Still waters at Kluse

Still waters at Kluse
location	North-east of Lathen , Emsland district , Lower Saxony
surface	52.11 hectares
Identifier	NSG WE 309
WDPA ID	555690898
FFH area	52.11 hectares
Geographical location	52 ° 55 '  N , 7 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 55 '9 "  N , 7 ° 21' 52"  E
Sea level	from 8 m to 14 m
Setup date	23rd November 2018

The still waters at Kluse are a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony communities of Kluse , Renkenberge and Lathen in the Lathen municipality in the Emsland district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 309 is 52.11  hectares in size. It is congruent with the FFH area of the same name . The area has been under nature protection since November 23, 2018. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Emsland.

The nature reserve, which consists of two areas, is located northeast of Lathen. It places several elongated still waters and their bank zones under protection, which were created by the unfinished construction of the Gleesen-Papenburg side canal . Strandling and dwarf rush communities with numerous endangered species settle in the waters. a. Flooding moor rush and multi-stemmed marsh rush . In the northern part of the area in particular, transitional and swinging turf bogs with Schnabelried communities and swamp ostrich grass , turf rushes and flooding bog rushes are formed. The waters are home to significant occurrences of frogweed . Pure white water cockfoot also settle here, swamp St. John's wort and pill fern . Oak forests grow along the banks on sandy soils with English oak and sessile oak . The nature reserve is the habitat of various birds , bats , amphibians and dragonflies .

The nature reserve is largely surrounded by agricultural land . Partly it borders on forests. The area is crossed in several places by public roads or farm roads.

Web links

Commons : Still waters at Kluse  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Still waters near Kluse , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved December 28, 2018.
2. ↑ Tobias Böckermann: FFH in Emsland: Protection for Frog Weed and Langelt , Meppener Tagespost , May 27, 2018. Accessed on December 28, 2018.