Elbe-Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania river landscape biosphere reserve

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View from Elwkieker in Vier bei Boizenburg

Location of the Elbe River Landscape Biosphere Reserve

Logo of the biosphere reserve

The Biosphere Reserve Riverine Landscape Elbe-Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is part of the transnational UNESCO - Biosphere Reserve River Landscape Elbe .

It extends in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on the right bank of the Elbe between the state border with Brandenburg at Dömitz (river kilometers 502-511), along the state border with Lower Saxony at Amt Neuhaus and on to the state border with Schleswig-Holstein near Lauenburg (river kilometers 555-565). Due to the isolated inner German border location, a floodplain landscape, which is unique in Central Europe, has largely been preserved here in a natural way. A network was formed to further preserve the near-natural river landscape compared to other large German rivers. The five federal states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein came together to effectively protect the Elbe valley with its wide floodplains along over 400 kilometers of river. It was declared a transnational biosphere reserve in 1997. The area of ​​the UNESCO biosphere reserve river landscape Elbe-Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 461 km².

history

The Mecklenburg part of the UNESCO biosphere reserve emerged from the Mecklenburg Elbe Valley Nature Park . With the ordinance of the "Law on the Biosphere Reserve River Landscape Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania" of January 15, 2015, with publication on January 23, 2015 in the Law and Ordinance Gazette of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a large part of the nature park was designated as a UNESCO biosphere reserve "Biosphere Reserve Elbe-Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania river landscape ”secured by state law.

Since February 1, 2015, the biosphere reserve has been administered together with the UNESCO Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve as the Schaalsee-Elbe Biosphere Reserve Office, based in Zarrentin am Schaalsee . The office operates a branch in Boizenburg / Elbe.

ecology

Elbe burdock

Located in the Lower Middle Elbe Lowlands, the area essentially comprises the Mecklenburg part of the Elbeurstromtal, which was formed in the Ice Age. In addition to the Elbe near Boizenburg and Dömitz with their floodplains , oxbow lakes and wet grasslands, the extensive lowlands of numerous tributaries, such as the Schaale , Sude , Krainke , Rögnitz , Löcknitz and the Müritz-Elde waterway , as well as the inland dune areas near Boizenburg (Gothmann) and Dömitz (Klein Schmölen) shape the landscape. The high plateaus of the Saale period with their steep slopes on the banks of the Elbe near Boizenburg (Vier) and Rüterberg (Dömitz) are impressive . There, observation towers offer a wide panoramic view of the Elbe.

The following special animal and plant species occur in the large protected area:

As pioneer vegetation in the bank area, in the groyne fields and floodplain of the Elbe, endangered river valley plants such as the Elbspitz burdock , the meadow elephant or the leek can be found.

Over 228 bird species have been identified in the area, including a. White - and black stork , white-tailed eagle , red kite , eagle owl , dwarf - and Whooper Swan , seed - and white-fronted goose , crane , bittern , corncrake , Smew , Knäk - spit - Schell - and widgeon , Kingfisher and Black - and whinchat . The protected ant lion , numerous wild bee species as well as sand , burial and parasitic wasps also live on the dry, partly open inland dunes with numerous protected grassland plants such as Carthusian carnation and blue shrub grass and heat- loving insects . Wolves have been found in the Lübheen Heath since 2006 , and the first records of wolf pups have been available since 2014. The Elbe beaver and the otter can be found throughout the entire area .

The small river mussel is found in the nutrient-poor streams and rivers, and leaf crabs such as scaly tail and gill foot can be found in pools of smoke water . Similarly, there is evidence in the waters of eel , asp , spined loach , bullhead , white-finned gudgeon , river lamprey , brook lamprey , sea lamprey and salmon .

Web links

Commons : Elbe River Landscape Biosphere Reserve - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• elbetal-mv.de
• Law on the Elbe River Landscape Biosphere Reserve Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Elbe Biosphere Reserve Act - BRElbeG MV) of January 15, 2015
• Distribution of the wolf in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
• German UNESCO Commission eV: The 15 German UNESCO biosphere reserves
• LU Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania : Protected Areas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile UNESCO Biosphere Reserve River Landscape Elbe Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (PDF, 150KB)