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Historical Catalogue of Earthquakes Recorded Near Stemmbruch Nature Reserve in Lower Saxony

This collection provides a comprehensive record of seismic activity identified in the vicinity of the Stemmbruch nature reserve in the Harburg district. Researchers and geography enthusiasts can examine a factual catalogue of historical earthquake events that have been registered by geological monitoring services near the Seeve floodplain. Each entry includes specific details such as event dates, magnitude readings, and the calculated distance from the protected bog landscape.

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A small hanging-bog nature reserve on a geest ridge near the Seeve floodplain.

Stemmbruch

Stemmbruch is a small nature reserve (Naturschutzgebiet) in the municipality of Stelle in the district of Harburg, Lower Saxony, in northern Germany. Covering roughly 56 hectares, it protects a hanging spring bog (Hangquellmoor) sitting on a sandy geest ridge that drops down toward the Seeve river floodplain. The reserve is fully enclosed by the landscape protection area known as Buchwedel und Umgebung, giving it an additional buffer of protected surroundings. The site has been protected since October 17, 1989, and is managed by the responsible lower nature conservation authority of the Harburg district, with technical oversight from the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal Protection, and Nature Conservation (NLWKN). Its location between a major freight rail corridor and the A 39 motorway makes it a compact pocket of bog vegetation pressed into a heavily developed transport landscape. Ecologically, Stemmbruch is valued for its mix of bog pools, moor heath, and birch and alder swamp woodland, a habitat mosaic typical of small lowland bogs in the North German plain. Drainage from the reserve flows via the Kohlenbach into the Ashauser Mühlenbach, a tributary of the Seeve, tying the site hydrologically into the broader Seeve lowland system.

Location
Germany
Park type
Nature reserve
Established
1989
Area
0.6 km²
Highest point
18 m
Stemmbruch Nature Reserve Geography

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Stemmbruch’s catalogue associates reported epicentres with the Lower Saxon reserve by calculated distance, not through the sandy geest ridge, Seeve floodplain edge, bog, or moor heath. Each source-linked record supplies a date, magnitude, depth, locality, and reserve distance for historical comparison without attributing habitat effects, present danger, or prediction.

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Established
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IUCN
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Relief
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Established
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IUCN
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Relief
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Area
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Established
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IUCN
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Relief
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Area
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Established
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IUCN
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