Bretziner Heide nature reserve

	Bretziner Heide nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	North-east of Boizenburg in the Mecklenburg district of Ludwigslust-Parchim
surface	31 ha
Identifier	Territory number 106
WDPA ID	162561
FFH area	31 ha
Bird sanctuary	31 ha
Geographical location	53 ° 25 ' N , 10 ° 49' E Coordinates: 53 ° 25 '7 " N , 10 ° 48' 55" E
Sea level	from 32 m to 40 m
Setup date	April 16, 1974

The Bretziner Heide nature reserve is a 31-hectare nature reserve in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania eight kilometers northeast of Boizenburg . It is one of the last dry dwarf shrub heaths in West Mecklenburg. It was placed under protection on April 16, 1974. The state of the area is good, as the immigration of woody plants has been slowed down by plagging and grazing with sheep. Surrounding places are the eponymous Bretzin not far south and Wiebendorf. The nature reserve was in the Mecklenburg Elbe Valley Nature Park . The areas can be accessed on existing paths. There is a visitor parking lot in the southern area.

history

The area arose on a moraine plateau from the Saale Ice Age , which was bordered by two glacial valleys , today's rivers Boize in the west and Schaale in the east.

Human use of the areas has been documented by barrows since the Bronze Age . For centuries pasture was used and raw humus was extracted, so that the areas became extremely poor in nutrients. The heather with an area of 35 hectares is also shown on the Schmettauschen map from 1788. From the 1970s, the original land use was discontinued and the areas were bushed. The first maintenance measures began at the end of the 1970s. The areas were mowed, trees and shrubs removed and Gotland sheep grazed from 1985 to 1992 . In 1993 and 1994 mechanical pest was carried out and then grazing with sheep of the Scottish blackface breed .

Flora

The defining plants are wiryweed and heather . A forest of birch and oak surrounds the area. Notable breeding birds are the green woodpecker and wryneck in the area.

Barrows

The barrows of the Bretziner Heide date from the Bronze Age approx. 3000 to 3500 years ago. In the mounds of earth there are tree coffins that are embedded in a layer of stones the size of a fist. In the course of the Bronze Age, the existing barrows were also used to bury urns. In addition to privileged people, people from all walks of life found their final resting place in these graves.

Bretziner Heide tumulus

literature

Environment Ministry Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Ed.): Bretziner Heide 106. In: The nature reserves in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Demmler-Verlag, Schwerin 2003, p. 624 f.

Web links

Commons : Bretziner Heide nature reserve - collection of images, videos and audio files

Description in the state portal MV
Map portal environment of the State Office for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ( information ) with geodata