Hirrensee

	"Hirrensee" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	The NSG Hirrensee after the spring mowing
location	Tettnang , Lake Constance district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	16.3 ha
Identifier	4,238
WDPA ID	163694
Geographical location	47 ° 37 ' N , 9 ° 40' E Coordinates: 47 ° 37 '3 " N , 9 ° 39' 39" E
Sea level	from 491 m to 508 m
Setup date	February 20, 1994
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The Hirrensee area is a nature reserve (NSG number 4.238) in the southeast of the Baden-Württemberg city of Tettnang in Germany, which was designated by ordinance of February 20, 1994 by the Tübingen Regional Council .

location

The approximately 16 hectare large nature reserve Hirrensee is one natural area to Westallgäuer hills . It is located south of the Hiltensweiler district of Tettnang , west of the Muttelsee , northeast of the Degersee and east of the Oberwolfertsweiler district , at an altitude of 510 m above sea level. NN .

Protection purpose

The main purpose of protection is to maintain and improve a richly structured ecosystem . This consists of

a nutrient-poor flat moor with the particularly endangered flora from Kalkkleinseggenriedern; especially noteworthy is the Mehlprimel -Kopfbinsen Society. These areas are also refuges for glacial relics and many rare marsh plants of the Central European flora. For bird communities they are one of the most important biotope types and represent a retreat for many insects , including numerous species of butterflies and moths.

Pipe grass litter meadows , whose floristic biodiversity is habitat for numerous insect species, especially for butterflies and rams that are only native there

Moist and wet meadows as food and habitat for endangered meadow breeders

Orchards as an important element of our traditional cultural landscape and as a habitat for numerous animals, especially birds and small mammals. The neighboring reed stands form a supplementary food biotope for some of them

the buffer areas to avoid further intensification of agriculturally used areas in the area surrounding the wetland

Flora and fauna

flora

The following types of flora are worthy of protection:

Broad-leaved orchid ( Dactylorhiza majalis ), a plant from the orchid family up to 60 cm high

Broad-leaved cottongrass ( Eriophorum latifolium ), belongs to the sour grass family

Flesh-colored orchid ( Dactylorhiza incarnata ), also from the orchid family

Lung gentian ( Gentiana pneumanthe ), a member of the gentian family (!)

Flour primrose ( Primula farinosa ), from the primrose family (!)

Pipe grass ( Molinia ), a genus of plants in the sweet grass family

Edge sedge ( Carex hostiana ), also from the sourgrass family

Swallowwort gentian ( Gentiana asclepiadea ), also from the gentian family (!)

Swamp heart leaf ( Parnassia palustris ), in Central Europe the only representative of the heart leaf family (!)

(! ) Particularly protected according to the Federal Species Protection Ordinance (BArtSchV)!

Web links

Profile of the Hirrensee nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas

Individual evidence

^ Ordinance of the Tübingen regional council on the "Hirrensee" nature reserve of February 20, 1994 (Journal of Laws of March 31, 1994, p. 205)

[1] Ordinance of the Tübingen regional council on the "Hirrensee" nature reserve of February 20, 1994 (Journal of Laws of March 31, 1994, p. 205)