Kranika moorland

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Kranika moorland

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

Kranika moorland from the south

Kranika moorland from the south

location East of Hamburg , Stormarn district , Schleswig-Holstein
surface 95.74 ha
Identifier NSG no. 131
WDPA ID 164676
Geographical location 53 ° 39 '  N , 10 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 39 '17 "  N , 10 ° 23' 10"  E
Kranika moorland (Schleswig-Holstein)
Kranika moorland
Setup date 1993
administration LLUR

The Kranika moorland is a nature reserve in the Schleswig-Holstein communities of Lütjensee and Grönwohld in the Stormarn district .

The approximately 96 hectare nature reserve is registered with the number 131 in the directory of nature reserves of the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas. It was expelled at the end of 1993 (date of regulation: December 16, 1993). The nature reserve is practically congruent with the FFH area "NSG Kranika" and completely surrounded by the landscape protection areas "Lütjensee" and "Grönwohld". The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the Stormarn district. The name of the nature reserve goes back to a small farm ("Kranich- Kate ") that used to be in the area.

The nature reserve is located northeast of Hamburg . It provides an in an end moraine landscape lying swampy valley area between the Luetjensee and federal highway 404 under protection. The forest areas adjoining the valley area and agricultural areas have moved into the nature reserve.

The valley area was formed during the Glacial Vistula . The lowland area was part of the Lütjensee until the beginning of the 18th century. To operate mills, the lake's water level was lowered and the lowland fell dry. The resulting meadows were used as litter meadows until 1962 . Since the management was no longer worthwhile, they gradually fell fallow until 1985 .

The valley area is occupied by moors and wetlands with fallow bog , sedges , alder forest , the partially drained Grönwohlder bog in the east with birch bog forest , raised bog heaths and regenerating peat cuttings as well as rough meadows and grassland succession areas .

The nature reserve is the habitat for numerous living beings that have adapted to the predominantly moist to wet site conditions. So here come loosestrife , spotted and marsh orchid , adder's tongue and Bogbean and meadows , beak , thread and Hirsesegge , Spitzblütige rush and Eriophorum angustifolium also Avens , wild angelica and carbon Thistle before. Peat moss , round-leaved sundew and swamp porst can be found in the preserved raised bog areas. Also moor grass are reported to be found. The animal world is z. B. represented by amphibians like the moor frog , reptiles like the grass snake and the adder and various dragonflies . The open areas are u. a. Habitat for the corncrake , common snipe and whinchat .

The forest areas on the moraines are predominantly formed by near-natural beech forests .

The Kranika moorland drains via the straightened Riepsau, which runs centrally through the valley to the Lütjensee . In the north, west and south there are hiking trails on the edge of the nature reserve. However, it is not possible to go around the area because the federal highway 404 blocks the way to the east. In the area of ​​the forest area in the south of the nature reserve, some paths also run through it. There are information boards in several places.

Web links

Commons : Kranika Moorgebiet  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. State ordinance on the nature reserve “Moorgebiet Kranika” of December 16, 1993 , state regulations and state case law, state government Schleswig-Holstein. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  2. NSG Kranika , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Accessed August 21, 2020.
  3. a b Nature reserve “Moorgebiet Kranika” , area description, State Office for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas (PDF, 12 kB). Accessed August 21, 2020.