Wiechholz
Coordinates: 52 ° 26 ′ 44 ″ N , 7 ° 41 ′ 6 ″ E
The Wiechholz nature reserve is located in the municipality of Hopsten in the Steinfurt district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The area extends east of Shell , a district of Hopsten. The state border with Lower Saxony runs not far to the north and east, the state road L 593 runs to the south-west. To the south extends the 176.4 hectare nature reserve Halverder Moor .
meaning
Since 1989, a 74.88 hectare area has been designated as a nature reserve for Hopsten under the identification number ST-063. The area has been placed under protection for conservation, promotion and development
- as well as to restore the communities and biotopes of rare and endangered animal and plant species typical of the landscape, in particular a large, near-natural forest area from various forest communities affected by groundwater and extremely rare in this region,
- of communities and biotopes certain, z. Wild plant and animal species, particularly endangered or threatened with extinction, in particular water bat , noctule bat , common garlic toad and moor frog and their habitats.
See also
Web links
Commons : Wiechholz - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Nature reserve "Wiechholz" (ST-063) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
- World Database on Protected Areas - Wiechholz (English)