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City of Salzgitter
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The City of Salzgitter at a glance
Salzgitter is an independent city in south-eastern Lower Saxony and lies between Hildesheim, Braunschweig and the northern Harz foothills. Lower Saxony no longer operates administrative regions, so the city is allocated directly to the state and has an independent lower nature conservation authority. Characteristic is the polycentric structure of seven municipality areas and 31 city districts with extensive undeveloped areas between the settlement centres.
In terms of natural regions, Salzgitter lies in the transition between the fertile loess Börde in the north and the forested Salzgitter elevation in the south. The elevation is built from layers of the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods and was shaped over centuries by iron ore mining. From this mining history, the Salzgittersee emerged, amongst other things, as a restored water body.
Ecologically significant are the Natura 2000 areas in the city: the FFH area 122 Salzgitterscher elevation (southern part) with beech and oak forests, historical coppice and middle woods as well as calcareous grassland and the FFH area 121 Innerste floodplain (with Kanstein), which is known for its heavy metal grasslands and the return of the beaver. The flowing waters of Fuhse and Warne cross the northern city area.
Economically, Salzgitter is a significant industrial location, shaped by steel production (Salzgitter AG), vehicle and battery cell manufacturing as well as mechanical engineering. Industrial extensions, transport and residential construction projects regularly trigger compensation obligations, which in Lower Saxony are determined under sections 13 to 15 of the Federal Nature Conservation Act, the NAGBNatSchG and a biotope value procedure.
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🌿 Ecological features
- FFH area 122 Salzgitterscher elevation (southern part), beech and oak forests, calcareous grassland
- FFH area 121 Innerste floodplain (with Kanstein), regionally significant heavy metal grasslands
- Nature reserve Middle Innertal with Kanstein, return of the beaver
- Landscape protection area Salzgitterscher elevation, historical cultural landscape
- Historical coppice and middle woods with open oak stocks
- Salzgittersee, a water and recreation area that emerged from former iron ore mining
- Fuhse and Warne as city-defining flowing waters in the northern city area
✅ greeNature on the ground
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Typical measures in the city of Salzgitter
Water body restoration
Removal of culverts and riverbank fortifications on Fuhse, Warne and Innerste, creation of naturalistic floodplain structures and spawning habitats, promotion of beaver, kingfisher and fish fauna in the city-adjacent water network.
Unsealing of industrial brownfields
Removal and unsealing of no longer used commercial and rail areas in the steel and industrial belt, restoration of rooted soils and development of open succession biotopes.
Grassland improvement in Börde surroundings
Extensification of intensively used arable areas in the northern loess Börde to species-rich grassland, habitat for meadow-breeding birds such as northern lapwing and skylark in the transition to settlement edges.
Coppice and forest edge management
Resumption of historical coppice and middle wood management at Salzgitterscher elevation, preservation of open oak forests, structured forest edges and deadwood for bats and hazel dormouse.
Species protection CEF and FCS
Advanced compensation measures for sand lizard on rail and industrial areas, great crested newt water bodies at the elevation, bat roosts and replacement habitats, coordinated under section 44 of the Federal Nature Conservation Act.
Hedgerows and habitat networks
Creation of hedgerows, field copses and margins in the cleared Börde landscape as stepping-stone habitats between elevation, floodplains and fields, linking isolated habitats in the city area.
Protected species in the Salzgitter elevation between Börde and Innerste highlands
Sand lizard
Railway embankments, ruderal areas and sun-exposed banks in the industrial belt offer suitable habitats for the sand lizard. In construction and commercial projects, it is a frequent target species for advanced CEF measures under section 44 of the Federal Nature Conservation Act.
About this species ›Bats in the coppice
Old oak stocks and historical coppices at Salzgitterscher elevation provide roosts and hunting grounds for forest-associated bat species. Preservation of cavity trees and replacement roosts are typical measures.
About this species ›Kingfisher and beaver on the Innerste
Beavers have resettled in the Innerste floodplain, steep banks and naturalistic water body sections offer the kingfisher breeding places. Water body restoration along Innerste and Fuhse strengthens these habitats.
About this species ›Great crested newt
Smaller wet biotopes and woodland ponds at Salzgitterscher elevation harbour the strictly protected great crested newt. Creation and linking of sunny spawning waters are effective compensation measures for this species.
About this species ›Northern lapwing and skylark
The open loess Börde in the north of the city area is breeding habitat for field birds such as northern lapwing and skylark. Extensification and flower areas in arable land create breeding and feeding habitats.
About this species ›Hazel dormouse
Structured forest edges, hedgerows and old coppices at the elevation provide habitat for the hazel dormouse. Preservation of continuous hedge structures and berry-bearing shrubs secures its populations.
About this species ›Which projects trigger a compensation obligation?
Battery cell factory (PowerCo)
With the battery cell factory of Volkswagen subsidiary PowerCo, one of the region's largest industrial projects is being created in Salzgitter. Land use, development and infrastructure generate substantial compensation needs, which greeNature handles as a full-service partner.
Steel works and SALCOS transformation
The Salzgitter AG site is one of Germany's most important steel works. The conversion to hydrogen-based, low-carbon steel production (SALCOS) and further facility extensions trigger nature conservation compensation obligations.
Transport and infrastructure
Bypass routes, the expansion of federal highways, rail systems and utility lines as well as large-scale infrastructure projects in the city require impact assessment and compensation under sections 13 to 15 of the Federal Nature Conservation Act.
Settlement and commercial development
New residential areas in Lebenstedt and Salzgitter-Bad as well as commercial and logistics areas require nature conservation compensation measures. Owners of suitable areas can include them as eco-account areas.
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