Willes Heath
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Willes Heath
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| location | West of Bützfleth , Stade district , Lower Saxony | |
| surface | 11.3 ha | |
| Identifier | NSG LÜ 079 | |
| WDPA ID | 82923 | |
| FFH area | 10.9 ha | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 39 ' N , 9 ° 23' E | |
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| Sea level | from 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| Setup date | July 16, 1981 | |
| administration | NLWKN | |
The Willes Heide is a former nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Drochtersen in the Stade district .
The nature reserve with the sign NSG LÜ 079 was 11.3 hectares in size. Most of it was part of the FFH area "Wasserkruger Moor and Willes Heide". The area has been under nature protection since July 16, 1981. On February 17, 2017, it opened up together with the “ Wasserkruger Moor ” nature reserve in the newly designated “ Kehdinger Moore ” nature reserve . The responsible lower nature conservation authority was the district of Stade.
The former nature reserve is located in Kehdingen approximately between Drochtersen and Hammah and provides a small, uncultivated bog rest area of Kehdinger Moores in the transition zone of the Geest to march to the same protected
In the middle of the moor there is a small slat that slowly silts up. The area around the Schlatt is largely free of trees. Birch moor forest grows towards the edges . The area is completely surrounded by agricultural land . In the peripheral areas, parts of the surrounding grassland are included in the nature reserve. In the south, the area is bounded by a moat through which it is drained towards the Elbe.
Web links
- Nature reserve "Willes Heide" ( Memento from June 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation