𝗪𝗲𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘀𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗵 - 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗺 𝗥ö𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗼𝗽𝗳
The 6.5 hectare “Weyrichsbruch” located in the Osburg district is one of the Hunsrück's spring moors that have been preserved to this day. Up until the 18th century, the quartz ridge of the Hunrück, rising above the plateau, was surrounded by a wreath of spring or hillside moors. These were naturally forested. In order to achieve better forestry use of such small bogs, the Hunsrück, as elsewhere, began increasingly to drain them - albeit not always with great success. Spring bogs with an intact water balance have therefore become extremely rare. Since they serve as a habitat for a large number of rare or rare plants and animals, they are urgently worthy of protection and also protected by law. Source: Text information board
𝒁𝒖𝒓 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝑯𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒓ü𝒄𝒌𝒔
Several prerequisites must be met for spring bogs to develop. From the rock layers; Store and direct the precipitation (e.g. fissured quartzite and quartzite rubble; sufficient spring water must seep out all year round. This happens where the water meets water-retaining layers (e.g. Hunsrück slate or clay cover). Below these spring horizons, certain bog plants could then build up to several meters thick peat cover According to previous studies of the history of the Hunsrück moors, these moors began to form in many cases from the older subatlantic (since 500 BC) under gradually cooler and more humid climatic conditions. The quartzitic waters are extremely low in minerals. Since the water only flows slowly through the peat body, it comes There is only a small supply of nutrients required by plants, which is why the vegetation of the Weyrichsbruch and other spring bogs in the Hunsrück consists mainly of relatively undemanding plants