Bergstrasse Nature Conservation Center
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| place | Bensheim |
| architect | Heinz Frassine |
| Construction year | 2002-2004 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 39 '31.8 " N , 8 ° 35' 42.2" E |
The Bergstrasse Nature Conservation Center (NZB) is a facility for environmental education and experience on the Hessian Bergstrasse .
Seat
The nature conservation center with outdoor area is located on the Erlache near Bensheim on the edge of a depression that was created by the prehistoric Altneckar. There is a gravel pit in the neighborhood, in which the sediments of the former river system are extracted. The renatured part of the gravel pit and the adjacent Altneckararm are a nature reserve and an EU bird sanctuary (bird sanctuary "Hessische Altneckarschlingen").
The building received an award on the “ Architecture Day ” 2005. The building shows trendsetting technologies and materials: wood pellet heating , solar thermal energy , green roofs , shelter for animals on the house, regional building materials, building material recycling and much more.
Surroundings
The Bergstrasse Nature Conservation Center is located in the area of a former river system of the post-glacial course of the Neckar , which meandered along the eastern edge of the Rhine plain, turned northwest at the level of Pfungstadt and flowed into the Rhine at Trebur .
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Hessian Altneckarschlingen
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| location | Hessen , Germany |
| WDPA ID | 555537746 |
| Natura 2000 ID | [https://www.bfn.de/themen/natura-2000/natura-2000-gebiete/steckbriefe/natura/gebiete/show/spa/DE6217403.html 6217-403 6217-403 ] |
| Bird sanctuary | 27.93 km² |
| Geographical location | Several sub-areas |
| Setup date | 2007 |
Because of its importance for the bird world, this area has been reported to the EU Commission by the state of Hesse as a European bird sanctuary " Hessian Altneckarschlingen " (about 2,800 ha ). Today it is the best breeding area for the white stork and the reed warbler in the country and is one of the five best breeding areas for bluethroat , marsh harrier , black kite , curlew , oriole , reed bunting , stonechat and others. The area is also significant for resting bird species throughout Hesse. It is among the five best resting areas for wetland bird species such as common snipe , little ringed plover , common sandpiper , green shank , teal , redshank , crescent sandpiper , mallard , wood sandpiper and little grebe .
Endangered species such as the red and black kite , marsh harrier , tree and peregrine falcon , red- backed killer , golden oriole , kingfisher , great crested grebe and many others breed in the vicinity of the nature conservation center .
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Learn from Bensheim
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| location | Hessen , Germany |
| surface | 49 hectares |
| Identifier | 1431031 |
| WDPA ID | 318361 |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 39 ' N , 8 ° 35' E |
| Setup date | 2000 |
In December 2000, approx. 48 hectares in the area were designated as the “ Erlache bei Bensheim ” nature reserve. With the protection of alder forests and pastures , grassland , reed beds and aquatic plant communities with the animal and plant species occurring there are to be protected. Since autumn 2017 parts of the area have been grazed with water buffalo .
The protection of these areas is also to be improved through the activities of the nature conservation center. Here z. B. six amphibian species detected and rare insect species such as the grain buck ( Megopis scabricornis ), an endangered beetle species on the Red List. The sand lizard population has also increased significantly since the nature conservation center was founded. The peregrine falcon was first established in the area through the conservation efforts of the nature conservation center together with the city of Bensheim, the NABU Hessen and the DB AG.
The building itself was designed in such a way that it not only complies with the requirements for energy-saving construction, but also offers animals a habitat. Black redstart , wagtail , great tit , starling and house sparrow breed on the building itself . The cavities under the board cladding are used annually by rough-skin bats as mating quarters.
profile
In the nature conservation center there is an exhibition with changing focuses, an environmental library, a workshop and a media room. The exhibition was supported with funds from the Hessian Nature Conservation Foundation .
In the outdoor area there are adventure areas such as a herb spiral, fireplace, a geological wall with rocks from the crystalline Odenwald , a frog pond for independent research, a cottage garden, several bee colonies, a dry stone wall , a stone oven, humming stone and others.
The two environmental pedagogical pillars of the NZB are, on the one hand, specialist lectures, excursions and exhibitions for those particularly interested, and on the other hand, direct nature experience for children and families. Introducing and inspiring people to nature at an early stage is one of the basic ideas behind the facility.
As an extracurricular learning location , the Bergstrasse Nature Conservation Center has been an advice center for the environmental schools in the Bergstrasse and Odenwald districts since 2005. The NZB offers its events through an annual program which, in addition to fixed dates, also includes freely bookable offers for groups. You can also deal with nature independently here.
The NZB was opened on the occasion of the Hessentag in Heppenheim in June 2004 and has the legal form of a non-profit GmbH. The NZB is also the environmental education station of the Geo-Naturpark Bergstrasse Odenwald .
The shareholders are the Bergstrasse district , the city of Bensheim and the Bensheim Marketing and Development Company (MEGB).
Web links
literature
- G. Eppler, V. Lindmayer: New nature conservation center on Bergstrasse celebrates its first birthday. In: Yearbook Nature Conservation in Hessen. Vol. 9, 2005, pp. 247-250.
- G. Eppler, V. Lindmayer: Nature Conservation Center Bergstrasse - Experience from six years of work at an environmental education facility in southern Hesse. In: Yearbook Nature Conservation in Hessen . Vol. 13, 2010, pp. 98-101.
- Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (HMUELV 2010): NATURA 2000 practically in Hesse. Species protection in bird sanctuaries. 416 pp.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Rural Areas and Consumer Protection (HMULV 2008): Ordinance on the NATURA 2000 areas in Hesse from January 16, 2008. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Planning group for nature and landscape (2006): Basic data collection for the EU bird sanctuary "Hessische Altneckarschlingen" (6217-403). Unpublished Expert opinion on behalf of the RP Darmstadt.
- ↑ a b Ordinance on the “Erlache bei Bensheim” nature reserve of December 25, 2000 . In: Higher nature conservation authority (ed.): State gazette for the state of Hesse. 2000 No. 52 , p. 5379 , point 1081 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 11.9 MB ]).
- ↑ Claus Kropp: "Water buffalo on the Erlache." Website of the support group for large herbivores in the Bergstrasse district, press news, October 21, 2017. Accessed on February 19, 2018.
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen Brunnengräber: “The skepticism has flown.” Lampertheimer Zeitung , January 24, 2018. Accessed on February 19, 2018.
