The nature reserve of Rehden Geest Moor (german: Rehdener Geestmoor) is an extensive, open

raised bog Raised bogs, also called ombrotrophic bogs, are acidic, wet habitats that are poor in mineral salts and are home to flora and fauna that can cope with such extreme conditions. Raised bogs, unlike fens, are exclusively fed by precipitation (ombrot ...

in the collective municipality of

Rehden Rehden is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately eight km east of Diepholz. The 44 TWh Rehden natural gas storage Natural gas is a commodity that can be stored for an indefinite pe ...

, in the county of

Diepholz Diepholz (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Deefholt'') is a town and capital of the district of Diepholz in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the rivers Hunte and Lohne, approximately 45 km northeast of Osnabrück, and 60 km southwest of ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

. It is a representative raised bog for the natural region known as the Diepholz Moor Depression (''Diepholzer Moorniederung''). According to GIS it covers an area of 1,736 hectares, but according to the conservation act, 1,786 hectares.

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Rehden Geest Moor
* {{Authority control Geest Bogs of Lower Saxony Nature reserves in Lower Saxony Diepholz (district)