Hagener Königsmoor
Coordinates: 53 ° 20 ′ 15 ″ N , 8 ° 38 ′ 8 ″ E
The Hagen Königsmoor is a largely abgetorftes bog area in the town of Hagen in Bremen in the district of Cuxhaven .
The moor, the southern part of which is designated as the “ Südliches Hagener Königsmoor ” nature reserve , is located southwest of Hagen in Bremen on the edge of the Geest in the transition to the Drepte lowland .
The moor, which was originally called Hagener Ahemoor, was granted to interested parties by the Kingdom of Hanover between 1820 and 1845 . As a result, areas were from the edge of ditches drained and hand peat mined. From 1971 to 1996, large parts of the bog, which was between six and eight meters thick, were mechanically peated.
Part of the area was in 1999 rewetted . The moor can regenerate here. Typical bog plants such as peat moss , narrow-leaved and cotton grass as well as round-leaved and medium sundew settle here again . Especially in the northern area located moorland with rosemary , bell and heather and purple moor grass . There are also areas with bog forest . Especially in the protected area in the south of the Hagen Königmoor, mostly moor forest is growing.
The rewetting areas are habitat and a. of marsh and pond frog and various dragonflies , including Great Emperor dragonfly and Common Blue Damselfly .
History of the Königsmoor
About 10,000 years ago the fertile marshland formed in the glacial valley of the Weser. The Geest was formed between the mountains of rubble and sand left behind by the glaciers of the Ice Age . Drainage-free and deeper depressions filled with surface water. From the edge of vegetation and peat moss , the formed peat . Millimeter by millimeter, the peat layer in the Königsmoor grew to a thickness of up to eight meters. In Christian times there was only one way through the Ahemoor, today Königsmoor, over to the Grienenbergsmoor over the Mühlenberg and the Hohe Heide to Uthlede . This path was called "Scharrisdamm" until the 18th century. That was the Low German form of "Ansgari-Damm", after Archbishop Ansgar , who worked in Bremen from 831 to 865. That should have been the Kirchenweg to Bremen - the road from Hagen to Uthlede still follows it today. At the end of the 18th century, the economic value of peat as fuel and the pitted area as arable and grazing land was discovered. The Hagener Ahemoor was awarded by the state, that was the King of Hanover at that time , to interested parties under Meierrecht and has been called Königsmoor ever since. When hand peat was digged in summer, the water was drained away through drainage ditches, which were then closed again in winter when the peat was brought in. One or two loads of peat were dug on hundreds of plots - that would have changed little in the natural landscape for a long time. From 1971 to 1999 the peat was extracted mechanically and used economically in horticulture. This destroyed the millennia-old moor habitat. It was now a desert for the animals and plants. In 1999, most of the owners agreed to the rewetting of the Königsmoor. Thanks to their understanding and the financial support of the nature conservation authority of the district of Cuxhaven, the municipality of Hagen and the use of EU funds, it was possible to preserve and develop again a piece of the natural area that had already been believed to be lost.
A circular trail with information boards runs through the Königsmoor in Hagen . A branch path leads from the circular path to an observation tower in the south of the moor, from which parts of the rewetting areas can be overlooked.
Web links
- The Königsmoor as an excursion destination , "Burg zu Hagen im Bremischen eV" - culture and local history association
- Hagener Königsmoor ( Memento from March 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), leaflet of the culture and homeland association Burg zu Hagen in Bremen (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Südliches Hagener Königsmoor" nature reserve , Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation . Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ↑ a b Hagener Königsmoor ( Memento from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Moorland, Landesverband Bremen des BUND and Bremerhaven Touristik.
- ↑ a b Hagener Königsmoor , Geolife.de-Navigator. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ↑ The history of the Königsmoor is shown on panel 12 of the circular route.