NABU-Naturschutzstation Münsterland

NABU-Naturschutzstation Münsterland e.V. is a biological station founded in 1997 and based at Haus Heidhorn on the southern edge of Münster, between the Davert and Hohe Ward woodlands in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of roughly 40 biological stations in North Rhine-Westphalia and operates as a registered association (e.V.). Its sponsoring bodies are the NABU Landesverband NRW together with the NABU Kreisverbände Coesfeld, Münster and Warendorf, tying it into the wider NABU (Naturschutzbund Deutschland) network. The station's working area covers the city of Münster and the Kreis Warendorf. Its remit includes recording flora and fauna, mapping biotopes, and managing a total of 29 protected areas plus numerous individual sites. It also carries out public relations work, nature and environmental education, and a programme of events. Three floodplain sections of the Ems near Westbevern, north-east of Münster — Emsaue Vadrup, Pöhlen and Lauheide — are looked after by the station, where Taurus cattle and Konik horses are used to develop diverse landscapes. Further grazing landscapes (Weidelandschaft Davert) lie in the Emmerbach floodplain between Davensberg and Münster-Amelsbüren, as well as at Brunsberg and Kerbtal in Beckum. The station engages volunteers through a voluntary ecological year (FÖJ), the Federal Volunteer Service (BFD) and internships. It publishes the magazine NATURZEIT, available via a free app on Google Play and the App Store with text and read-aloud modes and a monthly events overview, and it maintains an events calendar. Its website reports on projects such as KLARO – Kulturlandschaft für die Rohrweihe, which has fitted three marsh harriers from the Warendorf district with GPS transmitters, and on the newsletter of the AG Botanik 'Flora Münster'.

NABU-Naturschutzstation Münsterland e.V. was founded in 1997 as a biological station. It is one of about 40 biological stations in North Rhine-Westphalia, a state-wide network of institutions dedicated to applied nature conservation and ecological monitoring. The station is jointly sponsored by the NABU Landesverband NRW and the NABU Kreisverbände Coesfeld, Münster and Warendorf, reflecting a partnership between the state-level and local branches of NABU (Naturschutzbund Deutschland). It is headquartered at Haus Heidhorn on the southern outskirts of Münster, situated between the Davert and Hohe Ward forest areas. Its designated working area comprises the city of Münster and the Kreis Warendorf. Over time the station has taken on the care of 29 areas and numerous individual objects within this territory, alongside responsibilities for flora and fauna recording, biotope mapping, public relations, nature and environmental education, and the organisation of events. A significant part of its practical conservation work involves grazing projects. The station manages three floodplain sections of the Ems near Westbevern, north-east of Münster — Emsaue Vadrup, Pöhlen and Lauheide — where Taurus cattle and Konik horses are deployed to create and maintain diverse landscapes. Additional grazing landscapes, the Weidelandschaft Davert, are located in the Emmerbach floodplain between Davensberg and Münster-Amelsbüren, and at Brunsberg and Kerbtal in Beckum. The station also runs citizen and volunteer engagement programmes, including the voluntary ecological year (FÖJ), the Federal Volunteer Service (BFD) and internships. It communicates its work through the magazine NATURZEIT, available as a free app on Google Play and the App Store with text and read-aloud modes and a monthly events overview, as well as through an online events calendar. Recent project reporting includes the KLARO – Kulturlandschaft für die Rohrweihe project, under which three marsh harriers from the Warendorf district were fitted with GPS transmitters, and the AG Botanik newsletter 'Flora Münster'.

• 2026

  KLARO – Kulturlandschaft für die Rohrweihe project fits three marsh harriers from Kreis Warendorf with GPS transmitters.

• 1997

  NABU-Naturschutzstation Münsterland e.V. founded as a biological station.

• Station based at Haus Heidhorn on the southern edge of Münster, between the Davert and Hohe Ward woodlands.

• Station manages 29 areas and numerous individual objects in Münster and Kreis Warendorf.

• Grazing projects with Taurus cattle and Konik horses established in Ems floodplain sections and the Weidelandschaft Davert.

A regional, non-profit biological station within the NABU network, combining scientific species and biotope recording with practical landscape management and public environmental education.

• NATURZEIT magazine and app

  A magazine available via a free app on Google Play and the App Store, with text and read-aloud modes and a monthly events overview.

• KLARO – Kulturlandschaft für die Rohrweihe

  A project tracking marsh harriers with GPS transmitters in the Warendorf district.

• Flora Münster newsletter

  Newsletter of the AG Botanik, published periodically (e.g. September 2026 issue No. 115).

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