Löörmoos Raised Bog

The Löörmöös, located in the Löörwald forest, is one of the few raised bogs near Bern. Specifically, there are only five raised bogs left in the Bernese Mittelland: the Chlepfibeerimoos (near Burgäschisee, placed under protection in 1944), Meienmoos (near Burgdorf, 1964), Heidmoos (Hindelbank, 1974), Löörmoos (Meikirch / Wohlen, 1983) and the Büsselimoos (Kirchlindach, 1983). All of these raised bogs were therefore placed under nature protection before the Rothenthurm Initiative was adopted (1987).
Interestingly, the Büsselimoss is not far from this location and can easily be visited.

Anyone interested in such bogs: The prerequisite for the development of the raised bog-like vegetation is that the area has neither natural inflow nor outflow and that it has been fed almost exclusively by rainwater for a long time. In general, raised bogs are "rain bogs" that rise above the groundwater level, hence the name.
They originated in this area around 12,000 years ago. After the glaciers retreated, a landscape remained like that in the high mountains or Scandinavia: without vegetation with ponds and ponds. After that, plants began to settle. For a long time, these remained the only forest-free areas in the Central Plateau - until settlement began.