Buhnenwerder (Beetzsee)
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Beetzsee northern lake basin |
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| Geographical location | 52 ° 30 ′ N , 12 ° 40 ′ E | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The island groynes Werder is an island in the city of Brandenburg an der Havel belonging Beetzsee opposite the village Lünow . It has been designated as a nature reserve since 1930 as the seagull island of Buhnenwerder . On the island there is a slight hill called a castle wall. Due to archaeological finds, parts of the island are designated as a ground monument . In addition to Buhnenwerder in the Beetzsee, there is another island of Buhnenwerder between the Plauer , Breitling and Möserschem lakes within the area of the city of Brandenburg .
location
Buhnenwerder is located in the north of the three lake basins of the Rinnensee Beetzsee, which was historically also called Lünower or Bagower See. Like the Beetzsee over its entire extension, Buhnenwerder also belongs to the area of the independent city of Brandenburg. It has a size of about seven hectares with a length of about 450 meters and a width of about 230 meters.
Nature reserve
The island of Buhnenwerder was declared a nature reserve on April 1, 1930 by an ordinance of the district president. This makes it the oldest nature reserve in the city of Brandenburg. On the island there was a large breeding colony of black-headed gulls , which was the aim of the protection. The Volksbund Naturschutz had leased Buhnenwerder as early as 1929 and set up an observation station. During the egg-laying period, the breeding colony was monitored and protected from the clutches being looted. Buhnenwerder was also the subject of scientific work on black-headed gulls at an early stage. Young animals and migratory behavior were documented.
During the Second World War , the clutches on the island were massively looted and Buhnenwerder was used as a military training area, which led to the breeding colony disappearing. However, after the area was placed under protection again after the end of the war, the birds were quickly reintroduced. However, stocks have been declining since the late 1950s. Other animal species on the island, Tern , Reed Warbler , Reed Bunting , Bittern and European pond turtle .
Archaeological finds
In the center of the island there is an artificial hill called the castle wall. During archaeological excavations, a Bronze Age burial ground was discovered on Buhnenwerder . In the country's list of monuments there is talk of an individual find from the Bronze Age. Furthermore, the remains of a Slavic settlement, ceramics and stove stones were secured. The sites are a registered ground monument.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Nature conservation between 1918 and 1945 . Accessed September 14, 2014.
- ↑ Sebastian children and Haik Thomas Porada (ed.): Brandenburg an der Havel and surroundings. 2006, p. 246.
- ↑ Information board . Accessed September 14, 2014.
- ↑ Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum (ed.): List of monuments of the State of Brandenburg - City of Brandenburg an der Havel . A) Ground monuments, ground monument number 4219, December 31, 2018, p. 5 ( bldam-brandenburg.de [PDF; 201 kB ; accessed on May 13, 2019]).
