Landscape protection area Medebacher core area: Spring troughs, lowland zones and flat slopes
The landscape protection area Medebach core area: Spring troughs, lowland zones and flat slopes with 891.92 hectares is located in the urban area of Medebach and in the Hochsauerlandkreis . The area was in 2003 with the landscape plan Medebach by the council of Hochsauerlandkreises as a conservation area designated (LSG). The LSG is one of 13 landscape protection areas in the city of Medebach. In the city there is a landscape protection area of type A, large-scale landscape protection or general landscape protection , nine landscape protection areas of type B, outskirts, landscape character , and three landscape protection areas of type C, meadow valleys and ornithologically significant open land . The Medebacher core area landscape protection area: spring troughs, lowland areas and flat slopes were designated as type C LSG. The LSG is located around Medebach and Medelon . It goes to the edge of the settlement. It consists of numerous sub-areas. In the east it partly borders on Hesse . The LSG is part of the European bird sanctuary Medebacher Bucht and the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge nature park .
description
The landscape plan explains the LSG: “The protected area includes areas with little relief in the area around Medebach between the wooded Hardt Ridge in the north and the Orketal in the south with predominant grassland use. The individual areas provide breeding and feeding areas for quail , partridge , Shrike and Red-backed Shrike is, indicator species in the bird reserve "Medebacher Bay". Other breeding birds typical of the area in small-scale fields with high proportions of extensively to moderately intensively used grassland areas are turtledove , meadow pipit , blackcap and rattle warbler . "
There are some spruce plots in the LSG that disrupt the landscape-aesthetic and ecological function of the LSG and are therefore intended for removal in the landscape plan.
Protection purpose
The designation was made to secure and maintain the natural suitability for recreation and the efficiency of the natural balance against the diverse civilizational demands on nature and landscape. Creation of efficient environmental protection (ecological buffer zone) for the more strictly protected parts of the city of Medebach, also and in particular for the Natura 2000 areas within the meaning of the Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive and the Bird Protection Directive . The protection designation as LSG-Type C includes grassland areas of outstanding importance for bird protection and also areas in need of floristic conservation. These areas belong to the core areas of the European bird sanctuary "Medebacher Bucht".
The LSG has an important ecological rounding function for the noisy landscape plan Nature Reserve Brühnetal , the nature reserve Orketal , the nature reserve Medebach-woman break , the nature reserve Gelängeberg and the nature reserve Gelängebachtal which are directly adjacent to the LSG. In the LSG, the route of the former Steinhelle – Medebach small railway runs north of Medebach . Their track bed should be preserved because of cultural and historical aspects.
Legal regulations
As in the other landscape protection areas in the urban area, the LSG prohibits the construction of structures. Construction projects for horticulture, agriculture and forestry are exempt from the ban. The Lower Nature Conservation Authority can issue special permits for buildings of all kinds. As in the other type B landscape protection areas in Medebach, the LSG prohibits first afforestation and the creation of Christmas trees , ornamental branches and tree nursery cultures . Grassland and fallow grassland may not be converted into arable land or other uses. There is a requirement to keep the LSG free from forest cover through agricultural use or suitable maintenance measures. There is also a requirement to mow fallow land every three years in order to prevent encroachment. The mowing of the fallow land must not be carried out before August 1st and the cuttings must be removed.
See also
literature
- Hochsauerlandkreis: Landscape plan Medebach . Meschede 2003, p. 109 ff.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hochsauerlandkreis: Landschaftsplan Medebach , Meschede 2003, p. 126.
Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 17.7 " N , 8 ° 42 ′ 29.2" E