At the Kleewoog of Graefenhausen

Nature reserve Am Kleewoog by Graefenhausen IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
NSG Am Kleewoog from Graefenhausen
location	Darmstadt-Arheilgen and Graefenhausen , Hesse , Germany
surface	20.89 ha
Identifier	1432012
WDPA ID	162167
Geographical location	49 ° 55 '  N , 8 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 55 '3 "  N , 8 ° 37' 25"  E
Setup date	November 14, 1985
particularities	Supplemented October 31, 1994

The nature reserve Am Kleewoog von Graefenhausen is a nature reserve in the districts of Arheilgen in the city of Darmstadt and Graefenhausen , community of Weiterstadt in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg , southern Hesse. It was designated by ordinance of November 14, 1985 with an area of ​​20.89 hectares and the delimitation was extended on October 31, 1994.

location

The nature reserve is located in the Untermainebene natural area - Hegbach-Apfelbach-Grund between Graefenhausen, Wixhausen , Arheilgen and Weiterstadt , west of Arheilgen. It belongs to the northernmost part of the "Teufelshölle" forest. In the south, wooded areas border the “Stadt Darmstadt” landscape protection area , otherwise it is surrounded by agricultural land.

Protection purpose

The reserve is a former gravel quarrying area with adjacent forest areas. By placing it under protection, the resulting water surface with its environment of dry biotopes and pine - oak mixed forest is to be preserved as a habitat for endangered animals and plants. It is to be secured and developed as a resting place for water bird species .

description

On the former gravel pit area in the western half of the nature reserve there is a large water-filled pit with steep and richly structured banks. This lake "Kleewoog" is approx. 180 m long and approx. 180 m wide and has a water surface of approx. 3.3 hectares. There are also several small pits that are densely overgrown with reeds and willows. About half of the area is taken up by an approximately 100-year-old mixed pine-oak forest or fescue-heather-moss-pine forest. The soil consists of decalcified acidic sands from the Darmstadt drifting sand area. A former flood channel runs through the forest from northwest to southwest, in which nitrogen-showing herbs grow.

Flora and fauna

In the area there are plants of the sandy and ruderal flora . The area is a breeding and resting area for numerous bird species, some of which are threatened. Great spotted woodpecker , green woodpecker and black woodpecker have been observed. Numerous species of insects have been identified. To protect the amphibians and reptiles , an amphibian protection system was built on the nearby Weiterstädter Straße.

Impairments

The quiet in the nature reserve is impaired by operations on the West Runway at Frankfurt am Main Airport and by a neighboring shooting range.

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  Kleewoog in winter

• See also the list of nature reserves in Darmstadt

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ordinance on the nature reserve "Am Kleewoog von Graefenhausen" of November 14, 1985; and October 31, 1994. (PDF) Staatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 48/1985, p. 2188, No. 1072. and Staatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 44/1194, p. 3238., accessed on July 9, 2020 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Albrecht Ensgraber: Hesse's new nature reserves (15). Vogel und Umwelt Volume 4, Issue 3, pp. 132–152. 1986. (p. 148).
3. ↑ Map of the nature reserve. natureg.hessen.de, accessed on July 9, 2020 .  
4. ↑ ^{a b} Am Kleewoog nature reserve - forest pond in the northwest of Darmstadt. NABU Darmstadt, accessed on July 9, 2020 .  

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