Hopptal

Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 23 ″  N , 11 ° 19 ′ 7 ″  E

Hopptal​

Saxony-Anhalt

The Hopptal is a nature reserve in the town of Sangerhausen in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt .

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG 0179 is around 21  hectares in size. It has been under protection since 1978 (date of regulation: July 1, 1998). The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Mansfeld-Südharz.

The nature reserve is located southeast of Sangerhausen. It protects the Hopptal, which lies between the leg shoe and the vineyard, and consists of a mosaic of orchards , mesophilic grassland areas , semi- arid grassland , rock corridors and dry bush complexes. Furthermore, there are small, meanwhile weathered sandstone quarries in the nature reserve .

In the nature reserve, furrow feathers - feather twigs - semi-arid grass dominate. Here grow u. a. Eryngium Campestre , Yellow Pincushion flower , Middle Quaking , Linum Catharticum , dianthus carthusianorum , Hoary Plantain , cypress spurge , hill Meier and Haarpfriemengras , asparagus pea and serrated lettuce . In the weathered quarries come Breckland Thyme -Blauschwingel-corridors with spring cinquefoil , Rispenflockenblume and Genuine Schwafschwingel and Filzsegge ago.

The nature reserve offers a habitat for a diverse range of avifauna . Thus turncoat and Neuntöter typical representatives of Streuobst- and bushes complexes. The nightingale , field owl , blackcap and goldenhammer can often be found in the bushy areas . The dry areas are also home to various insects , including grasshoppers and butterflies .

The nature reserve is largely surrounded by agricultural land . With the “ Kirschberg und Handkante ” nature reserve to the east, it represents a biotope network in an otherwise cleared agricultural landscape .

Web links

• Hopptal , State Administration Office Saxony-Anhalt

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Armin Hoch: Remarkable plant finds in the district of Sangerhausen and the surrounding area (Part 2). In: Communications on floristic mapping in Saxony-Anhalt , Volume 9 (2004), pp. 41–45. ( PDF file , 3.3 MB). Retrieved May 14, 2014.