Lange Renne (nature reserve)

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Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 39 ″  N , 6 ° 29 ′ 8 ″  E

Relief map: North Rhine-Westphalia
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North Rhine-Westphalia

Lange Renne is a nature reserve in the area of ​​the city of Rees in the district of Mehr in the Kleve district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

It is named after the Lange Renne (also Lange Rinne), an oxbow lake of the Rhine , the southern part of which is under nature protection.

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The 13 hectare nature reserve is located southeast of Rees-Mehr and was placed under protection in 2010. It is a 1.5 km long and a maximum of 150 m wide oxbow river of the Rhine, which was created as a result of a flood. Only the southern part of the oxbow lake is designated as a nature reserve due to the well-developed floating leaf vegetation and larger reed beds.

Protection purpose

Protection purpose: The designation as a nature reserve occurs in particular:

  • to protect and preserve valuable waters with floating leaf associations
  • to protect and preserve valuable altar channels as geoscientific objects
  • to preserve and restore a favorable state of conservation of valuable habitats for amphibians, dragonflies, RL plant species and RL animal species
  • for the preservation and restoration of a favorable conservation status of the natural habitats for water birds, endangered plant communities and animal species

Protection goals

Protection goals and measures based on the protection purpose are:

  • Preservation of the Rhine backwater as a geoscientific, regional, cultural, historical and ecological biotope complex that is particularly worthy of protection,
  • Preservation of the valuable water with floating leaf companies,
  • Conservation of waste wood,
  • Restriction of leisure activities to the northern part of the Lange Renne,
  • Securing water areas and barriers to protect the vegetation,
  • Creation of breeding biotopes by restricting recreational use,
  • Extensification of grassland use, no grazing on the bank areas,
  • Avoidance of eutrophication,
  • Near-natural forest management, if necessary conversion into indigenous woody stock.

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