Weissenstein (Hagen)
The Weißenstein in the Hagen district of Holthausen is a striking limestone cliff in the lower Lennetal , stretching over several hundred meters , which forms a landmark in the Central Devonian mass limestone range and is part of the Mastberg and Weißenstein nature reserve (No.HA-002). The Hünenpforte is directly adjacent - only separated by the Holthauser Bachtal .
The Weißenstein is also known as an archaeological site, especially since the "discovery" of the leaf cave in 2004.
natural reserve
In the predominantly with old coppice stocked and up to 189 m above sea level. NN high summit of the Weißenstein there are woodruff-beech forest and orchid-beech forest stands. On the open rock face, limestone cliffs, karst cave relics and limestone grasslands with limestone blue grass are important. The occurrence of many rare and protected plants and animals was also decisive for the protection as an area of European importance within the scope of Natura 2000 .
At the foot of the Weißenstein, along the B 7 , there is the Barmer pond, one of the few karstified spring ponds in Europe and the only source of the Vaucluse ( see Fontaine-de-Vaucluse ) in Westphalia. The hart's tongue fern occurs here.
Around 1800 the eagle owl was still breeding on the Weißenstein. This was the last breeding site in the area of the city of Hagen and one of the 31 eagle owl breeding sites in Westphalia at that time .
use
The Weißenstein is used in particular for local recreation . Some hiking trails run through the area, on which the nature reserve can be entered.
The hunting is allowed in the nature reserve, the forest use of various owner is limited, among other things, that no conifers may be replanted and the permanent share of old and dead wood to increase and must be ensured.
literature
- Albert Schäfer: The "Weißenstein-Hünenpforte" nature reserve. In: Heimatblätter for Hohenlimburg and the surrounding area 14, 1953, pp. 50–52.
- Fritz Runge : The nature reserves of Westphalia and the former administrative district of Osnabrück. Aschendorff, Münster 1978, pp. 14-17, ISBN 3-402-04382-3 .
Web links
- Nature reserve "Weißenstein (Hagen)" (HA-002) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Natura 2000 area DE-4611-301 in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Lindner: An eventful fate of the king of the night: Biology and protection of the eagle owl ( Bubo bubo ) . Cinclus 35, H. 2/2007: 14-32
Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 41 ″ N , 7 ° 33 ′ 0.3 ″ E