Rheiderland landscape protection area
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Rheiderland landscape protection area
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 The Rheiderland is characterized by an open and wide landscape. |
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| location | Lower Saxony , Germany | |
| surface | 87.44 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 555547222 | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 14 ' N , 7 ° 19' E | |
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| Setup date | 2011 | |
The Rheiderland landscape protection area is a landscape protection area consisting of five spatially separated parts in the district of Leer in the northwest of the state of Lower Saxony . It bears the number LSG LER 00003 and serves to protect the EU bird sanctuary V06 Rheiderland . As the lower nature conservation authority, the district of Leer is responsible for the area.
Description of the area
The protected landscape area, designated on October 11, 2011, covers an area of 87.44 square kilometers and is located in parts of the municipalities of Bunde and Jemgum and the towns of Leer and Weener in the eponymous Rheiderland in East Frisia . The main part of the area lies in the municipality of Jemgum, of which the landscape protection area takes up a large part. Two smaller exclaves are in the area of the municipality of Bunde and two more in the area of the city of Weener. The city of Leer has a part in the Bingum district in the nature reserve.
The area is in the Emsmarschen natural area and is characterized by river and brackish water marshes. It is mainly up to 2.5 meters below sea level, only the areas in the area of the Kanalpolders and Heinitzpolders are well above sea level. The Rheiderland is protected from flooding by dikes. The dewatering is by a system of trenches and harness as well as pumping stations ensured. The Rheiderland is relatively flat and characterized by an open and wide landscape.
Flora and fauna
According to the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation, the Rheiderland, with its agricultural cultural landscape , with its time-consuming and sometimes damp to wet meadows and pastures, counts because of its "open and spacious character" and its location "in the vicinity of the Ems and Dollart are among the most important avifaunistic areas in western Lower Saxony ”. Birds that sleep in the Dollart and the Geisesteert, the Oldersumer Marsch and along the Fehntjer Tief , use the area to forage.
The Rheiderland is a man-made and centuries-old cultural landscape. Large parts are used intensively as grassland. Agriculture is also practiced in the young marshes in the west. The agriculturally used areas of the Rheiderland serve the waders of the neighboring Dollart as a flood refuge.
Damp and wet meadows can be found mainly in the northern part of the former river marsh . The breeding birds there are lapwing , black godwit and redshank , "whose occurrence gives the Rheiderland the importance of an outstanding breeding area for meadow birds in Lower Saxony".
The Rheiderland is of national and international importance as a resting place for migratory birds such as golden plover , curlew , whimbrel and lapwing, as well as a wintering area for Nordic geese such as white , barnacle and gray geese .
Other occurring in the territory of birds include Zwerggans , short-eared owl , red-breasted goose , white stork , marsh harrier , hen harrier , Montagu's Harrier , corncrake , Tundra Swan , backed Shrike , Bluethroat , Ruff , Avocet , Tern , sedge warbler , shoveler , wigeon , mallard , teal , pink-footed goose , bean goose , Gray Heron , Pochard , Tufted duck , Brent goose , Canada goose , Rook , snipe , oystercatcher , common gull , herring gull , black-headed gull , Goosander and Whimbrel .
Protection purpose
The main protection purpose is the preservation of "the character of the area and ensuring the efficiency of the natural balance". This is intended to include the “preservation of grassland and the promotion of extensive grassland management”, the “preservation of the open landscape”, the “renouncement of the construction of further structures with disruptive effects”, the “minimization of disruptions”, the “intensification of use on partial areas” and the “setting as high as possible Water levels on partial areas that are specifically developed for the purposes of meadow bird protection ”can be achieved.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection: The nature reserves of Lower Saxony on the interactive environmental map , accessed on July 7, 2020.
- ↑ a b Rheiderland. Retrieved July 9, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Ordinance on the “Rheiderland” landscape protection area of October 11, 2011 in the communities of Ostrhauderfehn and Rhauderfehn. (PDF) In: District of Leer. District of Leer, January 28, 2009, accessed on July 9, 2020 .
- ^ "Rheiderland" protected landscape area | Nds. State agency for water management, coastal and nature conservation. Retrieved July 9, 2020 .