True Mountain

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Wahrberg (disambiguation) .

True Mountain
The Wahrberg seen from Elvese
height	251  m
location	Northeim district , south of Lower Saxony
Mountains	Leinegraben , Weser-Leine-Bergland
Coordinates	51 ° 40 ′ 40 "  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 19"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 40 "  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 19"  E

True mountain nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
View of the Wahrberg nature reserve
location	Southwest of Northeim , in the district of Northeim in Lower Saxony
surface	25.0 ha
Identifier	NSG BR 103
WDPA ID	166130
FFH area	25.0 ha
Geographical location	51 ° 41 '  N , 9 ° 56'  E
Setup date	January 29, 1991
administration	NLWKN

The Wahrberg is located south of the village of Hillerse in the city of Northeim in the Northeim district .

Geographical location

The Wahrberg is about four kilometers southwest of Northeim. In terms of nature, the mountain belongs to the Northeimer Keuperhügelland within the Leine-Ilme-Senke and borders directly on the Leineaue.

Nature reserve

The Wahrberg nature reserve on the hilltop has a size of 25 hectares . It was placed under protection in 1990 by the Braunschweig district government . The current ordinance on the nature reserve is dated February 26, 2010 and was issued by the NLWKN , the Lower Saxony Landing Authority for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation as a specialist authority for nature conservation.

The area lies on the western edge of the Leinetal and belongs to the natural region Weser and Leinebergland . It bears the statistical code "NSG BR 103".

According to the NLWKN, the protection is placed "in order to preserve and develop the Wahrberg with its landscape-defining shape as a habitat for the communities of wild plant and animal species bound to limestone sites"

nature

The reserve used to be the center of a grazing system that created dry grasslands . To safeguard the population, goats and sheep graze them again. In order to promote the development of the area, coniferous wood stocks were removed and replaced by deciduous trees that are appropriate to the location.

The varied landscape, consisting of near-natural dry limestone lawns, their stages of shrubbery and woody areas make up the special beauty of the area. The dry grassland itself is only loosely made up of a few pine trees.

Flora and fauna

Due to the location with extreme conditions, e.g. B. with regard to temperature fluctuations, the area is a habitat corresponding to adapted animal and plant species in high diversity and with great biodiversity.

Typical plant species from the dry grassland such as golden and silver thistle , fringed gentian , great speedwell, etc. can be found in the area, as well as a whole range of orchid species such as mosquito handelwort , fly orchid and stately orchid . Species such as hawthorn and sloe dominate the bushy areas . In terms of animal species, there are particularly many groups of insects and reptiles in the area.

Other categories of protection

The nature reserve is congruent with FFH area 284.

Web links

• Detailed map with the borders on the homepage of the Northeim district (PDF file; 226 kB)
• Nature reserve "Wahrberg" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} [Paragraph 2 of the] Ordinance on the "Wahrberg" nature reserve, City of Northeim, Hillerse district, Northeim district. February 26, 2010, accessed July 2, 2015 .