Lausheimer pond

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Lausheimer pond
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Geographical location District of Sigmaringen , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Tributaries Störenbach ,
Wiesenbach,
rotten tributary
Drain Störenbach →  Ostrach →  Danube →  Black Sea
Places on the shore Stomach book Lausheim
Location close to the shore Ostrach
Data
Coordinates 47 ° 58 '12 "  N , 9 ° 18' 43"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 58 '12 "  N , 9 ° 18' 43"  E
Altitude above sea level 611  m above sea level NHN
surface 10.1 ha
volume 187,000 m³
Maximum depth 4.6 m
Middle deep 1.9 m
Catchment area 6.91 km²

particularities

Landscape protection area

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The Lausheimer Weiher is a still water in the area of ​​the Baden-Württemberg community Ostrach in the district of Sigmaringen in Germany .

location and size

The pond is located about five and a half kilometers northwest of the center of Ostrach, below the suburb of the same name Lausheim , in a landscape protection area at an altitude of 611  m above sea level. NHN and is privately owned.

The size of the pond is 10.1  hectares , the maximum length about 580 meters, the maximum width 410 meters. The maximum depth of the pond is 4.6 meters. The shore length is around 1,680 meters.

The riparian zones in the south and west are flat and for landing areas covered typical plants in the north, a spruce forest as part of the wide-Hart , in the east, a dam over which the county road leading 8240th

The catchment area of ​​the Lausheimer Weiher, which also includes areas of the city of Pfullendorf and the municipality of Krauchenwies , is 691 hectares; 66 percent of this is forest and 27 percent is used for agriculture.

Emergence

The Lausheimer Weiher (with the Upper Pond and the Lower Pond near Bernweiler ) on a map with the "Description of the Eastern Eastern District" from 1697

The pond, the only body of water of this type and this size in the area, was originally created as a fish pond by Habsthal Abbey . Later, the power of the water drove the grinding tunnels of the Lausheimer Mill, built in 1751 by the Salem Monastery and the Andelfinger family from Lausheim.

Landscape protection area

The protected landscape area No. 4.37.004 is named after the pond . With a size of 62.0 hectares, it includes the pond and its immediate surroundings. The LSG was formed on January 16, 1963 by ordinance of the Sigmaringen district office.

ecology

The forest and agricultural areas surrounding the pond (70 percent grassland, 22 percent arable land, eight percent special crops) are used intensively, which, combined with the slope of the usable areas, leads to a considerable input of nutrients.

Plant nutrients and other trophy indicators
year 2000 * 2001 2007 2013
Total PO 4 - phosphorus (µg / l) 54 40 67 64
Chlorophyll a (µg / l) 40 14th 44 32
Chlorophyll a peak (µg / l) 75 36 81 70
Anorg. Total nitrogen (mg / l) 2.09 0.93 2.13
Viewing depth (m) 0.8 1.3 0.7 1.5
* = only six measurements, only surface

With the help of the action program for the rehabilitation of Upper Swabian lakes , the planned extensification measures were partially implemented.

flora

The white water lily ( Nymphaea alba ), which is a typical representative of floating leaf plants, and the yellow pond rose ( Nuphar lutea ) grow on the shores of the lake . As a habitat, the plants protected in Germany prefer standing or sluggishly flowing water with a humus silty soil. Also spreading the Water crowfoot , Reflective pondweed , pondweed and the Rough horn sheet ( Ceratophyllum demersum ) are found in the pond. The latter usually grows over humus mud soils in water depths of half a meter to ten meters. Furthermore, live blue , green and diatoms in the pond.

fauna

Fallen tree due to beaver feeding

In the pond there are large sub-clams , eels , perch , pike , grass carp , roach , rudd , tench , bleak , catfish and pikeperch .

Since 2009 there have been problems with beavers at the pond , ditching the entire area and cutting down trees.

See also

List of landscape protection areas in the district of Sigmaringen

Web links

Commons : Lausheimer Weiher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Top25 Viewer [Top. Map 1: 100000 Baden-Württemberg]
  2. ↑ Josef Mühlebach: From the history of the water supply Hausen a. A. In: Hohenzollerischer Geschichtsverein (Hrsg.): Hohenzollerische Heimat, Volume 18, No. 3/1968 , pp. 44–46, here pp. 45f.
  3. ↑ Coordination Center Lakes program PRO REGIO OBERSCHWABEN GmbH, Ravensburg, and Regierungspräsidium Tübingen / environmental, Dienstsitz Ravensburg
  4. ^ Nicole Rauscher: Lausheimer Weiher: From bathing paradise to beaver paradise . In: Südkurier of April 25, 2014; accessed on March 9, 2015