Łężczok Nature Reserve

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View of the pond landscape

The nature reserve Łężczok (German nature reserve Lensczok or Lenczok ) is a 408 hectare nature reserve in the area of ​​the city of Racibórz (Ratibor) and the municipality of Nędza (German Buchenau ) north of Racibórz. It consists of the forest Łężczok (German Lensczok ) and the adjacent pond landscape. The ponds east of the Oder were created by the Cistercians in the 14th and 15th centuries for fishing. They have a size of 218 hectares. On the site of the Łężczok there is a listed hunting lodge, which was built in 1783. As early as 1912, at the instigation of surveyor C. Gehlich, the Ratibor Cultural Office submitted an application to the owner, the Duke of Racibórz, that the forest and pond area of ​​the Lensczok be designated a natural monument. The application was rejected, but the duke announced that he wanted to work towards the preservation of the natural monuments of Lensczok. In 1922 Lensczok was added to the list of natural monuments. The area was finally declared a nature reserve by the Republic of Poland in 1957 under the official name of Łężczak .

The natural landscape is home to many rare and protected animal and plant species. The Łęgoń (German Lengon ) stream flows through the Łężczok . In the pond landscape are u. a. the Salm pond, the Babitzer pond, the Grabowietz pond and the Brzezniok pond.

The plant species that occur in Lensczok include the Turkish lily ( Lilium martagon ), the small periwinkle ( Vinca minor ), the common ivy ( Hedera helix ) and the woodruff ( Galium odoratum ). In the pond landscape you can find u. a. the water chestnut ( Trapa natans ), orchids ( Orchis ), the Common Arrowhead ( Sagittaria sagittifolia ), the commons water fern ( Salvinia natans ), the white water lily ( Nymphaea alba ) and the yellow water-lily ( Nuphar lutea ).

Web links

Commons : Lensczok Nature Reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  1. ↑ G. Eisenreich . The Lenczok near Ratibor. The Upper Silesian. 1929, vol. 9, issue 6, pp. 323–326 digitized
  2. ↑ Monitor Polski No. 14 Item 109 [1] (Journal of Laws in Polish)
  3. ↑ Zarządzenie w sprawie ustanowienia zadań ochronnych dla rezerwatu przyrody Łężczak (PDF file; 595 kB) Ordinance of the Katowice Nature Conservation Center of July 14, 2011 (Polish)

Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′ 59.8 ″  N , 18 ° 16 ′ 19.1 ″  E