LIFE CrossBorderBog In the border region between Enschede (NL) and Gronau (DE), raised bogs have been forming for thousands of years. The resulting primeval landscape was intensively utilised and cultivated for peat extraction. Today, the renaturalisation of the cross-border Aamsveen - Hündfelder Moor is of great importance for biodiversity and the climate.
Aamsveen Aamsveen is one of ten Natura 2000 sites managed by the Landschap Overijssel foundation. These areas play a key role in curbing the decline in biodiversity in Overijssel. They contain an abundance of special and sensitive nature.
Hündfelder Moor The Hündfelder Moor is part of a former cross-border raised bog complex that includes the current protected areas of Aamsveen on the Dutch side and the Amtsvenn and Hündfelder Moor nature reserves on the German side.
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Excursion LIFE CrossBorderBog regularly organises excursions and other field visits for local residents, stakeholders and other interested parties in the Aamsveen - Hündfelder Moor. Would you like to be kept informed about these tours? Then please send us a message.
Excursion LIFE CrossBorderBog regularly organises excursions and other field visits for local residents, stakeholders and other interested parties in the Aamsveen - Hündfelder Moor. Would you like to be kept informed about these tours? Then please send us a message.
Project video's The best helmsmen are always on the shore? In the Aamsveen - Hündfelder Moor they also go into the field! Accompany the people who work in the area and take part in their observations ...
Once you have heard the distinctive call of a crane, you will never forget it. Several pairs nest in the Hündfelder Moor every year. This 'pair' flies over the Aamsveen (spring 2024).
A 1967 film by G.J. ter Welle about 'the Aamsveen nature reserve through the seasons, with images of raised bogs, heaths, forests, flowers, plants and grass meadows'.
Source: Overijssel Collection location Zwolle
In the lagg zone, between the raised bog and the lateral moraine west of the Aamsveen, 'acidic' peat water and mineral-rich (seepage) water mix. As a result, very diverse and often rare plant and animal species live in this transitional area.
To determine the depth of the peat dams (which hold back the rainwater in the moor), the thickness of the peat layer is first determined. This is not the same everywhere. The black 'soil' in the borehole is the so-called 'black peat'.