Gandow pig pasture

Gandow pig pasture IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Brandenburg , Germany
surface	79.4 ha
Identifier	1426
WDPA ID	318423
Geographical location	53 ° 4 '  N , 11 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 4 '26 "  N , 11 ° 31' 5"  E
Setup date	February 28, 2003

The Gandower Schweinweide nature reserve is located in the area of ​​the municipality of Lanz (Prignitz) and the city of Lenzen (Elbe) in the Prignitz district in Brandenburg .

The area with the identification number 1426 was placed under nature protection by ordinance of December 20, 2002 . The 79.4 hectare nature reserve extends south of Gandow , an inhabited part of the municipality of Lenzen, and west of Wustrow , an inhabited part of the municipality of Lanz, along the Löcknitz , a right tributary of the Elbe . The district road K 7035 runs along the western and southern edge of the area, the Elbe flows to the west and south and runs along the state border with Lower Saxony . The approximately 999 hectare nature reserve Lenzen-Wustrower Elbe lowlands extends southeast .

meaning

The nature reserve includes "the characteristically developed, old cultural landscape of the Elbe valley edge with diverse site conditions and the typical landscape mosaic of small, structurally rich and varied areas of the Elbe with the Löcknitz and the adjacent dunes ."

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Prignitz district
• List of FFH areas in Brandenburg

Web links

• World Database on Protected Areas - Gandower Schweinweide (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ordinance on the “Gandower Schweinweide” nature reserve of December 20, 2002 on bravors.brandenburg.de, accessed on May 11, 2020