Inland dunes nature reserve near Klein Schmölen

Coordinates: 53 ° 7 ′ 32 "  N , 11 ° 17 ′ 48.7"  E

Inland dunes nature reserve near Klein Schmölen​

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

dune

Dry sand lawn

The inland dunes nature reserve near Klein Schmölen was a nature reserve in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . It was located in the Mecklenburg Elbe Valley Nature Park, one kilometer east of Dömitz . The eponymous place Klein Schmölen is not far north. Typical for the area are up to 30 meters high sand dunes with dry sand grass with numerous rare animal and plant species. The inland dunes can be hiked on a circular path from the parking lot in Klein Schmölen. A vantage point provides wide views of the Elbe Valley and the former Löcknitztal-Altlauf nature reserve immediately to the south .

Today the area is located in the UNESCO - Biosphere Reserve Riverine Landscape Elbe-Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . With the passing of the "Law on the Biosphere Reserve River Landscape of the Elbe Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania" on January 15, 2015, the large protected area was divided into core, maintenance and development zones in order to implement the national criteria for the recognition and review of UNESCO biosphere reserves in Germany (Section 6 BRElbeG MV). At the same time, with Article 7 of the law "Repeal of legal provisions", the national protected area ordinances and resolutions etc. a. to landscape and nature reserves as well as to the nature park "Mecklenburgisches Elbetal", so that these protected area categories no longer exist within the biosphere reserve. The areas of the nature reserve have been given the status of care zone in the UNESCO Elbe-Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania River Landscape Biosphere Reserve.

history

The areas were decisively shaped by the last ice age . A large dune area was created along the Elbe glacial valley , stretching from Wittenberge in the south to Boizenburg in the north over a length of about 100 km. The Schmölener dune is the largest inland sand dune in Europe. 100 years ago attempts were made to reforest the dune to protect adjacent fields from silting up. Until the construction of the Löcknitz polder in the 1970s, the flooding of the Elbe reached the foot of the dune.

Flora and fauna

Dry sand lawns are the dominant form of vegetation. They are stocky with individual groups of Scots pine trees. At the foot of the dunes, a carpet of flowers spreads over the poor grass in spring. Here dominate chickweed , Filaree , stonecrop , Breckland Thyme and Carthusian Elke . In the area can Woodlark , Whinchat , Red Kite , Hobby , turtledove and turncoat are observed. Furthermore, numerous dragonflies and butterflies, including the swallowtail , have been identified. The rare steppe grasshopper has its only occurrence here in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

literature

• Inland dunes near Klein Schmölen 55 . In: Ministry of Environment Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Hrsg.): The nature reserves in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Demmler-Verlag, Schwerin 2003, ISBN 3-910150-52-7 , p. 644 f .

Web links

Commons : Former inland dunes nature reserve near Klein Schmölen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature on the nature reserve inland dunes near Klein Schmölen in the state bibliography MV
• Law on the Elbe River Landscape Biosphere Reserve Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Elbe Biosphere Reserve Act - BRElbeG MV) of January 15, 2015
• Site of the UNESCO Elbe River Landscape Biosphere Reserve Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biotope arch large inland dune near Klein Schmölen (PDF; 23 kB)