Arrisried moss

	Nature and landscape protection area "Arrisrieder Moos" IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Cotton grass in the Arrisried moss
location	Germany , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Ravensburg district , Kißlegg
surface	110.9 ha (NSG); 183.8 ha (LSG)
Identifier	4.161 (NSG); 4.36.031 (LSG)
WDPA ID	162243 (NSG); 319668 (LSG)
Geographical location	47 ° 45 ' N , 9 ° 53' E Coordinates: 47 ° 44 '55 " N , 9 ° 52' 49" E
Sea level	from 645 m to 652 m
Setup date	July 19, 1989
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The area Arrisrieder Moss is a decree dated July 19, 1989 by the Regional Council Tübingen been instructed Nature Reserve (NSG number 4161) and it surrounding conservation area (January 30, 1979; LSG number 4.36.031) of the same name in the municipality Kißlegg in the Baden-Württemberg district of Ravensburg in Germany .

location

The 111 hectare nature reserve and the 189 hectare Arrisrieder Moos nature reserve are part of the Westallgäu hill country . They are located around four kilometers south of the center of Kißlegg, east of the railway line to Wangen and northwest of Autobahn 96 at an altitude of 645 to 652 m above sea level. NN . The area is referred to as Sommersried on the land maps .

description

The NSG Arrisrieder Moos is a raised bog remnant of considerable size with surrounding various types of bog biotopes. It was formed at the end of the Würme Ice Age around 10,000 years ago between two terminal moraine walls that had been pushed up by the Rhine Glacier at the time.

In the 18th century peat was cut in the Arrisried Moos for the first time on a large scale . The peat body is up to five meters thick. In 1914 a peat factory was built in the south of today's nature reserve. After peat extraction was stopped in 1960, a peat extraction company tried by all means to obtain permission for the further use of the moor. By resistance from the population, the final destruction of the Moors could be prevented: the Forestry Commission declared the area in 1984 to Schonwald , 1989 took place the additional security as a nature reserve.

Flora and fauna

flora

So far, 269 higher plant species have been detected in the nature reserve, including around 30 species considered "endangered" or "severely endangered". Among the flora worthy of protection are the following types of plants:

Common butterwort ( Pinguicula vulgaris ), a carnivorous plant in the water hose family

Orchid orchid ( Orchis morio ), a member of the orchid family

Flour primrose ( Primula farinosa ), a species from the primrose family

fauna

In Arrisrieder Moss live, due to the extensiveness and diversity of the area, a variety of rare and endangered animal species, some of the endangered Red List species are out. The fauna worthy of protection includes a large number of dragonfly species, among others