Kudensee and surroundings

Kundensee and the surrounding area
location	Between Brunsbüttel and Burg (Dithmarschen) , Dithmarschen district , Schleswig-Holstein
surface	246 ha
WDPA ID	164273
Geographical location	53 ° 57 '  N , 9 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 57 '8 "  N , 9 ° 12' 26"  E
Sea level	from -1 m to 0 m
Setup date	1992

Kudensee and the surrounding area is a nature reserve in the Schleswig-Holstein communities of Averlak and Kuden in the Dithmarschen district .

description

The approximately 246  hectare nature reserve is entered under number 20 in the directory of nature reserves of the Ministry for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature and Digitization . It was designated at the end of 1992 (date of regulation: November 25, 1992) and replaced the nature reserve of the same name designated in 1988. The Kudensee had already been placed under protection in 1938 as an approximately 83 hectare nature reserve "Vogelfreistätte Kudensee". The nature reserve is almost congruent with the 249 hectare EU bird sanctuary "NSG Kudensee". The 104 hectare FFH area "Kudensee" is part of the nature reserve. The area has been looked after by the Schleswig-Holstein State Hunting Association since 2012.

The nature reserve is located in the Elbmarsch between Brunsbüttel and Burg (Dithmarschen) . It places the Kudensee as the remainder of a beach lake with its surroundings as well as adjacent areas of the marsh under protection. The lake is of Verlandungs zones with extensive reed beds and small swamp forests and individual alder thickets surrounded. The woods west of the Kudensee are designated as natural forest and are left to their natural development. To the south and west, former rinsing fields and wet grassland areas connect, in which shallow waters are embedded in places.

The Kudensee is traversed by the Büttel Canal (also: Burger Au), which drains the area into the Kiel Canal via a pumping station . The Friedrichshofer Au flows through the protected area and flows south of the Kudensee into the Büttel Canal. The commission ditch limits the nature reserve to the southwest, the Büttel Canal to the east. Canals and ditches are also often surrounded by reed beds.

In 1980, extensive renaturation measures were carried out in the Kudensee area in order to limit the silting up of the lake. At the end of the 1980s, parts of the nature reserve were surrounded by flat walls. In this area, the water level can be regulated by monks with the aim of maintaining and developing the areas as a living space and feeding habitat for meadow and resting birds.

Flora and fauna

The nature reserve is the habitat of a species-rich avifauna . The reed zones provide a suitable habitat for the bittern , reed bunting , reed warbler and reed swirl . The wet meadows are the habitat of various waders . So here are lapwing , redshank , ruff , black-tailed godwit , avocet and common snipe at home. Other bird species in the grassland are meadow pipit and skylark . The nature reserve is also the habitat of marsh harrier and marsh harrier . The black tern is also found here. The white-tailed eagle has returned to the nature reserve.

The nature reserve is also an important resting and wintering area. During the bird migration , numerous pygmy swans and whistling swans , teal , kinkle , pintail and wigeon as well as gray , nun and Canada geese rest here . Also plovers raced regularly in the area of wet meadows.

In the Kudensee and the adjacent watercourses, the wolffish has been identified as a species protected under the Habitats Directive (for other fish species see Kudensee ).

The nature reserve is an important habitat for sometimes rare plants adapted to moist locations. Marsh horn clover , marsh forget-me-not , ostrich loosestrife and yellow meadow rue settle here . The waters accommodate u. a. Water feather and frog bite .

Others

A hiking trail runs west of Lake Kudensee and on the western edge of the nature reserve in the direction of the Kiel Canal , from which the nature reserve can be viewed. There is an observation tower on the west bank of Lake Kudensee . Another lookout point is on the hiking trail that runs south. Information boards are set up in several places. The nature reserve is completely surrounded by agricultural land .

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Web links

Commons : Nature reserve Kudensee and surroundings  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kudensee and surroundings , leaflet from the State Office for Nature and the Environment of Schleswig-Holstein (PDF file, 903 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State ordinance on the nature reserve “Kudensee and the surrounding area” of November 25, 1992 , state regulations and state case law, state government Schleswig-Holstein. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
2. ↑ ^{a b} NSG Kudensee , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved February 14, 2018.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Kudensee , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
4. ↑ Voluntary support for the nature reserve "Kudensee and surroundings" transferred ( Memento from February 16, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), Landesjagdverband Schleswig-Holstein e. V.
5. ↑ Care of protected areas in Schleswig-Holstein (PDF, 275 kB). Retrieved February 14, 2018.
6. ↑ Natural forests in Schleswig-Holstein - Kudensee , Ministry for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of the State of Schleswig-Holstein.
7. ↑ Dithmarschen: White-tailed eagles love foundation land! , Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-Holstein , July 8, 2016. Accessed February 14, 2018.