 37 '24 "  N , 10 ° 38' 6"  E
Sea level	from 328 m to 529 m
Setup date	January 31, 2008
administration	NLWKN

The Staufenberg is a nature reserve in the community-free Harz region in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony .

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG BR 080 is 163  hectares in size. A 141 hectare part of the nature reserve forms the FFH area of the same name . A 23 hectare area in the east - the Hundertmorgenwiese and the slopes of the Fuchsberg - is part of the EU bird sanctuary "Südharz bei Zorge". The center of the nature reserve is formed by the "Großer Staufenberg" natural forest reserve . The nature reserve is bordered to the northeast and the south by the conservation area "resin" and the east by the natural preserve "Südharz". The area has been a nature reserve since January 31, 2008. It replaces the nature reserve of the same name that was designated on March 2, 1991. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Göttingen.

The nature reserve is located south and east of Zorge on the edge of the Harz Nature Park on the border with Thuringia .

In the area of ​​the Great and Small Staufenberg and the Fuchsberg, it is characterized by predominantly submontane to montane beech forests (sloping gorge, grove beech and woodruff beech forests). The central area on the Großer Staufenberg is designated as a natural forest and is left to its natural development.

In the range of hundreds of morning area, which from the natural stream flows through the Elsbachs, it will of grassland with bristle grass lawns , meadows and humid Hochstaudenfluren embossed.

The nature reserve, through which several paths run, is a habitat for numerous animal and plant species. So come here u. a. Raufuß - and pygmy owl , gray - and black woodpecker and woodcock before. The forest areas are also habitat for forest butterflies such as the great schiller butterfly . The borst grass lawns in the area of ​​the Hundertmorgenwiese are habitat for borst grass , arnica , mountain flat pea and meadow flax leaf , on the mountain meadows, which are mainly presented as mowed golden oat meadows , grow and the like. a. Globeflower , barwort , forest cranesbill and wig knapweed . The characteristic plant species of the tall herbaceous meadows are meadowsweet and forest angelica .

The natural monument “Jungfernklippe” and the cultural monument “Staufenburg” are located on the Kleiner Staufenberg .

Web links

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

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile of the Großer Staufenberg natural forest , database of natural forest reserves in Germany, Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food . Retrieved May 17, 2012.