Maasdorf ponds
The Maasdorfer Ponds , sometimes also called Thalberger Ponds or Knissen Ponds , are an artificially created chain of water for fish farming in the spa town of Bad Liebenwerda in the Elbe-Elster district in southern Brandenburg . They are located northeast of the city between the districts of Maasdorf , Thalberg and Dobra .
The Maas Teiche are part of the landscape conservation area "Elsteraue and pond surrounding Bad Liebenwerda" that the Niederlausitzer nature park moorland is enclosed.
Geography and natural space
The Maasdorf ponds are located in the north-eastern part of Bad Liebenwerda. They are crossed by Landesstraße 653 between the Kleiner and Großer Teich. In addition to the two main ponds, the Großer Teich and the Kleiner Teich , a number of other smaller ponds were created over the years, including the Pfuhlteich , the duck catching (approx. 1610-1620 ) and the Neuteich . They are fed by the Dobraer Buschgraben and the Heidschlösschengraben as well as by groundwater . The ponds are drained into the nearby Kleine Elster river , which flows north along the river.
The landscape protection area "Elsteraue and pond landscape around Bad Liebenwerda" was created on the basis of the decision no. 03-2 / 68 of the Council of the Cottbus district of April 24, 1968. The decision came into force on May 1 of the same year. The protected landscape area covers an area of 1440 hectares.
history
From the first plant to the Mittelhausen pond
The "Maasdorfer Teiche" (Maasdorfer Teiche) were created for fish farming in 1530 in the districts of Maasdorf (10 Hufen), Dobra (16 Hufen) and Knissen (11 Hufen). They were completed with the large pond in 1543. They were also used for hunting or catching water birds, for which a duck catch was set up in later years. These duck traps were built shortly before the Thirty Years War between 1610 and 1620.
The ponds were leased to the Maasdorf community from 1787 to 1796. At that time they were considered to be very muddy, as the facilities had previously been severely neglected. In addition, major repair work was necessary on the pond systems and a pond house located here, which was also too small for the equipment necessary for management. They were then sold privately.
Finally a pond was created which was named after its owner, the Maasdorf mayor Mittelhäußer. In the middle of the 19th century, the Maasdorf ponds are said to have consisted of five large ponds. In addition, there were some settling and stretching ponds on the banks. Mittelhäusers and his brother owned 420 acres, with the water surface making up about three quarters. According to a report published in 1845 on the local leech deposits , the yield of the ponds was between 120 and 140 quintals of fish every two years, with carp farming providing the main yield . At that time, however, the former Liebenwerda District Administrator Baron Carl Georg Friedrich von Rechenberg (1785–1856) leased the hunt for the ponds .
The pond material later changed hands several times. It was owned by Friedrich Wilhelm von Borries at the beginning of the 1920s , who was active in the Association of German Teichwirtte and published various articles in relevant specialist journals. He later took over the Teichgut Zellsee in Upper Franconia .
The name Teichgut Mittelhausen has existed to the present day and refers to a residential area on Landesstrasse 653 .
The pond economy in the GDR
The first modernization and renewal measures on the entire system with regulation and drainage ditches as well as the breeding tanks were carried out at the beginning of the 1950s. In the 1970s, the usable area for pond management was then around 60 hectares. At that time, the management of the Maasdorfer ponds was taken over by the VEB inland fishery Peitz , under whose direction a whole series of amelioration and reconstruction measures took place. Among other things, new sources near Dobra were exposed through meliorative interventions, the ponds were artificially aerated and protein-containing feed was introduced into the ponds. Economic successes were achieved in the Maasdorf ponds at that time mainly with the Peitzer mirror carp and the yields could be increased from 200 to 3000 kilograms of edible fish per hectare to over 5000 kilograms.
Todays use
Today the ponds are operated by the Teichwirtschaft Thalberg Ulrich Richter . The family business has existed since 1992. According to the company, the cultivated area currently comprises 87 hectares, of which the actual waters comprise around 70 hectares. In addition to wholesale sales, the company's products are also offered in the local farm shop. The sale takes place here traditionally from September 1st to April 30th of each year.
The main fish in the Maasdorf ponds is carp, which here grows into food fish in 3–4 years. Other fish species are pike, tench, grass carp and pikeperch. Stocking fish are also drawn in the ponds.
Tourist use and regular events
The Maasdorf ponds were already considered a recreational area and popular excursion destination in GDR times . There are now more than three kilometers of cycling and hiking trails around the facilities, and tables and benches have also been set up to serve as resting places. A nature trail was also created.
In addition, fishing permits are now also being offered locally by the pond management, which make it possible to fish for non-ferocious fish at designated places even without a fishing license. With a fishing license it is also allowed to fish for predatory fish.
Every year of regional media interest is the fishing in autumn, which attracts numerous onlookers.
Sunset at the Maasdorf ponds
Resting place
Big pond
further reading
- G. Brochwitz: The Maasdorf ponds . In: Home calendar for the Bad Liebenwerda district . Bad Liebenwerda 1955, p. 122–126 (article on the flora and fauna present in and around the Maasdorf ponds at that time.).
- Werner Jorga: The fauna of the Maasdorf ponds . In: The Black Magpie . No. 586 . Bad Liebenwerda 1982.
- Werner Jorga: The fauna of the Maasdorfer ponds (1st continuation) . In: The Black Magpie . No. 587 . Bad Liebenwerda 1982.
- Werner Jorga: The fauna of the Maasdorfer ponds (2nd continuation) . In: The Black Magpie . No. 588 . Bad Liebenwerda 1983.
- Werner Jorga: The fauna of the Maasdorfer ponds (3rd continuation) . In: The Black Magpie . No. 589 . Bad Liebenwerda 1983.
- Werner Jorga: The fauna of the Maasdorf ponds (4th continuation and conclusion) . In: The Black Magpie . No. 590 . Bad Liebenwerda 1982.
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Notes and individual references
- ↑ Declaration on the "Niederlausitzer Heidelandschaft" nature park dated May 9, 1996
- ↑ a b c d e f Werner Jorga: The fauna of the Maasdorfer ponds . In: The Black Magpie . No. 586 . Bad Liebenwerda 1982.
- ↑ a b Friedrich Stoy : When the Maasdorfer leased the large pond . No. 522 , 1936.
- ^ From the parish register of the village of Maasdorf . No. 456 , 1928.
- ↑ Lichtenstein: Report on the investigation carried out in the late summer of 1843 of the leech ponds located near Berlin. In: Annals of Agriculture in the Royal Prussian States . tape 5 . Veit and Comp., Berlin 1845, p. 118-141 .
- ↑ Baron von Rechenberg was the district administrator of the Liebenwerda district from 1816 to 1843 and then became a secret councilor in Berlin.
- ↑ Automobil-Rundschau . 1920, p. 222 .
- ↑ v. Borries sometimes appears in the literature with the spelling v. Borries-Mittelhausen on
- ↑ Change of ownership and leases . In: Fischerei-Zeitung . tape 31 , 1928, pp. 630 .
- ↑ G. Brochwitz: The Maasdorfer Teiche . In: Home calendar for the Bad Liebenwerda district . Bad Liebenwerda 1955, p. 122-126 .
- ↑ As of 2017
- ↑ a b c Internet presence of Teichwirtschaft Thalberg , accessed on August 27, 2017
- ↑ Mona Claus: At dawn, fishing begins in Lausitzer Rundschau , October 25, 2014
Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '53.9 " N , 13 ° 25' 50" E