Naturschutzgebiet Moosheide in der Senne

Name: Naturschutzgebiet Moosheide in der Senne
Address: Rathausstraße 2, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, Gütersloh, 33758, Deutschland
Telephone: 05207 89050

Stadt Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

Nature discovery trail Nature reserve/natural monument nature experiences - various

In the Moosheide, you can experience the diversity of the Senne landscape on a small scale outside the military training area. The Moosheide is the largest nature reserve in the Senne and is located in the districts of Gütersloh and Paderborn.

The Moosheide is a cross-district nature reserve covering almost 450 hectares and is located in both Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock and Hövelhof.

The landscape of the Moosheide is mainly characterized by dunes, water-bearing box valleys, wet meadows and dry valleys (sandy dry meadows). In addition to isolated areas of arable land, there are extensive pine forests and heathland. The latter are mainly maintained by the Paderborner Land Biological Station's herd of heather sheep.

More than 450 different plant species can be found in the nature reserve, including many Red List species. These include the kingfisher, woodlark, whitethroat, sand martin, natterjack toad and sand lizard.

A nature trail informs visitors about the nature reserve at 21 stations. The northern loop from the Ems Adventure World to the source of the Ems and back forms the Ems Adventure Trail, while the southern loop is the heathland.

The heathland was created through grazing and plaggen farming. The inhabitants of the Senne carried the heath with part of the subsoil as so-called plaggen into their stables to provide bedding for their cattle in winter. These were later spread on the barren fields as a good fertilizer. However, the bare soil left by the plaggen was increasingly depleted of nutrients due to drifting and leaching, so that little more than heather vegetation was able to establish itself.

The drifting of the sandy soil led to another special feature of the beautiful alpine pasture landscape: inland dunes were formed, which are among the oldest inland dunes in north-west Germany. In the area of the military training area, drifting and dune formation are still active, and in other fields of the Senne this was counteracted by afforestation with pine trees. Blow-out basins, i.e. the areas from which the dune sand originates, are depressions in which ponds and bogs (rainwater bogs) have formed over time.

This has created an open yet structurally rich landscape in the Senne, which forms important habitats for rare plants and animals thanks to its special features that are rarely found elsewhere.

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Naturschutzgebiet Moosheide in der Senne

Stadt Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock
Rathausstraße 2, 33758 Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

Details

Direction

The Bielefeld - Paderborn train line takes you directly to Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock. The nearest bus stop is Stukenbrock Forellkrug, where bus lines 82, 84.1 and H3 stop. You can find out how to get here by public transport and, of course, how to get from A to B on site via OWL-Verkehr https://teutoowl.de/owlv/.
The nature reserve is best reached by car via the A33 highway, taking the Stukenbrock-Senne exit. Then turn right onto Paderborner Straße and after about 2.1 km turn onto Am Furlbach, after 500 m turn right onto Senner Straße and follow this road for 700 m. After about one kilometer, turn right into Jägergrund, where you will find the Emsquellen hiking parking lot. From there you can easily reach the nature reserve on foot.
The SHS 3 cycle path, the Ems-Erlebnis hiking trail and the X 3 hiking trail lead past the nature reserve.

General Information

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Parking Available

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Bus stop available

Eligibility

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Suitable for any weather

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for Groups

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for Class

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for families

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for individual guests

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Suitable for the Elderly

Payment Options

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Entrance Free

Opening Hours

Always open

The Moosheide nature reserve is permanently accessible. However, the Sennelandschaft covers a much wider area. A large part of this is the military training area. The opening hours of the military training area are published under the following link: https://bfgnet.de/sennelager-range-access.html.