Zachhorn

Zachhorn IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	21,355 ha
Identifier	ST-070
WDPA ID	166389
Geographical location	52 ° 16 ′  N , 7 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 22 ″  N , 7 ° 30 ′ 1 ″  E
Setup date	1990

The Zachhorn nature reserve is located in the area of ​​the city of Rheine in the Steinfurt district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Location and origin

The area is located east of the core city of Rheine. The state road L 501 runs to the north and the L 591 to the northeast . The Ems flows to the west and the Dortmund-Ems Canal to the northeast . The Rheine-Eschendorf airfield is not far to the northwest. The 8.15 hectare nature reserve Saltenwiese-Fernrodde extends further east . In the center of the protection area are two heather ponds , separated by a path , which are known as the large and small Zachhorn. These were probably created from an old loop of the river in the meandering area of ​​the Ems and Hemmelter Bach. The original depth was lost due to the movement of drifting sand and slipping riverbanks, and today's ponds were created.

Flora and fauna

At the beginning of the 1980s, the smaller pond in the southwest was completely eutrophic . A reed pond stretched out on its banks. a. composed of broad-leaved cattail , common loosestrife, mud horsetail and flood plumes . Willow buckthorn bushes stretched out on the bank. The water surface was covered by stocks of the yellow pond rose , the water knotweed and the swimming pondweed . The great Zachhorn, on the other hand, was still characterized by vegetation in 1982 that is typical for nutrient-poor heather ponds. Here grew u. a .:

• Multi-stemmed bog rush ( Eleocharis multicaulis )
• Bell heather ( Erica tetralix )
• Lung gentian ( Gentiana pneumonanthe )
• Marsh hard hay ( Hypericum elodes )
• Gail Shrub ( Myrica gale )
• Middle sundew ( Drosera intermedia )
• Round-leaved sundew ( Drosera rotundifolia )
• Marsh blood eye ( Comarum palustre )
• Narrow-leaved cottongrass ( Eriophorum angustifolium )
• Frogweed ( Luronium natans )
• Sumpfbärlapp ( Lycopodiella inundata )

The ponds are the habitat of numerous amphibians. Moor frogs , crested newts , pond newts and common frogs were found .

meaning

Since 1990, a 21.355 hectare area has been designated as a nature reserve for Rheine under the identification number ST-070. The area was placed under protection for the preservation, self-development and promotion as well as for the restoration of the communities and habitats of typical, rare and endangered animal and plant species.

literature

• Winfried Grenzheuser: Heideweiher "Zachhorn" - threatened habitat for plants and animals. Pp. 70-84. In: Rheine - yesterday this morning, 11th edition - 2/1983 (11.7)

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Steinfurt district
• List of FFH areas in North Rhine-Westphalia

Web links

• "Zachhorn" nature reserve (ST-070) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• World Database on Protected Areas - Zachhorn (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Winfried border Heuser: Heideweiher "Zach Horn" - endangered habitat for plants and animals. In: Rheine - yesterday this morning, 11th edition - 2/1983 page 72
2. ^ Rheine - yesterday this morning, 11th edition - 2/1983 (11.7)