Attractions and Places To See in Dänikhorster Moor - Top 7

The nature reserve with the designation NSG WE 181 was 91 hectares in size. It was completely part of the FFH area "Fintlandsmoor and Dänikhorster Moor". The area had been under nature protection since October 24, 1987. In June 2017 it was incorporated into the newly designated nature reserve "Fintlandsmoor and Dänikhorster Moor". The responsible lower nature conservation authority was the Ammerland district. The area is located southwest of Bad Zwischenahn and northwest of Edewecht. It consists of two uncultivated raised bog remnants. The raised bog is on the edge of the Ammerland Geest within the Hunte-Leda Moor lowland. The northern part drains via ditches to the Ollenbäke, which flows into the Große Süderbäke near Apen. This becomes the Aper Tief in Apen. The southern part drains via ditches to the floodplain, which flows together with the Soeste near Barßel (now known as the Nordloher Tief) and forms the Barßeler Tief. The Dänikhorster Moorkanal, which crosses the area, was partially filled in 2010

Dänikhorster Moor The Dänikhorster Moor is a former nature reserve in the Lower Saxony communities of Bad Zwischenahn and Edewecht in the Ammerland district. The nature reserve with the designation NSG WE 181 was 91 hectares in size. It was completely part of the FFH area "Fintlandsmoor and Dänikhorster Moor". The area had been under nature protection since October 24, 1987. In June 2017, it was incorporated into the newly designated nature reserve "Fintlandsmoor and Dänikhorster Moor". The responsible lower nature conservation authority was the Ammerland district. The area is located southwest of Bad Zwischenahn and northwest of Edewecht. It consists of two uncultivated raised bog remnants. The raised bog is located on the edge of the Ammerland Geest within the Hunte-Leda moor lowlands. The northern part drains via ditches to the Ollenbäke, which flows into the Große Süderbäke near Apen. This becomes the Aper Tief in Apen. The southern part drains via ditches to the Aue.

The Fintlandsmoor is a drained and largely peat-extracted raised bog area in the Ammerland district of Lower Saxony. Part of the moor was designated as the "Fintlandsmoor" nature reserve in 1987, which was incorporated into the "Fintlandsmoor and Dänikhorster Moor" nature reserve in 2017.

A narrow path branches off from the middle dam and leads into the Fintlandsmoor. The path is accessible by bike. There are a few side paths that allow you to explore the moor on foot.

In addition to targeted grazing and controlled burning, decussing is a form of cultural landscape management for keeping open heaths, poor and dry grasslands, wet meadows and drained moor sites (moor heaths), which would develop into forests as a result of succession. This type of landscape management aims to preserve certain plant communities typical of a biotope. In drained moors, excessive evaporation from the trees should also be prevented. (Wikipedia) Nice place to rest and find out about life on and in the moor. A small educational trail leads from here along information boards to the moor.

In the Middle Ages, two monasteries were established in the area of the municipality of Moorweg. To the west of the Heron Deep was the monastery of Oldekloster, probably built as a Benedictine monastery in the 12th century, and to the east of the Heron Deep was the Monastery of Sconamora (a Premonstratensian monastery from the 13th century called Sconamora). Oldekloster had a Marian shrine and was a place of pilgrimage. After 1421, both monasteries were administered by Kloster Marienkamp near Esens and continued as agricultural outposts. With the secularization around 1530, both monasteries became the property of the East Frisian count and were continued as domains. On the map of East Friesland by David Fabricius 1589, both monasteries in Harlingerland are named. Around 1770 the Fehn colony Wagnersfehn was founded by Mrs. Adelheid Wagener from Esens in the swampy valley south of Esens. Palatinate people were initially settled here.

A crime thriller could take place here!

Dänikhorster Moor The Dänikhorster Moor is a former nature reserve in the Lower Saxony communities of Bad Zwischenahn and Edewecht in the Ammerland district. The nature reserve, designated NSG WE 181, was 91 hectares in size. It was fully part of the FFH area "Fintlandsmoor und Dänikhorster Moor". The area has been under nature protection since October 24, 1987. In June 2017, it opened up in the newly designated "Fintlandsmoor und Dänikhorster Moor" nature reserve. The district of Ammerland was responsible for the lower nature conservation authority. The area is southwest of Bad Zwischenahn and northwest of Edewecht. It consists of two uncultivated remains of raised bogs. The high moor lies on the edge of the Ammerländer Geest within the Hunte-Leda moor lowland. The northern part drains via ditches to the Ollenbäke, which flows into the Große Süderbäke near Apen. In Apen this becomes Aper Tief. The southern part drains via ditches to the floodplain.