Rothemühl castle wall nature reserve

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Coordinates: 53 ° 33 ′ 45 "  N , 13 ° 47 ′ 44.1"  E

Map: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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Rothemühl castle wall nature reserve​
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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Ascent to the castle wall on the Schanzenberg
Nettelgrund-Kesselmoor in the northern part of the area

The Burgwall Rothemühl nature reserve is a 44-hectare nature reserve in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania nine kilometers northeast of Strasburg (Uckermark) , immediately northeast of Rosenthal. It was placed under protection on October 10, 1963. The protected area includes the Rothemühl castle wall, which lies on a compression moraine , with surrounding beech forests and boiler moors. The eponymous place Rothemühl is three kilometers north.

The current state of the area is assessed as satisfactory, as parts of the protected area are used for forestry despite the status of total reserve. Entering the protected area areas is possible through a circular hiking trail. Several information boards provide information about the area. According to European law, the areas are part of an FFH and bird protection area .

history

The protected area lies in the area of ​​the Rosenthaler Staffel, the main terminal moraine of the Mecklenburg advances of the Vistula glaciation . The wooded ridge stands out from the surrounding landscape.
In the area around the 125 m high Schanzenberg there is an early Slavic hill castle from the 7th century. It consisted of a small main castle and two larger outer castles, the walls of which are still well preserved today. The size of the castle complex is approx. 20 ha. It was the border castle of the Wilzen and could offer refuge to several thousand people in times of need. In the late Slavic period, the castle complex was no longer used.
Fragments found also show settlement activity on the area during the Younger Bronze Age .

A forest cover of the areas has been proven for the past centuries, as for example on the Schmettauschen map from the year 1780. Extensive forest interventions took place in the 1980s. Old trees were removed and areas broken up in places.

Flora and fauna

The majority of the protected area is planted with red beech forest . On the north slope of the castle wall there are linden trees and mountain elm , on the south slope there are isolated winter linden trees and sessile oak . A seven-hectare Kesselmoor is located in the northern part of the area, another with quarry forest in the northeast. Peat moss and round-leaved sundew are typical species, as well as cranberries and marsh cala .

The butterfly fauna in the area was examined and evidence of swallowtail , tree whitefly , reseda whitefly , quail wheat butterfly and blue billy goat was provided. Breeding birds are crane , black and great spotted woodpecker as well as nuthatch and wryneck . The dormouse lives in the area. Highlighting values amphibian species are comb and smooth newt , fire-bellied toad , green toad , fence and forest lizard .

literature

  • Rothemühl castle wall 51 . 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. 394 f .

Web links

Commons : Burgwall Rothemühl nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Standard data sheet forest and small water landscape Brohmer Berge (PDF; 58 kB)
  2. ↑ Brohmer Berge standard data sheet (PDF; 75 kB)
  3. ↑ Burgwall (Rothemühl 1) in the KLEKs with several photos
  4. ↑ Biotope arch Nettelgrund-Kesselmoor (PDF; 28 kB)
  5. ↑ Biotope arch gray willow-quarry forest-Kesselmoor northeast of the castle wall (PDF; 21 kB)