| Internationaler Naturpark Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen | |
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| Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen International Nature Park | |
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| Location | Lower Saxony, Germany Drenthe, Netherlands |
| Nearest city | Twist, Germany |
| Coordinates | [1] |
| Established | 2006 |
The Internationaler Naturpark Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen (engl. Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen International Nature Park) is a nature reserve in the west of the German state Lower Saxony as well as in the North-East of the Netherlands. Mostly this nature reserve is spread out over the German counties Emsland, Grafschaft Bentheim and the Dutch county Drenthe. The landscape within the nature park is formed by big peat areas, heather, small lakes and a very small population density.
The Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen International Nature Park was founded on June 1, 2006. The German part of this nature reserve has a size of around 140 km2 (54 sq mi). Originally the German part called Bourtanger Moor had a size of 3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi) and shows that nowadays the remaining part covers just a small area of its former dimension.
The nature reserve is the home of several very rare plants like Common Cottongrass or Drosera and also partly endangered animals like Viviparous lizard, Grass Snake, Short-eared Owl or European Nightjar did find a new habitat in this reserve.
The Dutch part called Bargerveen has a size of 1,200 ha (3,000 acres) and is mainly formed by bog. This Dutch part of the nature reserve was already founded in 1992 at that time named Natuurreservaat Bargerveen.