Aland-Elbe-Lowlands
Coordinates: 53 ° 0 ′ 20 ″ N , 11 ° 37 ′ 14 ″ E
The Aland-Elbe-Niederung is a nature reserve in the town of Seehausen (Altmark) and the communities of Aland , Altmärkische Wische and Zehrental in the Stendal district in Saxony-Anhalt .
description
The nature reserve with the registration number NSG 0388 is around 6009 hectares in size. The previous nature reserves “Garbe-Alandniederung” and “Elbaue Beuster-Wahrenberg” have merged into it. The 2,919 hectare FFH area “Elbaue Beuster-Wahrenberg” and the 2,573 hectare FFH area “Aland-Elbe-Niederung north of Seehausen” as well as the 5,123 hectare EU bird sanctuary “Aland-Elbe-Niederung” are largely part of the nature reserve . The nature reserve is bordered mostly to the conservation area "Aland Elbe valley". On the Brandenburg side, the nature reserves "Elbdeichvorland" and "Wittenberge-Ruhstädter Elbniederung" follow. The area has been under protection since June 16, 2009. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Stendal.
The nature reserve is located in the valley of the Elbe and Aland in the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve . It extends along the Elbe, which runs in large loops, between the state border with Lower Saxony at Elbe kilometer 473 and the Elbe dike at Elbe kilometer 431 northwest of Werben (Elbe) or the Aland from the confluence with the Elbe to the northeast of Seehausen (Altmark) and puts the rivers of the Elbe in Saxony-Anhalt or the Aland with the adjacent lowland areas under protection. Large parts of the nature reserve are subject to the natural dynamics of the rivers and are flooded during floods.
The nature reserve is of vast grassland complex medium to wet locations as well as soft and Hartholzau dominated residues. It is criss-crossed by a multitude of oxbow lakes , flood channels and wet depressions . Inland dunes can be found here and there. Most of the grassland is used intensively. To a lesser extent, there are also extensively grazed areas. Large-scale burnt-cone meadow meadows are of national importance .
flora
The hardwood floodplains are primarily made up of common oak , field elm , white elm , common ash and narrow-leaved ash . In addition, hornbeam , Scots pine , spruce and aspen can be found, which, however, were brought in for forestry. The shrub layer is u. a. Formed by double-fluted hawthorn , black currant , purgatory buckthorn , common snowball as well as hops and bindweed . In the Hohen Garbe, a loop of the Elbe in the northwest of the nature reserve on the state border with Lower Saxony, one of the largest and most important hardwood meadows in this section of the Elbe below Magdeburg has been preserved due to its location on the former inner-German border . The alluvial forest has a high proportion of old and dead wood . The alluvial forest on the Hohe Garbe is partially cut off from the natural flow dynamics by a dike , which is to be reduced so that the alluvial forest can develop naturally again. At the same time, this creates additional retention area that can absorb water in the event of floods in the Elbe.
In the Aland area, especially at Wanzer, softwood meadows can be found between the two dike lines. The softwood meadows are made up of silver , broken , almond and wicker as well as black poplar . Further softwood meadows can be found in the area of the sliding slopes of the Aland and on oxbow lakes throughout the nature reserve. In the area of silting oxbow lakes, there are often reed areas with hedgehog cob and pond rushes .
The banks of the Aland is of reeds with reed canary grass and water vapors and large sedge Riedern with Steifsegge , Carex Acutiformis and Carex riparia accompanied. In damp depressions grow u. a. Marsh cress , water horse seeds, sweet flag , broad-leaved Merk and swan flower . The banks of the Elbe are accompanied by corridors with pointed burrs and beach ledges.
