Argen (nature reserve)

"Argen" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Steep bank above Gießenbrücke
location	Kressbronn on Lake Constance , Langenargen , Neukirch and Tettnang in the Lake Constance district and Achberg and Wangen in the Allgäu in the district of Ravensburg , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	3.026 km²
Identifier	4,282
WDPA ID	162237
Geographical location	47 ° 37 '  N , 9 ° 37'  E
Sea level	from 395 m to 489 m ( ø 442 m)
Setup date	December 16, 1997
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

Originally around 296  hectares along the Argen in Upper Swabia were declared a nature reserve on December 16, 1997 by ordinance of the Tübingen regional council. It is managed by the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg under the protected area number 4.282.

location

The nature reserve mainly comprises the area between the confluence of the Upper and Lower Argen and the mouth of the Argen into Lake Constance , i.e. the course of the river including the steep slopes, alluvial and swamp forests, valleys and flood dams. 235.6 hectares of the area are in the Lake Constance district , 66.9 hectares in the Ravensburg district .

Protection purpose

Preservation and care of the near-natural Argental is primarily described as a protective purpose. Below Gießenbrücke there are in particular the river bed and the riparian strips, the flood dams, alluvial and swamp forests, silting ponds , bogs and swamps , adjacent reed beds , litter and wet meadows with irises and orchids , wet meadows rich in sedge and rushes, orchards and remnants of the Argen estuary to call. Above Gießenbrücke, the river bed with its predominantly gravel banks and gravel banks, the near-natural alluvial forests, an alluvial forest island, natural swamp and swamp forests, bogs and swamps, spring areas, ponds, reed areas and wet meadows as well as numerous unadulterated, natural or near-natural impact, slide and Sliding slopes on the edge of the valley with natural slope forests and the open rock formations described.

Flora and fauna

flora

The following plant species (selection) should be mentioned from the flora worthy of protection :

• Birch plants
  • Gray alder or white alder (Alnus incana)
• Buttercups
  • Columbine Meadow Rue (Thalictrum aquilegiifolium) , also known as Amstel diamond referred
  • Blue monkshood (Aconitum napellus)
  • Monkshood buttercup (Ranunculus aconitifolius) , also called monkshood buttercup ,
• Hemp plants
  • Wild hops (Humulus lupulus)
• Daisy family
  • Alpine thistle (Carduus defloratus) , also known as mountain thistle called
  • Alpine ragwort (Senecio alpinus)
  • Alpen Maßliebchen (Bellidiastrum michelii)
  • Common butterbur (Petasites hybridus)
  • White butterbur (Petasites albus)
• Pimpernuts
  • Common pimpernut (Staphylea pinnata)
• Horsetail family
  • Giant horsetail (Equisetum telmateia)
• Iris family
  • Siberian iris (Iris sibirica) , even Meadow Iris called
• Striped fern family
  • Green-stalked striped fern or green striped fern (Asplenium viride)
• Willow plants
  • Black poplar (Populus nigra) , also called saar tree
  • White willow (Salix alba)

fauna

The following animal species (selection) need to be protected:

fishes

• Bullheads
  • Bullhead ( Cottus gobio ), also called Kaulkopf , Rotzkopf , West Groppe , Koppe or bullhead designated
• Carp fish
  • Barbe , also barbel , Barbel or Pigge ( Barbus barbus )
  • Schneider ( Alburnoides bipunctatus ), also Aland Blecke or wide Blecke called
  • Strömer ( Leuciscus souffia )
• Salmon fish
  • Brown trout ( Salmo trutta fario )
  • Lake trout ( Salmo trutta lacustris )
• Loaches
  • Loach ( Barbatula barbatula )

insects

• Noble butterfly
  • Admiral ( Vanessa atalanta )
• Owl butterflies
  • House mother ( Noctua pronuba )
• Mayflies , caddis flies , stone flies

Crustaceans

• Gammaridae
  • River flea shrimp ( Gammarus roeseli )

Mammals

Beaver feeding tracks near the mouth of the Argen (November 2013)

• beaver
  • European beaver ( Castor fiber ), also called Eurasian beaver , the largest rodent in Europe
• Smooth noses
  • Water bat ( Myotis daubentonii )
• croissant
  • Red squirrel ( Sciurus vulgaris )

Birds

• Kingfishers
  • Kingfisher ( Alcedo atthis ); the only species from the kingfisher family (Alcedinidae) found in Central Europe
• Ducks
  • Goosander ( Mergus merganser )
• Hawkish
  • Tree falcon ( Falco subbuteo )
• Oriole
  • Golden Oriole ( Oriolus oriolus )
• Dippers
  • Dipper ( Cinclus cinclus )

Landscape protection areas

In the extended area of ​​the Argen, four areas have been declared landscape protection areas:

• " Argenaue Reutenen " (4.35.002; 11 ha) in the area of ​​the municipality of Langenargen
• " Steep edge and gravel field of the Argental south of the Kochermühle " (4.35.005; 13 ha) in the area of ​​the municipality of Kressbronn on Lake Constance
• " Lake district and hill country south of the Argen and Nonnenbachtal " (4.35.034; <968 ha) in the areas of the municipality of Kressbronn and the city of Tettnang
• " Ice Age edges of the Argental with Argenaue " (4.35.040; 1621 ha) in the areas of the municipalities of Kressbronn, Langenargen and Neukirch and the city of Tettnang

See also

• List of protected areas in the Lake Constance district
• List of nature reserves in the Ravensburg district

Web links

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

• Protected area profile of the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg (LUBW)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de
2. ^ Franz Spannenkrebs: " The return of the beaver - an old friend returns to the Lake Constance district " in the yearbook of the Lake Constance district 2013, volume 30, pages 329–337
3. ↑ " The quiet return of a firm builder " at www.schwaebische.de , accessed on January 9, 2014