Wätzumer Tonkuhle

	Wätzumer Tonkuhle IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Wätzumer Tonkuhle nature reserve
location	Southeast of Hanover , Region Hanover , Lower Saxony
surface	10 ha
Identifier	NSG HA 110
WDPA ID	166187
Geographical location	52 ° 16 ' N , 9 ° 59' E Coordinates: 52 ° 15 '49 " N , 9 ° 58' 38" E
Sea level	from 70 m to 77 m
Setup date	August 28, 1986
administration	NLWKN

The Wätzumer Tonkuhle is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Algermissen in the Hildesheim district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG HA 110 is 10.5 hectares in size. The area has been a nature reserve since August 28, 1986. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the Hildesheim district.

The nature reserve is located southeast of Hanover between Algermissen and Wätzum , a district of Algermissen. It provides an abandoned clay pit with two ponds and the adjoining shore areas Verlandungs zones under protection. Part of the area is extensively grazed.

The former clay pit is located in the middle of intensively used agricultural land . It provides in this landscape a valuable retreat area for endangered animal and plant species. More than a fallow strips along the Alpe Bach nature reserve with the pond at is brick factory on the northern edge of Algermissen connected.

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Commons : Wätzumer Tonkuhle - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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