Petkumer floodplain

The Petkumer Deichvorland is a former nature reserve in the Lower Saxony city of Emden and the municipality of Moormerland in the district of Leer.
The nature reserve, identified by the designation NSG WE 219, covered 200 hectares. Of this, 195 hectares belonged to the city of Emden and 5 hectares to the district of Leer. The nature reserve was fully part of the FFH area "Unterems und Außenems" and largely part of the EU bird protection area "Emsmarsch from Leer to Emden." It had been under protection since July 30, 1994. On June 15, 2017, it merged into the newly designated nature reserve "Unterems." The responsible lower nature conservation authorities were the cities of Emden and the district of Leer.

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