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Barnstedt-Melbecker Bach Nature Reserve

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Barnstedt-Melbecker Bach Nature Reserve

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Barnstedt-Melbecker Bach Nature Reserve

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This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Lüneburger Heide

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Location: Barnstedt, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

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1. Wassermühle Melbeck Art Mill – Kolkhagen Forest Cemetery loop from Melbeck

8.64km

02:13

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2. Kolkhagen Forest Cemetery loop from Kolkhagen

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3. Kolkhagen Forest Cemetery – Billerbeck – Western Section loop from Melbeck

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03:09

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March 29, 2020

The nature reserve "Barnstedt-Melbecker Bach" is located in the Uelzen and Bevenser basin in the district of Lüneburg on the border with the district of Uelzen.

It encompasses the lowlands of the Barnstedt-Melbecker Bach with its side streams Glindenbach and Billerbeck from Betzendorf to Melbeck as well as adjacent valley edge areas. As part of the Fauna Flora Habitat (FFH) area "Ilmenau with tributaries", the area is of outstanding importance for nature conservation.

As a tributary of the Ilmenau, the Barnstedt-Melbecker Bach is characterized by a near-natural, strongly to slightly meandering, predominantly shaded stream with diverse structures. The mostly scree-rich river bed of the upper reaches is replaced by a sandy to gravelly bed in the middle and lower reaches. There are also moderately developed, structurally poorer stream sections. On the wet to freshly damp locations of the lowlands there are numerous spring rivers flowing in from the side. The brook valleys are characterized by damp forests, in particular floodplain and broken forests, which accompany Bach or occur in larger complexes in partly very good condition. In addition, these are closely intermeshed with reeds and reed beds, meadows and pastures. Natural oak and beech mixed forests often grow on the edges of the valley.

The area is more characteristic as a habitat, e.g. T. endangered animal and plant species. The lowlands serve primarily as a habitat for a number of rare species of birds, mammals and fish (e.g. creek lamprey and bullhead). In the nature reserve, the living conditions of the characteristic flora and fauna are to be preserved and further improved in the future through suitable maintenance and development measures.

Source: nlwkn.niedersachsen.de

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Barnstedt-Melbecker Bach Nature Reserve

1. Wassermühle Melbeck Art Mill – Kolkhagen Forest Cemetery loop from Melbeck

2. Kolkhagen Forest Cemetery loop from Kolkhagen

3. Kolkhagen Forest Cemetery – Billerbeck – Western Section loop from Melbeck

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