Kühnbruch

Kühnbruch IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Bexbach , Saarpfalz-Kreis , Saarland
surface	29 hectares
Identifier	NSG-N-6609-304
WDPA ID	555595836
Geographical location	49 ° 19 '  N , 7 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 19 '29 "  N , 7 ° 16' 35"  E
Setup date	07/10/2015
administration	Saarpfalz district

The Kühnbruch is a rift and wetland in the Saarpfalz district between Niederbexbach and the old town on the lower reaches of the Feilbach , the valley of which merges into the Bliesaue . Since 1987 (supplemented in 2015), a 29 hectare nature reserve has been designated here for the “preservation, promotion and development of extensively managed and fallow wet meadows, including the system of irrigation and drainage ditches running through them with the respective typical plant and animal communities”.

Flora and fauna

In 1983, 19 plant species were identified in Kühnbruch that are on the Red List of Endangered Species , including the only occurrence of the water bug in a wide area. The Great Wiesenknopf was observed for the first time in 2009 . The Kühnbruch and the Beeder Bruch, also designated as a nature reserve, between the old town and Beeden (formerly the Höllengraben nature reserve ) are home to rare species of birds such as snipe , marsh harrier , whinchat and water rail . The white stork , which was a regular breeding bird in this section of the Bliesaue until the 1960s, can be observed all year round as a food visitor. In 2019, for the first time, a pair of storks that brooded on the platform set up especially for this purpose in the Kühnbruch nature reserve had offspring again, as did so in 2020.

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  Panorama of the Kühnbruch nature reserve. The stork's nest can be seen on the right edge of the picture.

Web links

Commons : Kühnbruch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• World Database on Protected Areas - Kühnbruch (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ordinance on the “Kühnbruch” nature reserve (N 6308-302). (PDF) In: Saarland Official Gazette. June 17, 2015, accessed July 24, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Ordinance on the “Kühnbruch” nature reserve. (PDF) In: Saarland Official Gazette No. 22, 1987, p. 513. February 20, 1987, accessed on July 24, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Martin Baus: The Great Wiesenknopf was the big surprise , September 10, 2009
4. ↑ Martin Baus: tight for the next 20 years. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . August 10, 2011, accessed April 24, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Martin Baus: Youngsters for storks in the old town. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . June 13, 2019, accessed April 24, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Martin Baus: The little stork is slowly fledging. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . June 24, 2020, accessed April 24, 2020 .