Mosquito forest

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Mosquito forest

IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape

Mosquito forest, summer 2018

Mosquito forest, summer 2018

location Flensburg-Weiche , SH , Germany
surface 25 ha
Identifier NSG-SH No. 7
WDPA ID 322442
Geographical location 54 ° 46 '  N , 9 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 45 '48 "  N , 9 ° 23' 28"  E
Mosquito Forest (Schleswig-Holstein)
Mosquito forest
Setup date January 1, 1976

The mosquito forest is a forest in Flensburg - Weiche . In the middle of the forest is the so-called mosquito pond. The area was designated as a landscape protection area "Landschaftteil Am Mückenteich".

background

At the northern edge of the forest is the Weinberg area with the adjacent Flensburg-Schäferhaus airfield . In the southern area of ​​the forest is the mosquito pond ( location ). A little further south on the edge of the forest is the district's outdoor swimming pool ( Lage ). Nearby streets have names that indicate a forest area, such as Försterstieg (since 1957) or Hirschbogen (since 1979).

On January 1, 1976, the approximately 25 hectare forest area was declared one of the landscape protection areas of the city of Flensburg . The forest area consists primarily of conifers . The mosquito pond is one of the fen - ponds . In particular, the mosquito pond to the water and forest eponymous are mosquitoes find. An information board there informs the visitor about the "buzzing plague of mosquitoes ".

The forest is looked after by the municipal forester at the Technical Operations Center (TBZ). The nearby primary school , the Unesco project school Weiche , uses the forest for projects in the context of forest education . Furthermore, the forest is used for local recreation for the local population. At the end of 2012, the city ​​of Flensburg was considering another official municipal open-air area for dogs near the mosquito pond.

  • Main entrance to the forest (2012)

  • Mosquito forest in early 2014

  • Mosquito forest after hurricane Xaver which raged in December 2013.

  • The mosquito forest after the storm

  • Sign for heated outdoor pool Weiche on the southern edge of the mosquito forest

  • Mosquito pond in the middle of the forest

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : 50 Years of Flensburg-Weiche: Valuables from a shoe box , from: October 10, 2013; Retrieved on: June 25, 2017
  2. ^ Lutz Wilde : Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein. Volume 2, Flensburg, p. 73
  3. ↑ Flensburg street names . Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article: Försterstieg and Hirschbogen
  4. ↑ City ordinance on the landscape protection area in the city of Flensburg , p. 2, of March 14, 2001; Retrieved on: June 25, 2017
  5. ↑ City ordinance on the landscape protection area in the city of Flensburg , p. 7, of March 14, 2001; Retrieved on: June 25, 2017
  6. ↑ The RadRundUm. Mosquitoes. The Humming Plague , page 21; Retrieved on: June 25, 2017
  7. ↑ TBZ. Waldwirtschaft or there , accessed on: June 25, 2017
  8. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : Unesco School in Weiche: Nikolaus am Mückenteich , from: December 8, 2010; Retrieved on: June 25, 2017
  9. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : 50 Years of Flensburg-Weiche: Treasures from the Shoe Box , dated: October 10, 2013 and Flensburg Journal : Flensburg Journal number 121  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 28, from: October 2012 as well as city ​​ordinance on the landscape protection area in the city of Flensburg , p. 7, from March 14, 2001; Accessed on: June 25, 2017@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.flensburgjournal.de  
  10. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : Flensburg: Dogged discussion about areas for dogs , from: December 12, 2013; Retrieved on: June 25, 2017

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