Old Rhine Maxau

	"Altrhein Maxau" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	NSG Altrhein Maxau
location	Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	34.6 ha
Identifier	2,049
WDPA ID	81277
Geographical location	49 ° 2 ' N , 8 ° 19' E Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '55 " N , 8 ° 18' 38" E
Setup date	04/25/1980

The nature reserve Altrhein Maxau is a nature reserve in the west of Karlsruhe on the area of the Altrhein . It is surrounded by the younger nature and landscape protection area of Burgau .

Location and scope

The nature reserve has ha a size of about 35. It is located in Karlsruhe district Knielingen and covers the northern part of the excavated lake Knielinger lake . In the west it borders on the field area of the Maxau estate . In the north it is bounded by the Winden – Karlsruhe railway line . In the east the area borders on the Leimengrubengrund, part of the Karlsruhe city forest.

The nature reserve connects to the nature and landscape reserve Burgau. While Burgau became a nature reserve in 1989, this applied to the Altrhein Maxau area as early as 1980. The area is both an EU bird sanctuary (Rhine valley Elchesheim - Karlsruhe) and an FFH area (Rhine valley between Wintersdorf and Karlsruhe). It is thus part of the Natura 2000 network and was created as part of the LIFE project “Lebendige Rheinauen bei Karlsruhe”.

Protection purpose

The nature reserve serves to preserve the Old Rhine . At this point there are meanders that remained as side arms when the river bed of the Rhine naturally shifted. The particularly typical silting societies and woody areas are worth protecting.

Furthermore, the existing ecosystem is protected and further developed, which houses rare animal and plant species that are threatened in the Rheinaue. In addition, the area should serve as a regeneration zone for the directly connected Kiessee Maxau.

literature

District Office for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Karlsruhe (Ed.): The nature reserves in the administrative district of Karlsruhe . Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-7995-5172-7

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Karlsruhe Regional Council as a higher nature conservation authority: Ordinance on the "Altrhein Maxau" nature reserve. Retrieved November 18, 2014 .
↑ Selection table Natura 2000 SPA areas map, selection according to protected area ( Memento from November 19, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
↑ State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg: Natura 2000 FFH areas. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 13, 2013 ; Retrieved November 19, 2014 .
↑ State Nature Conservation Administration Baden-Württemberg: leaflet "Nature Reserve Altrhein Maxau and Nature and Landscape Protection Area Burgau". Retrieved November 18, 2014 .
^ State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg: Official appreciation of the "Altrhein Maxau" nature reserve. Retrieved November 20, 2014 .

Web links

Commons : Altrhein Maxau nature reserve - collection of images, videos and audio files

[vo-1] Karlsruhe Regional Council as a higher nature conservation authority: Ordinance on the "Altrhein Maxau" nature reserve. Retrieved November 18, 2014 .

[spa-2] Selection table Natura 2000 SPA areas map, selection according to protected area ( Memento from November 19, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )

[ffh-3] State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg: Natura 2000 FFH areas. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 13, 2013 ; Retrieved November 19, 2014 .

[faltblatt-4] State Nature Conservation Administration Baden-Württemberg: leaflet "Nature Reserve Altrhein Maxau and Nature and Landscape Protection Area Burgau". Retrieved November 18, 2014 .

[würdigung-5] State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg: Official appreciation of the "Altrhein Maxau" nature reserve. Retrieved November 20, 2014 .