Steinfelder Moor
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Steinfelder Moor nature reserve
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 Steinfelder Moor near Kroge on the Wassenberg dam |
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| location | West of Diepholz in Lower Saxony, district of Vechta | |
| surface | 288.0 ha | |
| Identifier | NSG WE 175 | |
| WDPA ID | 165719 | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 36 ' N , 8 ° 18' E | |
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| Sea level | from 37 m to 43 m | |
| Setup date | 2nd August 1986 | |
| administration | NLWKN | |
The Steinfelder Moor is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Steinfeld and the town of Lohne in the Vechta district .
The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 175 is 288 hectares . It borders the “ Diepholzer Moor ” nature reserve in the east . A few hundred meters to the north is the “ Südlohner Moor ” nature reserve .
The nature reserve is located between Steinfeld and Diepholz in the Diepholzer Moorniederung south of the B 214 , which borders the area to the north. It places a raised moor area under protection as part of the Great Moor . Large parts of the moor are forested. Pitted areas can regenerate through rewetting . Grassland can be found on the edge of the protected area .
The area is drained via various ditches to the Middle High Moor Canal and the Haverbecker Moorgraben and finally into the Hunte .
The area has been a nature reserve since August 2, 1986. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Vechta.
Since 2009 poisoned birds of prey have been found in the Steinfelder Moor and in the adjacent Diepholzer Moor .
Individual evidence
- ^ NABU Lower Saxony: Birds of prey found dead. NABU Vechta suspends reward May 29, 2009
literature
- Hendrik Scheele: The Steinfelder Moor nature reserve . In: Yearbook for the Oldenburger Münsterland 2017 . (Ed .: Heimatbund for the Oldenburger Münsterland). 2016, pp. 276–289
