One of the most beautiful nature reserves, rich in flora and fauna, is located in the south-east of the Hanseatic city and embodies all of Hamburg's essential landscapes in one place: the geest, which is up to 30 metres high (in the north and northeast), the inland dunes (in the centre of the nature reserve), the Achtermoor as a relic of the marginal bog zone (in the west) and, further south, the marshlands (Billwerder).
The Boberger Niederung is unique in the Hamburg metropolitan area in terms of their diversity and variety of biotope types, and as a relatively small nature reserve covering 350 hectares, they are probably unique in Germany as well. In a very small area, inland dunes and heaths, swamp and deciduous forests, bog and water areas, reeds, pastures and fallow land, and the orchid terraces of the geest slope all harmonise with each other. Essentially, there are five characteristic natural areas, each of which is home to its own flora specialised to the corresponding soil type. The vegetation zones are as diverse as the fauna, whose species are specialised to the individual habitats. Here you can find grasshoppers, bees and wasps, but also butterflies such as the endangered six-spot burnet.
| Location | Germany - Hamburg |
| Website | https://www.hamburg.de/politik-und-verwaltung/behoerden/bukea/themen/naturschutz/naturschutzgebiete/nsg-boberg-172936 |
| Area | 3.54km² |
| Year of foundation | 1991 |
| IUCN Category | IV |
| DtP ID | 2baf103f-5913-4000-b317-2ef744273b50 |
| Name and division |
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; Behörde für Umwelt, Klima, Energie und Agrarwirtschaft;
Naturschutz; Management der Hamburger Naturschutzgebiete, Biotopverbund |
| Website | https://www.hamburg.de/naturschutz/ |
| Address |
Neuenfelder Straße 19
21109 Hamburg Germany |
Flora
Borstgras
Flora
Fuchs'sche Fingerwurz
Flora
Sumpf-Ständelwurz
Flora
Mittel-Wegerich
Flora
Gewöhnliche Natternzunge
Habitat
Trockene Sandheiden mit Calluna und Empetrum nigrum
Habitat
Dünen mit offenen Grasflächen mit Corynephorus und Agrostis
Habitat
Trockene, kalkreiche Sandrasen
Habitat
Pfeifengraswiesen auf kalkreichem Boden, torfigen und tonig-schluffigen Böden (Molinion caeruleae)
Habitat
Magere Flachland-Mähwiesen (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)
Fauna
Sechsfleck-Widderchen
Habitat
Alte bodensaure Eichenwälder auf Sandebenen mit Quercus robur
Designated paths/places
Officially public dedicated streets/places
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Ordinance on the Boberger Niederung Nature Reserve
May 21, 1991