Badsee (nature reserve)

	Badsee nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Germany , Baden-Wuerttemberg , district of Ravensburg , Isny im Allgäu , Argenbühl
surface	15.3 ha
Identifier	4178
WDPA ID	162323
Geographical location	47 ° 46 ' N , 10 ° 0' E Coordinates: 47 ° 46 '29 " N , 9 ° 59' 35" E
Setup date	January 21, 1991
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The Badsee area is a nature reserve (NSG number 4.178) in the north-west of the city of Isny in the Allgäu and north-east of the municipality of Argenbühl , Baden-Württemberg in Germany, designated by ordinance of January 21, 1991 by the Tübingen regional council .

location

The approximately 17 hectare nature reserve Badsee is part of the Westallgäu hill country . It is located about seven kilometers northwest of downtown Isny, on the southwestern part of the Badsee (also Haldensee ), at an altitude of 680 m above sea level. NN . The landmarks between the hamlets of Winnis in the north, Beuren in the south and Enkenhofen in the west, in a former tongue basin of the Rhine Glacier , are marked with Christazhofen (to Argenbühl) and Beuren (to Isny).

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation of the bathing lake and the adjacent silting bog with its characteristic zoning from the floating leaf zone to the raised bog as a typical example of such silting succession , as a retreat for valuable fauna and flora at the otherwise intensively used bathing lake and as an important link in the network of wetlands in the natural area , especially for resting migratory birds .

Flora and fauna

flora

From the flora worthy of protection the following plant species (selection) are to be named:

Fever Clover Family
- Fever clover or bitter clover ( Menyanthes trifoliata ), the only species of the monotypic genus Menyanthes
Buttercups
- Trollblume ( Trollius europaeus ), also Goldköpfchen , buttercup or butter ball called
Orchids
- Marsh Orchid ( Dactylorhiza majalis ), and Broad Fingerroot called
- Dactylorhiza incarnata ( Dactylorhiza incarnata ), more rarely Steifblättriges orchid called
- Gymnadenia conopsea ( Gymnadenia conopsea ), also Langsporn- , Fly or Big Händelwurz called
- Marsh Helleborine ( Epipactis palustris ), also called White Marsh Wurz , bald Wurz or swamp-sitter known
Sourgrass family
- Broad-leaved cottongrass ( Eriophorum latifolium )
- Narrow-leaved cottongrass ( Eriophorum angustifolium )
Water lily plants
- Yellow water-lily ( Nuphar lutea ), also yellow Teichmummel , Mummel , Teichmummel or pond Kandel called
- White water lily ( Nymphaea alba )

fauna

The lake is of particular importance for the bird world in spring and autumn. Then numerous species rest here at times during the bird migration . In addition to dragonflies , butterflies and grasshoppers , the fauna worthy of protection includes the following species:

Goosander ( Mergus merganser ), the largest member of the genus of the sawmill from the duck bird family

Reed Warbler ( Acrocephalus scirpaceus ), also popularly known as Reed Sparrow , a songbird species from the warbler family

Landscape protection area

The 1,069 hectare Badsee landscape protection area is adjacent to the nature reserve . It was designated in 1981 to protect the typical small-scale Allgäu landscape with its standing and flowing waters, in particular the bank areas as well as moors, littered meadows , forests and woody plants and the typical morphological small forms in the interest of the flora and fauna typical of this area as well as the preservation of the recreational suitability.

Web links

Commons : Badsee (nature reserve) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas
Action program for the rehabilitation of Upper Swabian lakes