Birch pond

	Birkenweiher nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	NSG "Birkenweiher" after the spring mowing
location	Germany , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Lake Constance district , Tettnang
surface	12.9 ha
Identifier	4206
WDPA ID	162433
Geographical location	47 ° 39 ' N , 9 ° 37' E Coordinates: 47 ° 38 '40 " N , 9 ° 37' 7" E
Setup date	July 20, 1992
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The Birkenweiher area is a nature reserve (NSG number 4.206) in the southeast of the city of Tettnang in the Lake Constance district in Baden-Württemberg , Germany, which was designated by the Tübingen Regional Council by ordinance of July 20, 1992 .

location

The approximately 13 hectare nature reserve Birkenweiher is part of the Westallgäu hill country. It is located southeast of Tettnang in the Tettnang Forest , between the districts of Argenhardt in the northwest, Iglerberg in the northeast and Laimnau in the southeast, at an altitude of 510 m above sea level. NN . The corridors Wagnerbühl , Birkach , Grafenholz , Mördergrube and Münzlachen are located around the nature reserve .

Protection purpose

Essential protective purpose is the preservation of a part as a stray field used small sedge fen , which many rare and protected plant and animal species habitat provides.

Flora and fauna

flora

The following plant species (selection) are to be mentioned from the flora worthy of protection with pipe grass litter meadows :

Common pennywort ( Hydrocotyle vulgaris ), a species from the Aralia family

Swallowwort gentian ( Gentiana asclepiadea ), plant from the gentian family

Web links

Weblink of the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg (LUBW)