Pietzmoor

The Pietzmoor, named after the east of the moor nearby farm Pietz, is the largest contiguous bog on the Lüneburg Heath. The High Moor is located southeast of the city Schneverdingen on the southern edge of the nature reserve Lueneburg Heath. The Pietzmoor has an average peat depth of 4 m, the maximum thickness is 7.5 m.

In the marsh is the headwaters of the Bohemian and the hedonist. So it represents a watershed between the River Aller in the east and the Wümme in the West, as it on the Böhme to the All and the hedonist to Wümme - and finally Aller and Wümme into the Weser - drained.

Formation

Originated the moor is probably in the last ice age, the Weichsel glaciation, more than 10,000 years ago. Several sources developed into small source bogs that grew to a large fen together. In the course of about 5,000 years was created by sedges and sphagnum mosses high vegetation cover. This lost contact with the ground water, so the marsh was fed only by rainwater. This resulted in this high moor.

Flora and Fauna

The crane has found their way back here and draws its young. The rare bog Yellow Lily ( Narthecium ossifragum ) is available on some wasteland in large flocks. Cotton Grass ( Eriophorum ), Sundew ( Drosera ), bog rosemary ( Andromeda polifolia ), crowberry ( Empetrum ) and bell heather ( Erica tetralix ) can be found here.

Use

From the 16th century to the 1960s, the Pietzmoor served the surrounding farms and villages for the extraction of peat. Until the mid-18th century made ​​this peasant Handtorfstich represents an ecologically insignificant intervention, since only a small drainage was performed and only small areas were abgetorft. From 1857 a phase of planned drainage and exploitation of Pietz Moors, were created in the deep drainage ditches and dams for removal of the peat began. The attempt to reduce industrial peat here, was abandoned due to lack of profitability. 1960 20 to 25 percent of Pietz Moore's Been abgetorft. The mid-1970s, was started with the restoration of Pietz Moore, and later the nearby moors. A key goal of this was to restore the natural water balance of bogs.

The Northeast foothills of Pietzmoor complex form the moor at court Möhr and the Bock Heberer Moor, which were also influenced by drainage and Torfentnahme. In court Möhr existed from 1870 to 1905 a brick, its fuel requirements were met from the Bock Heberer Moor. The most comprehensive Torfentnahme took place during the 1930s for the investments of the military airfield in Reinsehlen, later Camp Reinsehlen. Since the mid- 1980s made ​​Wiedervernässungsmaßnahmmen in two bogs. The Freyerser Moor, the southern slopes of the Pietzmoor complex, has also been marked by drainage and Torfentnahme.

Today, the Pietzmoor is a great recreational area in the nature reserve Lueneburg Heath with a size of 2.5 km ². Two hiking trails ( boardwalks ) with 4.8 km and 6.6 km long, run through the moorland. Since May 2011 there is a nature trail.

With full water overflowed peat in Pietzmoor

Boardwalk through the marsh

Headwaters of Boehme in Pietzmoor