Uhlenbachtal (Herford district)

Uhlenbachtal IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
NSG Uhlenbachtal
location	North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	44.5456 ha
Identifier	NSG HF-017
WDPA ID	165981
Geographical location	52 ° 8 '  N , 8 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 8 '8 "  N , 8 ° 43' 35"  E
Setup date	April 3, 1991
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Herford district

The Uhlenbachtal is a nature reserve with a size of around 44.5 hectares in the Schwarzenmoor district of Herford . The name of the area with the number HF-017 is the Uhlenbach flowing in the valley .

Flora and fauna

The area lies in the middle of the Ravensberger Land, which is characterized by intensive arable farming . Typical for the Ravensberger Land is the form of a widely branched sieve system with a box profile. The slope steps are up to 6 meters high. The peripheral areas are home to near-natural beech forests . The wet grassland in the valley includes cabbage thistle meadows and reed beds in intensively used fish ponds and some near-natural small bodies of water.

Web links

• Nature reserve "Uhlenbachtal (Herford district)" (HF-017) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• World Database on Protected Areas - Uhlenbachtal (Herford district) (English)