Western grove

	Western grove IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Thuringia , Germany
surface	9.459 km²
WDPA ID	329716
Geographical location	51 ° 24 ' N , 10 ° 40' E Coordinates: 51 ° 24 '11 " N , 10 ° 39' 50" E
Setup date	2004

Westliche Hainleite is a nature reserve in Thuringia .

Geographical location

The nature reserve is located in the southwest of the Nordhausen district on the border with the Kyffhäuserkreis . It includes the part of the Hainleite south of Großlohra as far as Hainrode in the direction of the Wippertal . The most important mountains are Der Berg (451.1 m), Steckenberg (423.9 m) and Kains (approx. 415 m), Lohra Castle on a mountain spur (410 m) is located on the edge of the protected area. Cuttings on the edge of the Hainleite formed by erosion are the source areas of smaller tributaries to the Wipper , such as the Renkgraben near Friedrichslohra and the Hainröder Bach .

Nature reserve

The 945.9 ha nature reserve, which was designated as such in 2004, is located in the extreme northwest of the Hainleite at the transition to the Dün and within the 1170 ha FFH and bird sanctuary Westliche Hainleite - Wöbelsburg . The NSG Wöbelsburg is also not far to the east on the edge of the Hainleite.

Web links

Nature reserves in the district of Nordhausen on the website of the Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology (TLUG), 2009, accessed November 11, 2012: " The elongated NSG 378" Western Hainleite "occupying the western part of the Hainleite at the transition to Dün a Part. the plateau with predominantly wooded areas and the wooded steep slope to the Wippertal are included. On the edge of the plateau, several complexes of older limestone quarries with walls up to 7 m high are remarkable. The area includes a large complex of near-natural beech forests (including orchids, barley and Hainsimsen-Buchenwald) and grasslands (e.g. gentian-schillergrass and cruciferous-blue-grass lawn) with remarkable flora and fauna. The picture is rounded off by two limestone spring swamps as well as limestone arable herb and ruderal fields . The recovery is of supraregional importance Earth lichens - species Thelocarpon impressellu, classified as lost in Germany so far m . In the NSG there are legacies of military use, including shooting ranges, excavations, embankments, leveling, deep vehicle tracks with temporary ponds, ruins and paths. The NSG "Wöbelsburg" (No. 5) is located in the immediate vicinity to the east. "