Internationaler Naturpark Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen
The International Natural Park Bourtanger moor Bargerveen is a natural park was established in 2006 in the western German state of Lower Saxony as well as in the northeast of the Netherlands. It extends across parts of the Lower Saxon counties Emsland and Bentheim as well as parts of the Dutch province of Drenthe and is in sparsely populated by moors, heaths, water areas and channels as well as from agriculture and peat extraction coined. Another common name is International Nature Park Moor.
Geography
The nature reserve was founded on 1 June 2006, approximately 140 km ² comprises on the Lower Saxony side of the southern part of the former total of over 3,000 km ² Bourtanger Moores. The Dutch part of the International Natural Park Moor, at the same time the still existing or rehabilitated Dutch part of the Bourtanger Moore called Bargerveen. This part is 1,200 hectares and consists mainly of bogs. Back in 1992, the peat was discontinued in Bargerveen; the Dutch Nature and Forest Service ( State Forestry ) thereupon sent a Natuurreservaat the Bargerveen. At a maximum height of 20 m above sea level traverse 200 km bike paths and 30 km of hiking trails Nature Park, which in addition to more than 4,600 ha area includes nature reserves and landscape protection areas. A share of 3,900 hectares of its area represents former Torfabbaugebiete that were fed the 40 km through the construction of dikes and the backfilling of trenches 50 km, the rewetting or natural re-use.
Flora and Fauna
In International Natural Park Moor are various ecological and hydrological mire types, some of which are bounded by forest, heathland or farmland. In this largely nutrient-poor landscape, there are several highly specialized and therefore endangered species: including the grass snake (Natrix natrix ), the adder (Vipera berus ), the Lizard ( Zootoca vivipara ), the nightjar ( Caprimulgus europaeus ) and the short-eared owl (Asio flammeus ) and Torfmoosrasen, the Narrow- cotton grass ( Eriophorum angustifolium) and sundew (Drosera ).
The Red Franz
In the summer of 1900, a base of approximately 1700 year old bog body was found in Bourtanger Moor near Meppen - verse. This became known as "The Red Franz " because bio- chemical processes the hair of the male bog body colored red-brown in Morastwasser. Recent studies have shown that the man was a cavalryman killed by a throat cut. The Red Franz is now in the Lower Saxony State Museum in Hanover.
Attractions
- Emsland Moormuseum in Geeste United Hesepe
- Natural Gas Petroleum Museum in Twist
- Maritime Museum Haren ( Ems)