The Solling-Vogler Nature Park () is a nature park in South Lower Saxony in

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. It has an area of and was established in 1966. The nature park includes the hill ranges of the Solling and the Vogler but also the Burgberg which lies east of Weser valley between the two upland regions. It is looked after by the ''Zweckverband Naturpark Solling-Vogler'', whose sponsors are the districts of Holzminden and Northeim and the state of Lower Saxony.

Geography

The Solling-Vogler Nature Park lies northwest of the city of

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in the two aforementioned districts between the rivers

Weser The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports o ...

in the west and Leine in the east. It is located between the villages of Bodenwerder to the north, Stadtoldendorf and Dassel to the northeast, Moringen to the east Hardegsen and Uslar to the southeast,

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to the south, Beverungen to the southwest, Höxter to the west and Holzminden to the northwest. The nature park lies between its neighbours, the Weser Uplands-Schaumburg-Hamelin Nature Park to the north, the Münden Nature Park to the south, the

Harz National Park Harz National Park is a nature reserve in the Germany, German federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. It comprises portions of the western Harz mountain range, extending from Herzberg am Harz, Herzberg and Bad Lauterberg at the southern ...

to the east and the Eggegebirge and Southern Teutoburg Forest Nature Park to the west. The Bunter sandstone ridge of the Solling (up to 528 m AMSL) has the appearance of a high plateau with mixed forests, wet meadows and moors. The Vogler (460 m) is also a sandstone upland, but with many hills and valleys with steep rock faces.

Flora and fauna

The Solling-Vogler Nature Park comprises old oak wood pasture, European spruce–

larch Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus ''Larix'', of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae). Growing from tall, they are native to the cooler regions of the northern hemisphere, where they are found in lowland forests in the high la ...

mixed forest stands, about former grazing and farmland, and some streams and brooks surrounded by riparian forest. Several species have been recorded that are endangered on the national Red List, including several Lichenes, ceramic fungus ('' Xylobolus frustulatus''), stag beetle (''

Lucanus cervus ''Lucanus cervus'', known as the European stag beetle, or the greater stag beetle, is one of the best-known species of stag beetle (family Lucanidae) in Western Europe, and is the eponymous example of the genus. ''L. cervus'' is listed as Near T ...

'') and

darkling beetle Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus assigned to some flour beetles ...

(''Corticeus fasciatus''). Bird species recorded include middle spotted woodpecker (''Dendrocopos medius''). Exmoor ponies and heck cattle have been released in 2000 to maintain the park's ecosystem. Elements of the nature park enjoy the additional protected status of the EU Birds Directive. The designated areas are habitats for the Tengmalm's owl, black stork and other protected bird species.

Sights

The abbeys of Amelungsborn and Corvey as well as Bevern Castle are outstanding historic buildings and are all located within the nature park. In Fürstenberg there is an old porcelain works. Between Silberborn and Neuhaus is the Hochsolling Observation Tower. Close to the tower is the nature reserve of Hochmoor Mecklenbruch near Silberborn and the Neuhaus Deer Park (see external links), with its forest museum, near Neuhaus. The Weser Cycle Path runs west of the nature park along the

, as do the tourist routes of the German Fairy Tale Route, German Timber-Frame Road and the Road of Weser Renaissance.

References

External links

Solling-Vogler Nature Park

Neuhaus Deer Park
(with forest museum) {{Coord, 51.76, 9.55, dim:30000_region:DE, display=title Bird reserves in Germany Solling-Vogler Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony Regions of Lower Saxony Solling Protected areas established in 1966 1966 establishments in West Germany

Geography

Flora and fauna

Sights

See also

References

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