Dresdner Heidebogen
| LAG Dresdner Heidebogen | |
|---|---|
| founding | November 14, 2001 |
| founder | City of Königsbrück, municipality of Ebersbach, municipality of Haselbachtal, municipality of Schwepnitz, nature preservation Westlausitz e. V., Rainer Stierand, Uta Davids u. a. |
| Seat | Koenigsbrück, Markt 20 |
| motto | The region for families, active and creative people |
| main emphasis | Rural development |
| method | integrated rural development concept |
| Action space | Parts of the districts of Meißen and Bautzen |
| people | Kristina Kroemke, regional manager; Margot Fehrmann, chairwoman; Sebastian Fischer, chairman of the coordination group |
| sales | Funds from the EU EAFRD program |
| Employees | 3 |
| Volunteers | 1 |
| Members | 71 |
| Website | www.heidebogen.eu |
The Dresden Heidebogen is a region that has come together to form a Local Action Group (LAG) and, with the help of regional management, is implementing an Integrated Rural Development Concept (ILEK) based on the LEADER approach .
It is named after an arch of heathland that extends from Dresden to Brandenburg . The almost closed green corridor extends (from north to south ) from the Ruhlander over the Königsbrücker , Laußnitzer , Rödernsche and Radeburger to the Dresdner Heide and the Friedewald with Moritzburg pond area . It connects Upper Lusatia with the rest of Saxony , the districts of Meißen and Bautzen , the natural areas Grossenhainer Pflege and Westlausitz .
Local action group
The Dresdner Heidebogen includes 23 cities and municipalities with around 110,000 inhabitants from two districts ( Bautzen and Meißen ). In the local action group , which is set up as an association under company law , associations, companies and citizens interested in rural development also work together , which is a prerequisite for the ILE procedure. The area, which is particularly densely wooded in the east and arable land in the west, has a predominantly rural character, but there are also a number of industrial villages and towns here. In the formerly industrialized small towns and communities, a large number of companies and thus jobs were lost as a result of the fall of the Wall in 1989 . Nevertheless, the industries that have traditionally existed in this region since the 19th century were able to assert themselves, in particular the extraction and processing of raw materials close to the surface , the ceramic , plastics and glass industries . A number of small and medium-sized companies have also emerged. The local handicrafts, smaller trade and service companies and, to a limited extent, catering and accommodation have also maintained or newly established themselves. Nevertheless, the region suffers particularly badly from the process of demographic change ( aging , resettlement , the departure of young skilled workers, thinning of the public transport infrastructure ) and has to cope with the climate changes that are taking place ( drying out of the soil , flooding , tornadoes , immigration or the entry of non-regional animal and plant species , Displacement of native species). On the edge of the urban region of the upper Elbe valley , the rather sparsely populated Heidebogen wants to face the processes, develop into a refuge of nature and only allow gentle tourism , recreational tourism close to nature.
With the creation of a tourist path network , human use was bundled and the potential retreat areas for rare animal species in the various protected areas was enlarged. A Nordic walking park created near Laußnitz also supports this effect. Saxony's largest nature reserve , the Königsbrücker Heide, belongs to the region . The total reserve can only be viewed via so-called “shop windows” or with a bus from the NSG administration. A special attraction is the beaver nature trail, where the Elbe beaver that has returned home can be observed.
Members
- Cities
- Communities
- Ebersbach
- Grossnaundorf
- Haselbachtal
- Lampertswalde
- Laußnitz
- Moritzburg
- Neukirch (near Koenigsbrück)
- Niederau
- Ottendorf-Okrilla
- Priestewitz
- Schönfeld
- Schwepnitz
- Thiendorf
- Whitish a. R.
- Wiednitz
concept
The Integrated Rural Development Concept (ILEK) is the specification of the EAFRD program of the European Union for the region and the “Integrated Rural Development” (ILE) guideline for Saxony.
The ILE concept (ILEK) serves as a guideline for the medium-term (rural) development of a region under the direction of the cooperating municipalities and with the participation of their citizens, companies and associations through vision communication.
It contains:
- Strengths and Weaknesses Analysis (SWOT)
- Mission statement for the region and implementation strategies for the following main topics
- Recommendations for lead projects in the four fields of action
For the concept, the following concept was formulated at the future conference on March 19, 2007 and at the following consultations until June:
The Dresdner Heidebogen marks the tension between the historical cultural landscape and newly emerging natural spaces (succession / wilderness). The future-oriented change builds on the different potentials of traditional cultural and business locations and a natural development area and opens up in a coordinated sustainable development.
The following basic strategies have been defined to implement the mission statement :
- Profiling of sub-regions / "lighthouses"
- Networking of sub-regions, objects and topics
- "Courage to take a gap" / dismantling and concentration (more space for nature)
This results in four strategic fields of action in which seven development goals for the region can be achieved:
- Stabilization and improvement of social living conditions
- Development of offers and marketing of tourism, leisure and culture
- Improvement of the economic fundamentals
- Maintenance and valorisation of the natural and cultural landscape