Boberger Niederung

Summary

Die großen Binnendünen vermutet man nicht in einer Großstadt wie Hamburg.

Description

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.