List of nature reserves in Lower Saxony
Introduction 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 (''Landkreise'') or urban districts (''Kreisfreie Städte'') 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  (''CTRL'' / ''Ctrl'' + ''F'').The '''NSG Nos.''' (i.e. nature reserve numbers) are based on the former provinces (''Regierungsbezirken'') (BR = Brunswick, HA = Hanover, LÜ = Lüneburg, WE = Weser-Ems). NSG No. Name of the nature reserve  Rural / Urban District  Area (ha) BR 001 RiddagshausenCity of Brunswick526BR 006 Upper HarzGoslar district513BR 017 Alleraue Forest (''Allerauenwald'') in the Drömling Helmstedt district94.7BR 023 Bullenkuhle Gifhorn district2.3BR 038 Seeburger See Göttingen district122.1BR 043 Oker Valley Goslar district 206 ha Wolfenbüttel district 40 ha246BR 051Großes Moor (near Gifhorn) Gifhorn district2720BR 054 Weper Northeim district200BR 072Lammer HolzCity of Brunswick25BR 075 Barnbruch City of Wolfsburg 630 ha Gifhorn district 570 ha1200BR 078 Steinberg Osterode district12BR 080 Staufenberg Osterode district157.9BR 118Braunschweiger OkeraueCity of Brunswick320BR 124OderaueLandkreise Osterode and Northeim510BR 140WurmbergGoslar district183HA 024 DümmerDiepholz district 552.5 ha Vechta district 160 ha Osnabrück district 32.5 ha745HA 214IthHameln-Pyrmont district 1962 ha, Holzminden district 753 ha2715HA 215MühlenbergSchaumburg district4,7LÜ 002 Lüneburg Heath Harburg district 10214.9 ha Soltau-Fallingbostel district 13222 ha23436.9LÜ 009 Kalkberg Lüneburg district7.6LÜ 010 Brunsberg Harburg district60.6LÜ 027 Bullensee Rotenburg (Wümme) district32LÜ 098 Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetze Moor Celle district815LÜ 134 Großes Moor (near Becklingen) Celle district 666 ha Soltau-Fallingbostel district 184 ha850LÜ 168 Maujahn Moor Lüchow-Dannenberg district37LÜ 170 Bornrieth Moor Celle district115LÜ 185 Grundloses Moor Heidekreis295LÜ 190 Kiehnmoor Uelzen district 340 ha Celle district 100 ha440LÜ 212 Central Lüß Plateau Heaths Celle district293LÜ 252 Tiste Bauernmoor Rotenburg (Wümme) district570LÜ 277LutterCelle district 1937.6 ha, Gifhorn district 497.7 ha2435LÜ 287LachteCelle district 364 ha, Town of Celle 125 ha489WE 003 Darnsee Osnabrück district11WE 241HeidfeldSchüttorf (Samtgemeinde)200WE 247SteinbergEmsland district24
References
Sources * Ulrich Sippel: ''Stand der Ausweisung von Naturschutzgebieten in Niedersachsen.'' Hannover 2005, 127 pages. Aus ''Informationsdienst Naturschutz Niedersachsen'' ISSN 0934-7135.Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz (NLWKN)
External links *  The Nature Reserves of Lower Saxony (Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz = NLWKN) *  New Nature Reserves in Lower Saxony from 1.1.2009 (NLWKN)