Salem monastery pond

	Bird sanctuary (SPA) ; "Salem Monastery Pond"
	Margravine pond
location	Salem and Uhldingen-Mühlhofen in the Lake Constance district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
WDPA ID	555537956
Natura 2000 ID	DE-8221-401
Bird sanctuary	137 ha
Geographical location	47 ° 45 ' N , 9 ° 17' E Coordinates: 47 ° 44 '54 " N , 9 ° 16' 51" E
Sea level	from 409 m to 460 m ( ø 435 m)
Setup date	November 20, 2007
administration	Regional Council Tübingen
particularities	eight partial areas

The area of Salem Klosterweiher is a 2007 equipped with Regulation of 5 February 2010 by the Ministry of Food and Rural Areas specified European bird sanctuary ( Engl. Special Protection Area ( SPA of), SG-number DE-8221-401) in the region of Baden -Wuerttemberg municipalities Salem and Uhldingen-Mühlhofen in the Lake Constance district in Germany .

location

The 137- hectare nature reserve Salem Monastery Pond is part of the Lake Constance basin . The eight sub-areas are located north of Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, southwest of the Salem town center and west of the Mimmenhausen district at an altitude of 409 to 460 m above sea level. NN .

geology

In the Würm Ice Age , around 20,000 years ago, the Rhine Glacier shaped the landscape between Lake Constance and Salem. Today the drumlins represent the typical terrain of the terminal moraine landscape.

Cistercian fish pond

The embedded ponds - including the Bifangweiher, Egelsee, Killenweiher, Markgräfinweiher, Martinsweiher, Olsenweiher and the Mendishauser Weiher near Affenberg Salem - are connected by ditches, formerly used as a fish pond for the Salem Abbey and have been managed accordingly for centuries. Carp, trout, tench and pike were bred.

Contiguous protected areas

The Salem Monastery Pond protected area is overlaid by the “ Bodenseeufer ” (16%) and “ Salem-Killenweiher ” (68%) landscape protection areas .

European bird sanctuary

The main protection purpose is the preservation and upgrading of the protected area with reed stands , alder - ash forest and mixed beech forest . It is considered a bird resting area of national importance and was declared a European bird sanctuary in 2003. The little grebes, black-necked grebes, red-crested ducks, water rail, great reed warbler and pochard, breed or rest here. The sanctuary is considered to be one of the most important breeding areas of the great reed warbler ( Acrocephalus arundinaceus ), red puffer ( Netta rufina ) and little bittern ( Ixobrychus minutus ).

From the worth protecting fauna following are also species to name:

Tree falcon ( Falco subbuteo ), a member of the falcon-like family
Kingfisher ( Alcedo atthis ), the only species from the family of kingfishers (Alcedinidae) found in Central Europe
Bittern ( Botaurus stellaris ), a hidden bird of the heron family (Ardeidae)
Pochard ( Aythya ferina ), a species of the duck bird family (Anatidae)
Black-necked grebe ( Podiceps nigricollis ), a representative of the grebes (Podicipedidae)
Great Egret ( Casmerodius albus ), also from the heron family
Water rail ( Rallus aquaticus ) is a species of bird in the family of railings (Rallidae)
White stork ( Ciconia ciconia ), a species of bird in the stork family (Ciconiidae); 1984 and 1994 bird of the year in Germany
Little Grebe ( Tachybaptus ruficollis ), also a species of grebes

Web links

Commons : Salemer Klosterweiher (EU bird sanctuary) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Standard data sheet for the bird sanctuary "Salemer Klosterweiher"

Profile of the spa area Salemer Klosterweiher in the protected area directory of the LUBW

Regional Council Tübingen (ed.): Management plan for the bird sanctuary 8221-401 “Salemer Klosterweiher”. Edited by W. HERTER, F. WAGNER, H. STARK, U. REINHARD (INA Südwest). August 1, 2011 (60 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).

Individual evidence

↑ Ordinance of the Ministry of Food and Rural Areas establishing European bird protection areas (VSG-VO). (PDF) Retrieved August 22, 2018 .
↑ Jürgen Müller: From the pond directly onto the monks' plates. In: Südkurier , May 15, 2018, p. 8.
↑ Jürgen Müller: From the pond directly onto the monks' plates. In: Südkurier , May 15, 2018, p. 8.

[VSG-VO-1] Ordinance of the Ministry of Food and Rural Areas establishing European bird protection areas (VSG-VO). (PDF) Retrieved August 22, 2018 .

[2] Jürgen Müller: From the pond directly onto the monks' plates. In: Südkurier , May 15, 2018, p. 8.

[3] Jürgen Müller: From the pond directly onto the monks' plates. In: Südkurier , May 15, 2018, p. 8.