Hay meadow

Hay meadow
Waters	Baltic Sea
Geographical location	54 ° 26 '  N , 13 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 26 '  N , 13 ° 7'  E
length	900 m
surface	0.14
Residents	uninhabited
Location of the island of Heuwiese near Rügen

The Heuwiese is an uninhabited German Baltic Sea island and is about two kilometers south of Ummanz and west of Rügen . It belongs to the municipality of Ummanz , the nearest place is Freesenort .

It has a maximum extension of 900 meters (northwest-southeast direction) and is about 14 hectares in size. The bird protection island, a little over 1 meter high, is located in the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park .

The island is a typical salt grassland of the West Pomeranian lagoon coast and was created from dry landfall areas ( wind flats ). The resulting areas are only a few centimeters above sea level and are flooded irregularly.

The island got its name from its original use as a pasture for cattle. It has been known as a sea bird colony since the middle of the 19th century and was officially placed under protection as a breeding ground for coastal birds in 1939. In 2007 around 15 different species (including four species of seagulls and several types of ducks) brooded on the hay meadow.

A specialty are the cormorants that breed on the island and build high nests on the ground as tree breeders.

Web links

Wikisource: The Isle of Rattenort - legend about the island  - sources and full texts

• Information about the hay meadow in the Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park

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1. ↑ www.nationalpark-vorpommersche-boddenlandschaft.de