Mönchesrieth near Grebendorf

Mönchesrieth near Grebendorf IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
The eastern part of the reserve.
location	South-east of Grebendorf in the municipality of Meinhard in the Werra-Meißner district in Hesse .
surface	18.07 hectares
Identifier	1636037
WDPA ID	318800
Geographical location	51 ° 12 '  N , 10 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 11 '53 "  N , 10 ° 4' 46"  E
Setup date	October 1999
particularities	Nature reserve

The Mönchesrieth near Grebendorf is a former gravel mining area in the Eschweger basin . In order to secure the area that has become a habitat for a large number of birds after the end of the gravel, the remaining water surface with its banks was designated as a nature reserve.

Geographical location

The monks Rieth is situated in the districts of My Harder districts Grebendorf and Schwebda in northern Hesse Werra-Meissner . In the south it is bordered by a cycle and farm lane along federal highway 249 . To the east and north, arable land extends to the protected area. Immediately next to it on the western border is a mining area that is still being worked on. In terms of natural space , the area is assigned to the “Lower Werraland” as a sub-unit called “Schwebda-Jestädter Werraaue” , which belongs to the main unit group “ Osthessisches Bergland ”.

Protected position

The wood strip in the southern area

After the gravel mining was completed, the water area was designated as a nature reserve in October 1999. The protection objective was to secure the area as a breeding, resting and feeding biotope for endangered bird species. The bank areas should be designed as a habitat for endangered plant and animal species and disruptions should be minimized through suitable measures. The protected area with the national identifier 1636037 and the WDPA code 318800 has a size of 18.07 hectares.

Tourist development

The area is intended as an undisturbed quiet zone and should not be entered. A dirt road runs along the east and north sides of the reserve. An asphalt cycle and farm path leads past to the south.

literature

• Lothar and Sieglinde Nitsche, Marcus Schmidt: Nature reserves in Hessen , Volume 3, cognitio Verlag, Niedenstein 2005, ISBN 3-932583-13-2 .

Web links

Commons : Mönchesrieth bei Grebendorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Other forms of the name are Mönchesried or Mönchsried.
2. ↑ Classification of natural areas according to Otto Klausing in the Hessen Environmental Atlas at atlas.umwelt.hessen.de ; accessed on November 9, 2018.
3. ^ Ordinance on the "Mönchesried bei Grebendorf" nature reserve of November 1, 1999 in the State Gazette for the State of Hesse, 44/1999 of November 1, 1999, p. 3324 f.
4. ↑ "Mönchesrieth bei Grebendorf" in the world database for protected areas; accessed on November 9, 2018.