Juniper heather Hörsteloe

Nature reserve Wacholderheide Hörsteloe IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Ahaus , Borken , NRW , Germany
surface	9 ha
Identifier	BOR-030
WDPA ID	555519222
Natura 2000 ID	DE-3907-303
Geographical location	52 ° 6 '  N , 6 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 5 '54 "  N , 6 ° 54' 8"  E
Sea level	from 43 m to 50 m ( ø 46 m)
Setup date	1958
administration	Borken district

The Hörsteloe juniper heather is an approximately 9 hectare nature reserve in the urban area of Ahaus in the Borken district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Location, ecology

Refuge Wacholderheide Hörsteloe

The area is located between the villages of Ottenstein and Alstätte in the peasantry Hörsteloe . However, it is divided into seven small areas, which are located on hilltops and flat dune hills.

There are mostly fields between the partial areas. A silted-up heather pond is part of the northeastern part of the area. In the reserve there are well pronounced juniper areas , heather areas and smaller stocks of a birch-oak forest . Endangered plants such as the English gorse or silver grass can also be found. A tree frog population has settled in the named body of water .

Since 2004, the juniper heather has been tended by local homeland associations and local groups. In some places there are hairy gorse , cartilage and quendel silk again .

tourism

Cycle paths of combs 28 and 261 of the NRW cycle network lead directly through the Hörsteloe juniper heath . The Flamingo Route, a themed route in the Münsterland cycling region, passes very close by .

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Borken district
• List of FFH areas in North Rhine-Westphalia

Web links

Commons : Wacholderheide Hörsteloe  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• "Wacholderheide Hörsteloe" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Natura 2000 area “Wacholderheide Hörsteloe” in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• World Database on Protected Areas - ' Wacholderheide Hörsteloe' (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Website of the St. Georg Citizens' Rifle Association : Wacholderheide Hörsteloe , accessed on November 26, 2017.
2. ↑ Nabu website, Borken district group: Start of maintenance operations, Wacholderheide nature reserve Hörsteloe , accessed on November 26, 2017.