Weißer Graben (nature reserve)

White trench IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	East of Heemsen , north of Steimbke
surface	502 ha
Identifier	NSG HA 174
WDPA ID	166233
Geographical location	52 ° 42 '  N , 9 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 42 '7 "  N , 9 ° 21' 52"  E
Sea level	from 24 m to 34 m
Setup date	05/11/1995
administration	NLWKN

The White Graben is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Heemsen in the joint municipality of Heemsen and the municipality of Steimbke in the joint municipality of Steimbke in the district of Nienburg / Weser .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG HA 174 is 502  hectares in size. It has been under nature protection since May 11, 1995. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Nienburg / Weser

The area, which consists of two sub-areas, is located northeast of Nienburg and northwest of Steimbke in the Lichtenmoor . It places a raised moor area under protection, which has been industrially pelted over a large area in the south-western area . These areas are in the process of being renaturalized. a. Rewetting measures carried out - or have been cultivated into moist grassland . In the north-eastern area there are unused peat birch forests , old hand peat cuttings and grassland areas of different intensity of use, as well as isolated fields and forest areas.

In addition to the regeneration of the industrially pitted areas, the focus is on optimizing the wet grassland as a habitat for meadow birds. In the structurally rich sub-area in the north-east of the protected area, an extensification of the use of agricultural land and a gradual conversion of arable land into grassland is planned in order to achieve an ecological upgrading of the protected area.

The protected area is traversed by the Alpegraben and Weißen Graben, which also drain it. The Alpegraben flows in the direction of the Alpe , the White Graben over the Schwarze Riede to the Wölpe . Both the Alpe and Wölpe are tributaries of the Aller .

Web links

• Nature reserve "Weißer Graben (nature reserve)" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lichtenmoor: rewetting successful , Naturschutzbund Deutschland . Retrieved December 14, 2016.