Westrich moorland

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The Westricher Moorniederung is on the one hand a fauna-flora-habitat area (FFH area) in the West Palatinate ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). On the other hand, it denotes a large area in the St. Ingbert- Kaiserslauterer Senke between the Bliesaue and Kaiserslautern . The FFH area has an area of ​​2,152 hectares .

geography

The Westrich Moorniederung lies between the North Palatinate Uplands , the Westrich Plateau , the Palatinate Forest and the Kirkeler Forest . It extends over the lowlands of Kaiserslautern via Kindsbach , Landstuhl , Ramstein-Miesenbach , Hütschenhausen , Bruchmühlbach-Miesau , Waldmohr , Bruchhof-Sanddorf and Homburg to Mastau near Beeden and has an extension of approx. 40 km in an east-west direction and a maximum of 4 km in north-south direction. Their lowest points are at 222  m above sea level. NHN in the west at the confluence of the Erbach in the Blies and at 223  m above sea level. NHN at the outflow of the Glans to the north near Hütschenhausen , individual hills protrude at about 260  m above sea level. NHN only a little beyond the lowlands. The area is drained in the western part by the Erbach , in the central part by Glan and Mohrbach and in the eastern part by the Lauter . The Westrich Moorniederung extends over parts of the natural areas Kaiserslauter Basin, Landstuhler Bruch , Peterswaldmoor / Jägersburger Moor and Homburg Basin .

Nature reserves

There are numerous nature reserves in the Westrich moorland. Amongst other things:

Furthermore, the nature conservation project Kranichwoog is in the FFH area.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Natura 2000, Fauna-Flora-Habitat (FFH) areas: Profile on FFH area 6511-301 - Westricher Moorniederung. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
  2. ^ State Office for the Environment Rhineland-Palatinate: Westricher Moorniederung , accessed on April 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ www.simon-hom.de: The natural area "Homburg Basin" , accessed on April 4, 2019.
  4. ↑ Germany's nature: FFH areas in Saarland , accessed on April 4, 2019.