Gemsenweiher (nature reserve)

	"Gemsenweiher" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	View into the NSG Gemsenweiher
location	Neukirch , Lake Constance district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	11.5 ha
Identifier	4.210
WDPA ID	163226
Geographical location	47 ° 41 ' N , 9 ° 42' E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 '44 " N , 9 ° 41' 50" E
Sea level	from 543 m to 561 m
Setup date	October 1, 1992
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The Gemsenweiher area is a nature reserve (NSG number 4.210) in the municipality of Neukirch in Baden-Württemberg , Germany, designated by the ordinance of October 1, 1992 by the Tübingen Regional Council .

location

The approximately twelve hectare (ha) Gemsenweiher nature reserve , located in the north of Neukirch, between the hamlets of Zannau in the north, Hinteressach in the east, Landholz in the south and the NSG Jägerweiher in the west, is part of the West Allgäu hill country and is at an altitude of 560 m ü. NN .

Protection purpose

The main protective purpose of the NSG Gemsenweiher is the preservation of the former pond , which has developed into a flat moor with littered meadows that provide habitat for numerous protected and rare plant and animal species.

Flora and fauna

flora

Swallowwort gentian
( Gentiana asclepiadea )

Green-winged Orchid
( Orchis morio )

Flour primrose
( Primula farinosa )

According to the Baden-Württemberg Red Lists, three species of the plants found in the area are endangered and 18 species are endangered. From the flora worthy of protection , the following plant species (selection) are to be named:

Gentian plants
- Swallowwort gentian ( Gentiana asclepiadea )
Heart leaf plants
- Swamp heart leaf or student rose ( Parnassia palustris )
Daisy family
- Lower salsify ( Scorzonera humilis )
Orchids
- Broad-leaved orchid ( Dactylorhiza majalis )
- Flesh-colored orchid ( Dactylorhiza incarnata )
- Green-winged Orchid ( Orchis morio )
- Swamp gloss herb ( Liparis loeselii ), also peat gloss herb or gloss stendel

Primrose family

Flour primrose ( Primula farinosa )

Sourgrass family

Alpine turf rush or Alpine hair ledge ( Trichophorum alpinum )
Broad-leaved cottongrass ( Eriophorum latifolium )
Davalls sedge ( Carex davalliana ), also known as peat or rough sedge referred
Common late yellow sedge ( Carex oederi )
Rostred Kopfried ( Schoenus ferrugineus )
Hem sedge ( Carex hostiana )
White Schnabelried ( Rhynchospora alba ), also known as white beak rush

Ledge lily plants

Ordinary Sims lily ( Tofieldia calyculata ), also cup-Sims lily or shell Sims lily called

Sundew plants

Sundew ( Drosera rotundifolia ), also heavenly dew , Lord spoon , sky scurvy grass , Spölkrut or Widdertod called

Marsh fern family

Marsh fern ( Thelypteris palustris )

Hose plants

Common butterwort , also blue , common or kiwifruit ( Pinguicula vulgaris )

fauna

Of the animals observed, one species is threatened with extinction, six species are critically endangered, two are endangered and four species are potentially endangered. The following species (selection) from the fauna worthy of protection are to be named:

Butterflies
- Valerian-Scheckenfalter or Silberscheckenfalter ( Melitaea diamina )
- MINOIS DRYAS ( Minois dryas ), also blue core print
- Heilziest Dickkopffalter or Marshmallow Butterfly ( Referdinus flocciferus )
- Great meadow bird ( Coenonympha tullia )
- Phengaris Alcon ( Maculinea alcon ), including Little Moorbläuling
- Marsh Fritillary ( Euphydryas aurinia ), and Golden fritillary called
- Meadowsweet mother-of-pearl butterfly or violet silver butterfly ( Brenthis ino )

Birds

Whinchat ( Saxicola rubetra )

Gray bunting ( Emberiza calandra )

Neuntöter or Rotrückenwürger ( lanius collurio )

Reed Warbler ( Acrocephalus scirpaceus ), popularly known as Rohrspatz called

Woodcock ( Scolopax rusticola )

Montagu's Harrier ( Circus pygargus )

Web links

Profile of the Gemsenweiher nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas