Hengelesweiher (nature reserve)

Hengelesweiher nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Isny im Allgäu , district of Ravensburg , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	52.9 ha
Identifier	4.171
WDPA ID	163636
Geographical location	47 ° 40 '  N , 10 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 '11 "  N , 10 ° 4' 22"  E
Setup date	2nd August 1990
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The Hengelesweiher area is a nature reserve (NSG number 4.171) designated by ordinance of August 2, 1990 by the Tübingen Regional Council in the area of ​​the Baden-Württemberg community of Isny im Allgäu in the Ravensburg district in Germany .

location

The approximately 53 hectare large nature reserve Hengelesweiher , named after the Hengelesweiher , is one natural area to Westallgäuer hills . It is located about 3.5 kilometers southeast of the town center of Isny, south of the federal highway 12 , in the district Großholzleute , at an altitude of 722  m above sea level. NN . The conservation area is traversed by the Maierhöfer Bach , which is dammed up here by natural conditions to form a pond and flows a few hundred meters further into the Untere Argen .

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation of the Hengelesweiher, its characteristic silting zones and the adjoining reed areas as defining elements of the cultural landscape in the natural area and as an ecologically valuable habitat mosaic of a species-rich and sometimes highly endangered animal and plant world in the network of the Upper Swabian wetlands.

Flora and fauna

flora

Of the 239 plant species recorded in the area , thirty are endangered in Baden-Württemberg, and eight are endangered. The following species (selection) from the flora worthy of protection are to be named:

• Gentian plants
  • Spring gentian ( Gentiana verna ), also called cobbler , chimney sweep , sky blue , Herrgottsliechtli or sky stalk
  • Swallowwort gentian ( Gentiana asclepiadea )
• Fever Clover Family
  • Fever clover or bitter clover ( Menyanthes trifoliata )
• Bluebell family
  • Globular devil's claw ( Phyteuma orbiculare )
• Buttercups
  • Marsh Marigold ( Caltha palustris ), often referred to as fat - butter - egg flower , meadow gold or gold rose referred
  • Tongued buttercup ( Ranunculus lingua ), also called large buttercup
• Daisy family
  • Swamp dandelions
• Orchids
  • Marsh Orchid ( Dactylorhiza majalis ), and Broad Fingerroot called
  • Single-bulb honey orchids ( Herminium monorchis )
  • Dactylorhiza incarnata ( Dactylorhiza incarnata ), more rarely Steifblättriges orchid called
  • Gymnadenia conopsea ( Gymnadenia conopsea ), also Langsporn- , Fly or Big Händelwurz called
  • Marsh Helleborine ( Epipactis palustris ), also called White Marsh Wurz , bald Wurz or swamp-sitter known
• Sourgrass family
  • Alpine rush ( Trichophorum alpinum ), also Alpine rush , Alpine rush or Alpine cotton grass
  • Broad-leaved cottongrass ( Eriophorum latifolium )
  • Hem sedge ( Carex hostiana )
  • Slim cotton grass ( Eriophorum gracile )
• Ledge lily plants
  • Common cornice lily ( Tofieldia calyculata ) or calyx cornice lily
• Summer root plants
  • Bog lice herb ( Pedicularis palustris )

fauna

The fauna worth protecting include the following species :

• Amphibians
  • Mountain Newt or Alpine Newt ( Ichthyosaura alpestris )
  • Common toad ( Bufo bufo )
  • Common frog ( Rana temporaria ), also known as dew or March frog
  • Pond newt ( Lissotriton vulgaris )
• insects
  • Dragonflies
    • Spotted emerald dragonfly ( Somatochlora flavomaculata )
    • Little blue arrow ( Orthetrum coerulescens )
  • Butterflies
    • Valerian-Scheckenfalter or Silberscheckenfalter ( Melitaea diamina )
    • Great meadow bird ( Coenonympha tullia )
    • Little blue bog ( Maculinea alcon )
    • Meadowsweet mother-of-pearl butterfly or violet silver butterfly ( Brenthis ino )
• Birds
  • Reed warbler , marsh warbler , pond warbler , water rail and little grebe

See also

• List of nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg
• List of nature reserves in the Ravensburg district

Web links

Commons : Hengelesweiher nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Weblink of the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg (LUBW)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ordinance of the Tübingen regional council on the nature reserve "Hengelesweiher" dated August 2, 1990 (Journal of Laws of September 29, 1990, p. 290)