Stresower See is located in the west of the nature reserve on the state border with Lower Saxony. This has a well-developed silting vegetation of reeds , narrow-leaved cattails and pond sills, reed beds, slender sedge and crab claw societies.
fauna
The nature reserve is the habitat of a species-rich fauna . It is of particular importance as a feeding, breeding, resting and wintering area for numerous breeding and migratory birds , including in particular waders and water birds . Various birds of prey can be found here, including white-tailed eagles , ospreys , spotted eagles , merlin , red kite , black kite , marsh harrier , Montagu's harrier , hen harrier , honey buzzard , buzzard and owls like the short-eared owl . Furthermore, Crane , Black Stork , White Stork , Gray heron , bittern and bittern native or use the area as the feeding and resting area. The vast grassland areas are habitat for many shore birds, including curlew , redshank , black-tailed godwit , snipe , lapwing , Sandpiper , Sandpiper , Ruff and river and golden plover . Continues to offer the nature reserve Rails as Little Crake , Spotted Crake , coot and corncrake and many water birds such as teal , shoveler , pochard , Gadwall and Northern Pintail , minke and Merganser , Red-necked Grebe , shelduck , white-fronted goose , gray goose , bean goose , barnacle goose , whooper swan and Bewick's swan a suitable Habitat. Also river and black tern and the kingfisher are native in the nature reserve. Finally, here numerous live songbirds , including red-backed shrike , shrike , ortolan , barred warbler , Beutelmeise , Reed Warbler , Sedge Warbler , Yellow Wagtail , Woodlark , Whinchat and meadow pipit . The alluvial forest areas with their old and dead wood stocks are the habitat of the middle and black woodpecker and stock dove .
The river courses and oxbow lakes provide a habitat for a variety of fish , including the sea lamprey , river lamprey , salmon , asp , bitterling , mud whip and wolffish . Furthermore, the nature reserve is home to numerous amphibians and reptiles , including great crested newt , fire-bellied toad , spadefoot , toad , natterjack toad , moor frog , Pool Frog , tree frog and sand lizard , various bats , including pond bat , Daubenton's bat , greater mouse-eared , Big and Small Noctule , Brandt's bat , Pipistrelle , Natterer's bat , brown long-eared and serotine and numerous insects , including locusts , such as marsh Grasshopper and two-colored bush-cricket , butterflies , including dovetail and mourning cloak and dragonflies as Southern Hawker and Southern Emerald Damselfly . The green mosaic maiden lives on Stresower See. The groyne fields of the Elbe are populated by the Asian wedge maiden . The occurrence of this dragonfly species is of particular importance for a possible repopulation of the large West German and West European rivers. The nature reserve is of particular importance as a habitat for beavers and otters .
Others
The nature reserve borders mainly on agricultural areas . Federal highway 189 crosses parts of the nature reserve between Seehausen and Wittenberge . The construction of the federal motorway 14 is planned in this area .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sheaf Aland lowland ( Memento of 4 March 2016 Internet Archive ), Landesverwaltungsamt Saxony-Anhalt.
- ↑ Elbaue Beuster-Wahrenberg ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), State Administration Office Saxony-Anhalt.
- ↑ Elbaue Beuster-Wahrenberg , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ↑ Aland-Elbe-Niederung north of Seehausen , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ↑ Aland-Elbe-Niederung , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ↑ a b The Hohe Garbe - meadow wilderness on the Elbe , Federation for Environment and Nature Conservation Germany . Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Inventory surveys in the Hohe Garbe in the Natura 2000 area Aland-Elbe-Niederungen , BUND Landesverband Sachsen-Anhalt. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
- ↑ Back to the near-natural floodplain ( memento of January 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , Elbe-Jeetzel-Zeitung .
- ↑ a b Hohe Garbe ( Memento from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , Verbandsgemeinde Seehausen (Altmark).
- ↑ Protection of alluvial forests is of outstanding importance for biological diversity , Federal Agency for Nature Conservation , November 20, 2012. Accessed on March 28, 2018.
- ↑ Nature conservation law and technical requirements , A 14 north extension: Magdeburg - Wittenberge - Schwerin, Saxony-Anhalt state portal . Retrieved August 22, 2019.
