Herrnröther- and Bornwaldswiesen von Sprendlingen

The Herrnröther- and Bornwaldswiesen nature reserve in Sprendlingen IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Herrnröther- and Bornwaldswiesen von Sprendlingen
location	Dreieich , Hessen , Germany
surface	43.83 hectares
Identifier	1438016
WDPA ID	163655
Natura 2000 ID	DE-5918-302
FFH area	51.1 ha
Geographical location	50 ° 1 '  N , 8 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 1 '26 "  N , 8 ° 43' 5"  E
Setup date	1990
administration	Lower nature conservation authority in the Offenbach district

The Herrnröther- and Bornwaldswiesen nature reserve in Sprendlingen (NSG identification 1438016) is located in the Offenbach district in Hesse . It covers around 43.83 hectares of forest, which is located in the urban area of Dreieich .

Area description

The nature reserve is located east of the Sprendlingen district in the border area of ​​the natural areas of the Lower Maine Plain and the Messeler Hügelland. It is mainly wet meadows that are protected there with communities of aquapark and pipe grass , which are used extensively. The NSG also includes fragments of a low-lying limestone bog and adjacent forest areas. There is an orchard meadow in the edge area . Breeding birds include red-backed shrimp , stonechat , nightingale and common redstart . The local populations of lapwing and common snipe have been extinct for years; ways are being sought to reintroduce these species.

Protection purpose

• The maintenance of nutrient-poor to mesotrophic meadows with populations of the great meadow button ( Sanguisorba officinalis ) and colonies of the host ant Myrmica rubra . Maintaining or reintroducing a management of the meadows that is conducive to the ecological requirements of the species, is based on traditional forms of use and contributes to the maintenance of a nutrient balance that is favorable for the habitats,
• Preservation of seams and fallow areas as networking areas

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Offenbach district

literature

• A. König, A. Malten, K. Möbus, S. Wagner: Nature reserve "Herrnröther- and Bornwaldswiesen von Sprendlingen". - Expert opinion of the office for geobotanical and landscape-ecological studies as well as the specialist office for Faunistics and Ecology on behalf of the Darmstadt Regional Council with appendix. 1992. (unpublished)

Web links

Commons : Herrnröther- and Bornwaldswiesen von Sprendlingen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ nature reserves. In: Kreis-offenbach.de. Retrieved September 20, 2018 . 
2. ↑ cf. Municipal and field boundaries in BürgerGIS of the Offenbach