Bingenheimer Ried

The nature reserve Bingenheimer Ried (identification 1440019) is located west of Bingenheim (Wetterau) in the Horloff -Aue. It belongs to the nature reserve Auenverbund Wetterau in the European nature reserve network Natura 2000 and is part of the FFH area grassland areas in the Wetterau . The Bingenheimer Ried, designated as a nature reserve in 1985 (StAnz 1985 (3): 204) is the heart of the Wetterau floodplain network and an important nature reserve in Hesse.

The approximately 85-hectare Ried ( fen ) is primarily an ideal breeding ground for rare birds such as the Baillon's Crake , the small Crake , teals , shoveler and white storks and resting area for migrating birds such as the ruff , redshank and Greenshank . The wet meadows are home to other rare animal species such as the common spadefoot toad , the great crested newt and around 40 species of dragonflies. The nature reserve is maintained by grazing with cattle and Exmoor ponies.

In 1991 an adjustable weir was built so that floodplains can form in autumn, winter and spring, which are drained after the breeding season. An observation tower, which was built in 1996, enables the animal world to be observed without disturbance. The Pfaffensee (NSG), which emerged from the remaining open pit holes and has been full since 2013, drains its excess water into the Bingenheimer Ried. At the confluence with the reed, the reeds died in 2015 and areas for breeding grounds were destroyed. In the 2015 heat wave in Europe, all but one of the ponds and ponds dried up.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Wetterau district

literature

• Regional council Darmstadt (ed.): Bingenheimer Ried nature reserve , leaflet, Bad Nauheim 2007
• Wolfgang Eckhardt: An important Hessian nature reserve through the ages: "The Bingenheimer Ried" , in: Nature Conservation in Hessen: Yearbook, Ed .: North Hessian Society for Natural History and Natural Sciences (NGNN) eV, Vol. 5, Cognitio, Niedenstein 2000, p 176-178, 316
• Albrecht Ensgraber: Hessen new nature reserves , 15, in: Vogel und Umwelt: Journal for ornithology and nature conservation in Hessen, editor and publisher: Hessian Ministry for Environment, Energy, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Supreme Nature Conservation Authority, Vol. 4, Wiesbaden 1986, p. 135-152

Remarks

1. ↑ The “Bingenheimer Ried” nature reserve is celebrating its anniversary ( memento of the original from March 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release, Darmstadt Regional Council, January 22, 2015
2. ↑ Bruno Rieb: Schilfsterben im Ried , Kreis-Anzeiger, Wednesday, May 20, 2015, p. 15.
3. ↑ (kai): Debate about the reeds in the reed. Hans-Jürgen Roland calls for water tests - Hessen Forst: Is checked regularly , Wetterauer Zeitung, Saturday, May 23, 2015, number 118, p. 36.
4. ↑ In the long run: Frog concert canceled , Wetterauer Zeitung, number 176, August 1, 2015, p. 34.

Web links

• World Database on Protected Areas - Bingenheimer Ried (English)
• Bingenheimer Ried , naturschutzgebiete-wetterau.de
• Bingenheimer-Ried , nabu-bingenheim.de
• Bingenheimer Ried , display board, Darmstadt regional council
• Bingenheimer Ried , display board, Hessian Society for Ornithology and Nature Conservation eV
• Storks, moorhens and garlic toads. The Bingenheimer Ried , NABU.de
• www.libellen-wetterau.de

Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 11 ″  N , 8 ° 52 ′ 49.9 ″  E