Hücker Moor

The largest lake in the district of Herford, emergence in 1850 of peat

The Hücker Moor is a small bog lake in Hücker Ash, a suburb of Spengemann ( Herford ) in northern North Rhine -Westphalia ( Germany ).

Formation

The sink area is caused by a sinkhole due to the leaching of salt deposits underground. By lowering a fen developed in the low outflows terrain. The lake was created during the 18th and 19th centuries by Austorfung of the fen. In the middle of the 19th century peat cutting has been set. The situation created by the removal of the peat valley ran through smaller tributaries and sources back fully. It was what we today Moorsee, which is drained by the Moorbach via Werfener Bach in the Else. With an area of ​​about 11 hectares it is the largest water area of ​​the entire circle Herford.

Leisure

Lakeside can be rented during the summer season rowing boats or canoes; on the north shore there are several restaurants.

However, many commercial recreational facilities at the lake also bring use conflicts. The working group Hücker Moor trying to manage this conflict. The south bank, however, is largely designated as a protected zone.

Nature

Earlier, the area was characterized by a number of rare plant species, such as

• Lesser Water ( Baldellia ranunculoides )
• Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia ),
• Leaved heath (Erica tetralix )
• Bogbean ( Menyanthes trifoliata )
• Marsh helleborine ( Epipactis palustris),
• Cinquefoil ( Potentilla plaustris ) and
• White water lily (Nymphaea alba).

Among the breeding birds of the area include Pond and Coot, Mute Swan, nightingale and warblers. In the vicinity of the red-backed shrike occurs.