List of nature reserves in Lower Saxony


There are 764 nature reserves in the state of Lower Saxony in north Germany, covering a total area of as at 31 December 2008.
These reserves currently form about 4.72% of the land area in the state, including the coastal waters out to. In addition, there are two national parks and one biosphere reserve that are also under strict protection and which raise the area coverage to 11.32%.
The table below shows a selection of these reserves. Where a nature reserve extends over several rural or urban districts these are given in order of the size area covered. By sorting on the column "Rural/Urban District" the reserves that are found wholly or partially within a district can be seen at a glance. In order to locate the other areas, use the search function of your computer keyboard .
The NSG Nos. are based on the former provinces .
NSG No.Name of the nature reserveRural / Urban DistrictArea
BR 001RiddagshausenCity of Brunswick526
BR 006Upper HarzGoslar district513
BR 017Alleraue Forest in the DrömlingHelmstedt district94.7
BR 023BullenkuhleGifhorn district2.3
BR 038Seeburger SeeGöttingen district122.1
BR 043Oker ValleyGoslar district 206 ha Wolfenbüttel district 40 ha246
BR 051Großes Moor Gifhorn district2720
BR 054WeperNortheim district200
BR 072Lammer HolzCity of Brunswick25
BR 075BarnbruchCity of Wolfsburg 630 ha Gifhorn district 570 ha1200
BR 078SteinbergOsterode district12
BR 080StaufenbergOsterode district157.9
BR 118Braunschweiger OkeraueCity of Brunswick320
BR 124OderaueLandkreise Osterode and Northeim510
BR 140WurmbergGoslar district183
HA 024DümmerDiepholz district 552.5 ha Vechta district 160 ha Osnabrück district 32.5 ha745
HA 214IthHameln-Pyrmont district 1962 ha, Holzminden district 753 ha2715
HA 215MühlenbergSchaumburg district4,7
LÜ 002Lüneburg HeathHarburg district 10214.9 ha Soltau-Fallingbostel district 13222 ha23436.9
LÜ 009KalkbergLüneburg district7.6
LÜ 010BrunsbergHarburg district60.6
LÜ 027BullenseeRotenburg district32
LÜ 098Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetze MoorCelle district815
LÜ 134Großes Moor Celle district 666 ha Soltau-Fallingbostel district 184 ha850
LÜ 168Maujahn MoorLüchow-Dannenberg district37
LÜ 170Bornrieth MoorCelle district115
LÜ 185Grundloses MoorHeidekreis295
LÜ 190KiehnmoorUelzen district 340 ha Celle district 100 ha440
LÜ 212Central Lüß Plateau HeathsCelle district293
LÜ 252Tiste BauernmoorRotenburg district570
LÜ 277LutterCelle district 1937.6 ha, Gifhorn district 497.7 ha2435
LÜ 287LachteCelle district 364 ha, Town of Celle 125 ha489
WE 003DarnseeOsnabrück district11
WE 241HeidfeldSchüttorf 200
WE 247SteinbergEmsland district24