Gröditzer scale

Gröditzer scale IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Saxony , Germany
surface	39 ha
WDPA ID	163326
Geographical location	51 ° 12 '  N , 14 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 12 '23 "  N , 14 ° 38' 14"  E
Setup date	1961

Skala and Gröditz Castle, view from 1775

Gröditzer Skala on a map from 1840

The Gröditzer Skala , in Upper Sorbian Hrodźišćanska skała , is a rocky valley and nature reserve of the same name with an area of ​​39 hectares. It extends along the Löbauer water from the Weißenberg district Gröditz to the other districts Weicha and Wuischke . The name is derived from the neighboring village of Gröditz and the Sorbian word skała (German " Skala ") for "single rock" or "steep rock valley".

geology

The Löbauer water cut deeply into the North Lusatian Grauwacken during the Elster Ice Age and formed today's relief.

ecology

The existing north and south slopes as well as the Löbauer water in the scale form a comparatively tight network of different habitats in a very small space. There is deciduous forest with sessile oak , hornbeam , common ash and maple . Especially on the south-facing slopes are mountain and Norway maple and lime trees in front. Other plant species with occurrences in the Gröditzer Skala are: mountain elm , bracken , sweet spurge , forest jingle and the large-flowered foxglove .

Attractions

• Ten-arched, 170 m long Gröditzer Viaduct on the Löbau – Weißenberg – Radibor railway line , now a hiking trail
• The “Mühlenweg” theme trail runs through Weißenberg, Weicha and Gröditz.
• The Way of St. James in the Görlitz – Weißenberg – Bautzen section leads through the Gröditzer Skala.

literature

• Upper Lusatian heather and pond landscape (= values ​​of the German homeland . Volume 67). 1st edition. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-412-08903-0 , p. 349 ff.

Web links

Commons : Gröditzer Skala  - Collection of images, videos and audio files