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	Mühlmatten nature and landscape protection area IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Hochdorf , March , Freiburg , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	40 hectares + 17 hectares
Identifier	3,246
WDPA ID	318821
Geographical location	48 ° 3 ' N , 7 ° 48' E Coordinates: 48 ° 2 '42 " N , 7 ° 47' 48" E
Sea level	from 190 m to 200 m
Setup date	January 28, 1998
administration	Regional council Freiburg

The nature and landscape protection area Mühlmatten west of Hochdorf bei Freiburg is the largest wet meadow area in the Freiburg Bay . It was placed under nature protection in 1998 because of its importance for threatened species. The central nature reserve with 40 hectares is surrounded by a 17 hectare landscape protection area. The field consists of smaller wooded areas and the largest part of brachgefallenem grassland which became the wetland, there are wetlands, sedge vineyards , damp Hochstaudenfluren and reed reeds . In spring, the marsh marigold blooms there , followed by the red-violet purple loosestrife , and the marsh thistle , meadowsweet , sedges and orchids can also be found. Many have been detected in animals and plants, 67 of them are on the red list . In the field there is a green toad population , Eurasian hobby , Stonechat , swamp terror and Zilpzalp have successfully bred, black woodpecker , reed warbler , Large Copper , Bergmolch and Yellow Warbler were observed.

Originally, the area was earmarked for development in Freiburg's land use plan from 1980 and the city had already invested € 7.5 million.

Characteristics

The area was designated as a nature reserve on January 28, 1998 and is managed by the Freiburg Regional Council under the protected area number 3.246. It has an area of 40 hectares . This includes the landscape protection area with the identification 3.15.029 and a size of 17 hectares. The following is shown as the protective purpose:

The main protection purpose of the nature reserve is the preservation of the largest, still contiguous, humid meadow low in the Freiburg Bay with species-rich wet meadows. Large sedge meadows, moist tall herbaceous vegetation, reeds, damp forests and bushes as well as drier meadows on the edge as a habitat for a multitude of animal and plant species, some of which are threatened in their existence, in various rare and endangered plant communities and communities.
The protection purpose of the landscape protection area is to secure the nature reserve from interference from the immediate vicinity and to maintain the small-scale meadow structure there.