Damerower Werder, Nature reserve on the Damerower Werder peninsula, Jabel, Germany

Damerower Werder is a protected area on a peninsula in Kölpinsee featuring wetlands, reed beds, and dry grassland across several hundred hectares. The landscape displays the typical patchwork of a northern German lake and marsh environment with changing vegetation zones.

The peninsula was placed under protection in 1966 as a nature reserve; the protected area was enlarged in 1990 and again in 1998. European bison have been bred on the Werder since 1957 for a genetic reserve, with 327 calves raised to date. After a five-year breeding pause, nine calves were born in 2021.

The name Werder is the northern German word for a peninsula, matching the site's shape between Kölpinsee and Jabelscher See. The bison herd is kept by the Wisentzucht e.V. association, and a show enclosure lets visitors see animals that elsewhere survive only in the wilds of Białowieża and the Caucasus.

The bison enclosure has a display area open to the public, while the 320-hectare forest range is a separate unit. Visitors reach the peninsula from Jabel, on the northern edge by the Jabelsche See. The reserve lies within the Nossentiner/Schwinzer Heide nature park, so paths cross wet meadows and reed beds.

Breeding began in 1957 for a genetic reserve, and 327 calves had been reared by the time of the source; after a five-year breeding pause, nine calves were born again in 2021. Between 20 and 34 bison live in two separate enclosures: a 320-hectare forest range and a display enclosure.