Lauenburger Elbe foreland

	Lauenburger Elbe foreland IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Looking from the bank towards the dike
location	South-east of Lauenburg / Elbe , Duchy of Lauenburg district , Schleswig-Holstein
surface	57 ha
Identifier	NSG no. 168
WDPA ID	164399
Geographical location	53 ° 22 ' N , 10 ° 35' E Coordinates: 53 ° 21 '42 " N , 10 ° 34' 36" E
Setup date	1995
administration	LLUR

Bank area

The Lauenburger Elbe foreland is a nature reserve in the Schleswig-Holstein city of Lauenburg / Elbe and the municipality of Lanze in the Duchy of Lauenburg .

The 57 hectare nature reserve is registered under number 168 in the directory of nature reserves of the Ministry for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature and Digitization . It was expelled in 1995 (date of regulation: April 19, 1995). The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the Duchy of Lauenburg district.

The nature reserve is located southeast of Lauenburg and extends to the dike foreland of the Elbe between the Elbe-Lübeck Canal and the state border with Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The groynes reaching into the Elbe and the shallow water areas between them are also part of the nature reserve . In the east, the nature reserve borders on the nature reserves " Elbhang Vierwald " and " Stecknitz-Delvenau-Niederung ". It is completely part of the FFH area "Elbe with high banks of the Elbe from Tesperhude to Lauenburg with adjacent areas" and largely part of the " Elbe River Landscape " biosphere reserve .

The protected area is characterized by grassland with dry grass and tall herbaceous vegetation . Flood turfs and flood troughs occur on the banks of the Elbe . Here you will find areas with reeds and willow bushes . Between the groynes there are sand areas, which are partially populated by pioneer vegetation .

The often dry sand and mud banks are u. a. populated by deer leaps , small fleas , mud flats and brown sedge . In the subsequent, still regularly flooded river reeds are reeds and reed canary grass to find, found in tall herb Riedern is for. B. cattail , Yellow meadow rue , Inula Britannica and Veronica longifolia . There are also swan flowers and cones . The grassland is partly mowed and grazed for maintenance .

In the foreland of the dike, various species of birds such as the corncrake , yellow wagtail , skylark , sandpiper , meadow pipit , field owl , whinchat and wood sandpiper can be found as breeding birds . The area is also an important resting place for resting geese and swans . In the Elbe u. a. Asp , salmon , river and sea lamprey .

The nature reserve is looked after by the Hamburg Botanical Association.

Web links

Lauenburger Elbe foreland , leaflet from the State Office for Nature and the Environment of Schleswig-Holstein (PDF file, 522 kB)
Lauenburger Elbe foreland nature reserve , Hamburg Botanical Association V.