Dürkheim break

FFH area Dürkheimer Bruch IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Dürkheimer Bruch, eastern end, at the Eyersheimer Hof
location	Bad Dürkheim district
surface	6.98 km²
Identifier	6515-301
FFH area	6.98 km²
Geographical location	49 ° 29 '  N , 8 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 28 '52 "  N , 8 ° 13' 58"  E
Setup date	2005

The Dürkheimer break [ bru: χ ] northeast of Bad Durkheim is a 698-hectare FFH area and part of the conservation area, bathroom and Dürkheimer Erpolzheimer break .

nature

It belongs to both the Maxdorf Association in the Rhine-Palatinate District , as well as the City of Bad Dürkheim and the Freinsheim Association , in the Bad Dürkheim district . Moist meadows, small rivers, hedges, bushes and groups of trees characterize the landscape. The Isenach stream flows through the area . The salt marshes are unusual in Dürkheimer Bruch .

fauna and Flora

The Dürkheimer Bruch is home to rare animal species, especially protected birds and butterflies:

Short-eared Owl ( Asio flammeus ) Gray bunting ( Emberiza calandra ) Green Woodpecker ( Picus viridis ) Lapwing ( Vanellus vanellus ) Red- backed shrike ( Lanius collurio ) Golden Oriole ( Oriolus oriolus ) Stonechat ( Saxicola rubicola ) Corn Corn ( Crex crex ) Natterjack toad ( Bufo calamita ) Green toad ( Bufo viridis )

Field grasshopper ( Chorthippus apricarius ) Meadow grasshopper ( Chorthippus dorsatus ) Marsh Grasshopper ( Mecosthetus grossus ) Blue-red clover ( Cyaniris semiargus ) Great fire butterfly ( Lycaena dispar ) Dark blue anthill ( Maculinea nausithous ) Light blue antblue ( Maculinea teleius ) Narrow diaper snail ( Vertigo angustior )

The Käskönig custom

According to Johann Georg Lehmann , the Dürkheimer Bruch belonged to the Salian foundation of the Limburg Monastery in 1035 . Its abbot granted the community of Dürkheim the exercise of grazing rights there very early on . Dürkheim also allowed neighboring villages to participate in these rights for a fee. Every year on Whit Monday a representative rode around to collect the taxes due. As they mostly consisted of cheese in addition to money, the collector was also referred to as the “ cheese king ” . This Käskönig custom existed until the end of the 18th century. Michael Frey states in his description of the Rhine district that, for example, the miller at the Eyersheimer Mühle had to pay 15 Albus and one cheese as an individual tax. The owner of the Eyersheimer Hof , to which the obligations of the former village of Eyersheim had been transferred, had to pay 15 Albus and 32 cheeses. Karl Geib writes in his "travel guide through all parts of the royal Bavarian Rhine Palatinate" that the Eyersheimer Hof was the end point of the annual Käskönig ride, where a "rural pleasure" took place before the Käskönig returned to Bad Dürkheim. In memory of the historical custom, there is the Käskönigfest in Bad Dürkheim today .

Web links

Commons : Bad Dürkheimer and Erpolzheimer Bruch landscape protection area  - collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ LUWG: Profile on FFH area 6515-301 "Dürkheimer Bruch" (as of April 29, 2013)
2. ^ Johann Georg Lehmann : Historical paintings from the Rhine district of Bavaria , Volume 2, Heidelberg, 1834, p. 130 u. 131; (Digital scan)
3. ^ Michael Frey: Attempt at a geographical-historical-statistical description of the royal Bavarian Rhine district , Volume 2, Speyer, 1836, pp. 418-420; (Digital scan)
4. ↑ Website on the Käskönig custom
5. ^ Karl Geib: travel guide through all parts of the royal Bavarian Rhine Palatinate , Zweibrücken, 1841, p. 116; (Digital scan)
6. ↑ To the Käskönigfest