Leineaue under the Rammelsberg

Leineaue under the Rammelsberg IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Pasture area in the Leineaue in the NSG (2014)
location	Between Gronau (Leine) and Elze , Hildesheim district , Lower Saxony
surface	200 ha
Identifier	NSG HA 129
WDPA ID	164423
Natura 2000 ID	DE-3824-332
FFH area	189.1 ha
Geographical location	52 ° 7 '  N , 9 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 6 '59 "  N , 9 ° 45' 52"  E
Sea level	from 72 m to 118 m
Setup date	April 21, 1988
administration	NLWKN

The Leineaue under the Rammelsberg is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxon town of Elze , the municipality of Nordstemmen and the small town of Gronau (Leine) in the Leinebergland municipality in the Hildesheim district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG HA 129 is 200  hectares in size. It is almost identical to the FFH area of the same name . In the south, the nature reserve is adjacent to the conservation area "Gronauer Masch" through which it with north past of Gronau (Leine) nature reserve " Gronauer Masch is networked." The area has been a nature reserve since April 21, 1988. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the Hildesheim district.

The nature reserve is located between Gronau (Leine) and Elze and over 4 km in length, a section of the middle course of the Leine with its floodplain and parts of the slopes of the Uthberg and the Großer Rammelsberg in the east are under protection. The floodplain landscape contains softwood and hardwood floodplain forests. The periodically flooded lowland is characterized by the meandering river course with oxbow lakes and flood channels . The line is often accompanied by remains of alluvial forest . In addition, there are wet meadows and fallow land rich in shrubs . The slopes included in the nature reserve are characterized by forests and shrubbery as well as remnants of poor grassland and orchards .

Two abandoned sand pits are on the edge of the nature reserve. They are largely left to their natural development. Large parts of the sand pits are inhabited by ruderal vegetation. So here are z. As wild carrot , bitter herbs , rose mallow , Galium Mollugo , meadow hogweed , meadow salsify , Gamanderehrenpreis and lady's bedstraw , oxeye daisy , birdsfoot trefoil to find and thyme. In order to suppress emerging trees, the southernmost of the two sand pits is regularly grazed with sheep.

The nature reserve is the habitat of a species-rich avifauna .

Web links

Commons : Leineaue under the Rammelsberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Leineaue unter dem Rammelsberg" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bernd Galland: Nature experience in a "disturbed" landscape - the Leineaue north of Gronau , Paul Feindt Foundation. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
2. ^ Maren Burgdorf: The former "Schwalbenberg" sand mining area near Betheln , Paul Feindt Foundation. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
3. ↑ Species list of the bird of the Gronauer Masch and neighboring Leineau , Paul Feindt Foundation (PDF file, 119 kB). Retrieved January 24, 2018.