A small Bremen nature reserve protecting inland dunes, heathland, and old heath ponds on the Rekumer Geest.
Eispohl, Sandwehen und Heideweiher
Eispohl, Sandwehen und Heideweiher is a nature reserve in the northern Bremen city district of Blumenthal, in the Ortsteile of Lüssum-Bockhorn and Farge. It preserves a surviving remnant of what was once a much larger open landscape of heathland and inland dunes on the Rekumer Geest, a sandy glacial upland between Bremen and the lower Weser region.
The protected area combines dry inland dunes, wet and dry heath, scattered oak, beech, and birch-pine forests, and a chain of small heath ponds known locally as Weiher and Pohle. Grassland in the western part of the reserve is grazed extensively, and parts of the woodland are also used as wood pasture, continuing a centuries-old land use tradition that originally shaped this Geest landscape.
The site is also an EU Habitats Directive (FFH) area, recognizing its significance for heath habitats, dune ecosystems, and the small ponds that support rare amphibians and dragonflies. Together with the adjacent Tanklager Farge area, it forms one of Bremen's most important refuges for traditional north German sand and heath landscapes.
