Abandoned quarry (Eppertshausen)
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Abandoned quarry (Eppertshausen)
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 Natural monument "abandoned quarry", larger pond (2020) |
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| location | west of Eppertshausen , Darmstadt-Dieburg district , Hesse | |
| surface | 60,763 m 2 | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 57 ' N , 8 ° 48' E | |
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| Setup date | May 27, 1959 | |
| particularities | originally geological outcrop, now two ponds | |
The abandoned quarry of Eppertshausen is an extensive natural monument in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district in southern Hesse.
location
The natural monument "abandoned quarry" is located in the Messeler Hügelland natural area in the forest. It is located west of Eppertshausen, north of the district road 180 Eppertshausen - Messel . Its outer borders form the district road as well as the Hellwiesen-, Fuchsbau- and beech hill aisles.
history
Gravel was extracted in the former trachyte quarry until the mid-1930s. After that, the deeper parts developed into two ponds. A lot of ammunition from the Muna Münster was dumped in the water , and after 1945 the area served as a blasting site for a long time. From 1950 the waters were leased as fish ponds. By ordinance of May 27, 1959, the natural monument was placed under nature protection as a geological outcrop and wetland biotope . It was not until 1966–1972 that the area was delimited as planned.
description
The natural monument is located in a closed mixed forest. The damp bank edges are overgrown with marsh plants. The ponds are important as spawning waters for common toad , common frog , mountain newt , crested newt and pond newt . In some years there are numerous freshwater jellyfish in the water. Several species of dragonflies have been observed.
bigger pond (2020)
smaller pond, covered with duckweed (2020)
The protected area suffers from its illegal use as a wild bathing lake. There were also several oil spills because cars and motorcycles were sunk in the lake.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Klausing: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 151 Darmstadt. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1967. → Online map (PDF; 4.3 MB)
- ↑ Map of the natural monument. natureg.hessen.de, accessed on August 6, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e Horst Bathon, Georg Wittenberger: The natural monuments of the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg with biotope tours , 2nd expanded and completely revised edition. In: Schriftenreihe Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg, (Ed.) District Committee of the District of Darmstadt-Dieburg - Lower Nature Conservation Authority, Darmstadt, 2016. ISBN 978-3-00-050136-4 . 243 pages. Pp. 48-52.
- ^ Ordinance on the safeguarding of natural monuments in the Dieburg district. (pdf; 26 kB) The district committee of the Dieburg district, May 27, 1959, accessed on May 20, 2020 .
