Small duck catcher pond
The Kleine Entenfängerteich is a silted-up, artificially created pond in the west of the city of Potsdam . The pond was created at the end of the 17th century and was used to catch wild ducks for the stately table. It is considered to be one of the oldest preserved duck trapping systems in Germany. The facility is a listed building.
location
The pond is located in the west of the city of Potsdam in a forest on the western edge of the wildlife park . The area is part of the Golm district of Potsdam , about two kilometers south of the village of the same name. The nearest settlement is the community Schwielowsee belonging place Wildpark-West . The pond is north of the Fuchsweg, which leads from Wildpark-West towards Potsdam.
history
The pond was built in 1694 for Elector Friedrich III. , the later Prussian King Friedrich I. The purpose was to catch ducks for the electoral table. Otherwise, ducks were shot with meal, which affected the taste.
In the facility, the ducks were driven into the four trenches at the corners with the help of decoys, where they were caught and killed ("curled") by the guards. Within a short period of time, the number of animals caught each year increased from 500 to over 2000. The main hunting season was between June and September, when a large number of wild ducks used the Havel and Golmer Luch as resting places. At the turn of the 18th century, a house for the duck catcher was built east of the pond. The catch was given up there as early as 1714.
Subsequently, no later than 1746, the fishing operation was started in the large duck catching pond (or lake) to the south-west (already in the area of Geltow , today part of the municipality of Schwielowsee). The pond, also called Klaussee , is a body of water of natural origin.
The duck catcher's house to the east of the duck catcher ponds was used as a forester's house and pheasantry from 1800 at the latest. The homestead burned down in 1839 and was rebuilt in 1841 according to a design by Ludwig Persius . The garden was designed by Peter Joseph Lenné , who also included the area around the ponds in the plans for the design of the wildlife park. These plans were not implemented in this form.
In 1871, duck fishing in this area was finally stopped.
investment
The small duck catcher pond has a rectangular, almost square basic shape with an edge length of around 120 to 130 meters. The four curved, funnel-like tentacles are located in the corners. Today, the pond is almost completely silted up and overgrown with trees, but it is visible as a depression in the terrain between the dams about one meter high. In the vicinity of the tentacles there are individual ornamental shrubs; along the banks of the river, a row of pedunculate oaks point to an original two-row planting from the end of the 17th century.
In addition to the name of the two ponds, the names "Großer Entenfängerberg" and "Kleiner Entenfängerberg" for two hills in the area recall the former use of the area.
The duck catcher house has been preserved, but it has been heavily reshaped, so that hardly anything of Persius' design can be seen.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Description in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg, online
- ↑ a b Information board on site
Coordinates: 52 ° 23 ′ 12.1 ″ N , 12 ° 57 ′ 50.5 ″ E