--- title: "Großes Uchter Moor" url: "https://www.mittelweser-tourism.com/poi/grosses-uchter-moor" description: "After the last ice age, large parts of the North German Plain developed into moors due to the high groundwater levels. Extensive raised bogs are among the outstanding landscape features of the southern Mittelweser region (Großes Moor Uchte, Hohes Moor near Steyerberg, Rehburger Moor, Lichtenmoor). In the core area, peat is still extracted industrially on a large scale.However, large areas have already been returned to nature. Cotton grass fruits in April, peat mosses grow on stored water, the rare golden plover breeds here and the crane calls in the early morning mist. The Große Uchter Moor is part of the Diepholzer Moorniederung nature reserve. Originally, the peat layer in the Uchter Moor was up to 6.50 meters thick.Peat extraction began as early as the 1930s, initially by hand to produce fuel. Industrial peat extraction was intensified with mechanical cutting and milling, especially after the Second World War. The end of industrial use is not expected before 2030. Step by step, all peat extraction areas must be rewetted in accordance with the Lower Saxony Moor Protection Program and thus returned to natural regeneration. The Uchter Moor is part of the \"European bird sanctuary Diepholzer Moorniederung\".Tips: Uchter Moor moor train and Warmsen birdwatching tower. Cranes can be observed from the viewing platform in the fall." language: "en" type: "Place" image: "https://dam.destination.one/774097/fc640966deccf7276a0ebc46db2549d848795b53f45fb4fcdbdc7d0d64b6eced/.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Mittelweser > Special > Destination.Data Details > Poi" --- Share Großes Uchter Moor ================== - Tip - Lookout tower - Moorland - Bird sanctuary Wooden tower with windows stands next to a gravel path amidst green bushes under a cloudy sky. Information board at the Warmsen birdwatching tower with a map and signs pointing out points of interest in the surrounding area. A vast moorland landscape with parallel peat ridges and a gravel path, deceptive clouds in the sky. A sprawling moor with rows of gates and a green vehicle used for landscape maintenance. Cranes in a vast field at 52.473° N, 8.808° E; trees in the distance in the background. A view from a wooden observation tower of a vast, flat moorland landscape under overcast skies. An unspoiled moor with heather in the foreground and surrounding trees beneath a bright blue sky. The Große Uchter Moor (5,660 ha) is located south-east of Diepholz between Uchte, Warmsen and Essern. After the last ice age, large parts of the North German Plain developed into moors due to the high groundwater levels. Extensive raised bogs are among the outstanding landscape features of the southern Mittelweser region (Großes Moor Uchte, Hohes Moor near Steyerberg, Rehburger Moor, Lichtenmoor). In the core area, peat is still extracted industrially on a large scale. However, large areas have already been returned to nature. Cotton grass fruits in April, peat mosses grow on stored water, the rare golden plover breeds here and the crane calls in the early morning mist. The Große Uchter Moor is part of the Diepholzer Moorniederung nature reserve. Originally, the peat layer in the Uchter Moor was up to 6.50 meters thick. Peat extraction began as early as the 1930s, initially by hand to produce fuel. Industrial peat extraction was intensified with mechanical cutting and milling, especially after the Second World War. The end of industrial use is not expected before 2030. Step by step, all peat extraction areas must be rewetted in accordance with the Lower Saxony Moor Protection Program and thus returned to natural regeneration. The Uchter Moor is part of the "European bird sanctuary Diepholzer Moorniederung". Tips: Uchter Moor moor train and Warmsen birdwatching tower. Cranes can be observed from the viewing platform in the fall. Read more Good to know ------------ Author Mittelweser-Touristik GmbHLange Straße 18 31582 Nienburg/Weser Organization Mittelweser-Touristik GmbH License (master data) Mittelweser-Touristik GmbH Nearby ------ View on map - Place of interest - Information centre - Moor and light railway/museum railway - Moorland Contact Osterloher Straße 31600 Uchte