Fechenheim pond
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The Fechenheimer Weiher in August 2012, view from the north |
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| Geographical location | Frankfurt green belt | |
| Tributaries | Groundwater | |
| Islands | 1 | |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 8 '29.4 " N , 8 ° 46' 40.8" E | |
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| surface | 2.6 ha | |
| Maximum depth | 5 m | |
The Fechenheimer Weiher (also known as Fechenheimer Waldsee on official maps ) is a groundwater lake in a former gravel pit in the area of Frankfurt am Main . The still water with a water surface of 2.6 hectares is in the area of the eastern district of Fechenheim in the Frankfurt green belt . The pit was created around 1870 through gravel extraction in an alder break forest and reached its present size in the early 1960s.
location
The Fechenheimer Weiher is located in the extreme northeast of Fechenheim in the communal forest Fechenheimer Wald, immediately south of the route of the federal motorway 66 , which forms the border with the Enkheim district there. The area belongs to the eastern section of the Frankfurt Green Belt.
The riverside path is an educational forest trail with information boards on the fauna and flora of the water. Since 1973 the pond has been leased to the fishing club ASV 1946 Fechenheim Bischofsheim as a fishing water . Water sports, boats and swimming are not permitted.
Flora and fauna
The bank is thickly lined with trees and bushes. The predominant tree species there include black alder ( Alnus glutinosa ), red oak ( Quercus rubra ), ash ( Fraxinus excelsior ) and bird cherry ( Prunus avium ). On the banks grow irises ( Iris ), reed ( Phragmites australis ), cattail ( Typha ), two teeth ( Biden ) and rushes ( Juncus ).
Of the fish species that live in the pond, pike ( Esox lucius ) and pikeperch ( Sander lucioperca, also known as pike perch) are worth mentioning as predatory fish. In the Fechenheimer Weiher there is a small island near the western bank that is used as a breeding area for birds and is also used as a retreat by the reptiles and amphibians living in and around the water.
literature
- Thomas Andres: Urban waters - discover lakes, ponds, ponds . Frankfurt am Main 2003, OCLC 175093106 , p. 23: Fechenheimer Weiher.
- Environment Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main (ed.): GrünGürtel-Freizeitkarte. 7th edition. 2011, OCLC 755711560 .
Web links
- Fechenheimer Weiher at par.frankfurt.de , the former website of the city of Frankfurt am Main (accessed on July 26, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Environment Office of the City of Frankfurt: Stadtgewässer. 2003, p. 23: Fechenheimer Weiher.
- ↑ Environment Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main (Ed.): GrünGürtel-Freizeitkarte. 7th edition. 2011, OCLC 755711560 - The terms Fechenheimer Waldsee and Lehrpfad Fechenheimer Waldsee are used in this map series.
- ↑ a b c Fechenheimer Weiher. on: frankfurt.de
- ^ Ecology abstracts. Volume 13, Editions 6151-9225, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, 1987, p. 197.
- ↑ cf. City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Agency (Ed.): GrünGürtel-Freizeitkarte, 7th edition. 2011.
- ↑ cf. Club history as well as useful waters and access routes. Angelsportverein 1946 Fechenheim Bischofsheim eV