Tagomago

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Tagomago
View from Ibiza to Tagomago
View from Ibiza to Tagomago
Waters Mediterranean Sea
Archipelago Balearic Islands
Geographical location 39 ° 2 '16 "  N , 1 ° 38' 30"  E Coordinates: 39 ° 2 '16 "  N , 1 ° 38' 30"  E
Tagomago (Balearic Islands)
Tagomago
length 1.525 km
surface 40 ha
Highest elevation 113  m
Residents uninhabited
Tagomago from the air
Tagomago from the air

Tagomago , Catalan Illa de Tagomago , Spanish Isla de Tagomago , is a Balearic island about 900 meters east of Ibiza . It is part of Santa Eulària des Riu . Its total area is about 400,000 square meters and its greatest dimension is 1525 meters. Tagomago is rocky and largely covered by scrub. The highest point is in the south of the island, 113 meters above sea level. The bay in the west serves as a natural harbor . There is a jetty there. Apart from this and a 20.4 meter high lighthouse built in 1913 at the south-east point 86.3 meters above sea level, the only development consists of a villa built in the 1980s in the interior of the island with its own desalination plant and power supply. Some rocks have ornate paintings from the time of the hippie movement. The Tagomago lighthouse is the reference point for shipping routes from Ibiza to Palma and Barcelona . The occurrence of blue lizards on the island is known.

The name Tagomago probably means 'rock of Mago', which in turn goes back to the Carthaginian general Mago , a brother of Hannibal . During the Moors , the island was called Taj Umayu .

It can be visited as part of an organized sightseeing tour from Cala Sant Vicent in Ibiza.

history

Tagomago is said to have been settled as early as the 8th century BC. In later times it served as a warehouse for pirates . At the end of the 19th century there was a small fishing village that was later abandoned. In the 1930s, Tagomago belonged to the Pujol family. During the Spanish Civil War , the Franco regime expropriated the family because the island was to be used for defense purposes. Tagomago was later sold to Prince Emich zu Leiningen from Amorbach , whose heirs separated from the island after many years of estate disputes.

It is now owned by the Hamburg real estate entrepreneur Matthias Kühn, who rents the villa on a weekly basis. The island became known in Germany through the wedding celebration of Sabine Christiansen with Norbert Medus.

Nature reserves

In the area of ​​Tagomago there are two nature reserves which are designated as “areas of community importance” according to the EU Habitats Directive .

Tagomago (ES0000082)

ES0000082 includes the entire island and the surrounding sea areas and has a total area of ​​554.24 ha. In the north, south and west it borders on the Natura 2000 area ES5310107.

Special habitat types (according to the list of FFH habitat types ) include:

  • Poseidonia seagrass meadows ( Posidonion oceanicae ) (Type 1120)
  • Mediterranean rocky coasts with vegetation with endemic Limonium species (type 1240)
  • Queller mudflats of the Mediterranean and temperate Atlantic regions ( Sarcocornetea fruticosae ) (Type 1420)

Area marina de Tagomago (ES5310107)

ES5310107 essentially covers the sea area between Ibiza and Tagomago, unless it is part of ES0000082. It has an area of ​​745.29 ha.

Poseidonia seagrass meadows ( Posidonion oceanicae ) (type 1120) with a share of 46.31% of the total area are a special habitat type.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Illa de Tagomago "Island of the Blue Lizards"
  2. ↑ Martin Zips: A place with two mountains ( Memento from December 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). Article at sueddeutsche.de , July 1, 2008.
  3. ↑ Sabine Christiansen's wedding party ( Memento from December 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (with an illustration of Tagomago's changing ownership structure). Article at Ibiza Today Online .
  4. ↑ Tagomago - Factsheet filled with data from Natura 2000 data set ( en ) at: eunis.eea.europa.eu (accessed October 6, 2011, 8:30 p.m. ).
  5. ↑ NATURA 2000 - STANDARD DATA FORM. SITENAME Tagomago. ( en ) On: natura2000.eea.europa.eu (accessed October 6, 2011, 9:30 p.m. ).
  6. ↑ NATURA 2000 - STANDARD DATA FORM. SITENAME Àrea marina de Tagomago. ( en ) On: natura2000.eea.europa.eu (accessed October 6, 2011, 9:32 pm).

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