Western Ahr area
Coordinates: 50 ° 23 ′ 21 ″ N , 6 ° 45 ′ 7 ″ E
The nature reserve Westliches Ahrgebiet lies in the area of the municipality Blankenheim (Ahr) in the district Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The area extends southeast of the core town of Blankenheim and east of the Blankenheim district of Lommersdorf along the Aubache. The B 258 runs along the southern edge and flows the Ahr .
The nature reserve is part of the EU bird sanctuary " Ahrgebirge ".
meaning
Since 2007, a 513.34 hectare area has been designated as a nature reserve for Blankenheim under the identification number EU-168. The protection is given because of the importance of a large part of the area for the establishment of a coherent ecological network of special protected areas in Europe.
See also
Web links
- "Westliches Ahrgebiet" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
- World Database on Protected Areas - Western Ahrgebiet (English)