Church tower habitat
Lebensraum Kirchturm is a project of the Naturschutzbund Deutschland that has been running since 2007 . It is carried out jointly by the Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) and the Advisory Committee for the German Bell System . The aim is to secure nesting sites for endangered bird species in church towers or other tall buildings as a substitute for natural breeding caves .
concept
In 2007 the kestrel was selected as bird of the year . This bird uses niches and entry holes in church towers to set up its nest inside. In the past, however, many of these niches on the church towers were lost in the course of renovation work. In cooperation with the Advisory Committee for the German Bell System , NABU launched the Church Tower Living Space project . This should help those responsible, but also visitors to churches, for this shrinking habitat for bats , barn owls and jackdawsand other species: the aim is to keep openings in buildings open to these species. In addition, a breeding opportunity should be created by attaching additional nest boxes. It has proven to be positive that the settlement of kestrels has pushed back feral city pigeons . As a rule, the installed incubators are checked regularly, often by volunteers from the local NABU groups.
In 2018, more than 1,000 churches in Germany are involved in the project. Most of them are in Baden-Württemberg (223 churches), Thuringia (163) and Lower Saxony (161). The participation of the churches depends heavily on local mobilization. In Thuringia, for example, there was a call in the press to take part in the campaign beyond the 32 participating churches in the Nordhausen district . There, for example, St. Martin's Church in the Heilbad Heiligenstadt is equipped with a nest box.
Examples
- 2007 Diakoniekirche Bad Kreuznach badge living space church tower
- In 2008 the Protestant church in Herbolzheim -Tutschfelden was the first church in the Emmendingen district to receive the `` Lebensraum Kirchturm '' plaque.
- In 2010, two kestrel boxes were installed in the sound covers of the Evangelical Lutheran St. Wilhadi Church in Stade .
- In 2011, nesting boxes for jackdaws were installed at the Evangelical City Church in Lörrach .
- In 2012 the Office for Nature Conservation and Environmental Protection installed three jackdaw boxes in the church tower in the Sankt Martinus church in Sankt Augustin - Niederpleis .
- In 2013, the tower of the Radebeul Luther Church was opened for barn owls and bats in addition to the kestrels and common swifts already nesting there.
literature
- Kurt Kramer (edit.): Bells in past and present , advisory committee for the German bell system, churches and bell towers, habitats for endangered bird and bat species, pp. 252–260, Karlsruhe 1986
- Naturschutzbund Deutschland eV: Church tower habitat , Leporello, item no. 1816, no date
Web links
- Lebensraum Kirchturm , NABU website, accessed on November 23, 2018.
- Habitats for endangered bird and bat species , website of the Advisory Committee for the German Bell System, accessed on June 16, 2014.
- NaturNah: Lebensraum Kirche , NDR documentation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of the excellent churches , NABU website, accessed on November 23, 2018.
- ↑ Jürgen Backhaus: "NABU Obereichsfeld calls for participation in the church tower habitat" , in Thüringer Allgemeine from April 15, 2014, accessed on June 16, 2014.
- ↑ www.nabu.de ; accessed on February 25, 2019
- ^ Badische Zeitung, local section Emmendingen: Commitment to species protection in Tutschfelden , July 11, 2008.
- ↑ Lebensraum Kirchturm , website of the district of Stade, accessed on June 16, 2014.
- ↑ Award "Lebensraum Kirchturm" . In Badische Zeitung on June 7, 2011, accessed on June 16, 2014.
- ↑ St. Martinus church tower receives NABU award as a church tower living space , website of the city of Sankt Augustin, accessed on June 16, 2014.
- ↑ Johannes Woldt: The church tower as a living space - "Responsibility for creation in practice" . In: Radebeuler monthly books (ed.): Preview & Review . No. 8 . Radebeul 2013.