Fiener Bruch nature reserve

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View over the Bruch in the protected area at Königsroder Hof
Fenced area to protect the great bustard from predators in the nature reserve, in front of it a courting rooster in April 2016

The Fiener Bruch is a nature reserve in the cities of Genthin and Jerichow in the district of Jerichower Land in Saxony-Anhalt .

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG 0169 is around 143  hectares . It is a central part of the Saxon-Anhalt part of the bird sanctuary "Fiener Bruch" . The trenches in the nature reserve are part of the FFH area “Fiener Bruch”. The area has been under protection since 1997 (date of regulation: November 14, 1997). The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Jerichower Land.

The nature reserve is located between Genthin and Ziesar in the eponymous Fiener Bruch in the Glogau-Baruther glacial valley . It protects a species-rich, fen site with ditches . The open wet meadow landscape is the habitat of numerous waders and meadow birds , including curlew , black godwit and lapwing , as well as a rich invertebrate fauna .

It has a special meaning for the great bustard , which is native to the Fiener Bruch. The nature reserve belongs to the central part of the "Great Bustard Fiener Bruch" sanctuary and, in connection with the entire area of ​​the Fiener Bruch, has a function in the individual exchange between the neighboring populations of the great bustard in the area of ​​the Belziger landscape meadows to the east and the potential habitat in the Zerbster farmland to the south.

To protect the great bustard, various measures are taken in the Fiener Bruch, such as keeping the landscape open, protecting it from predators and releasing young birds into the wild. An area in the nature reserve is fenced in to protect against predators. Other measures for deterrence of corvids performed during the reintroduction of young bustards are eagles kept by deflecting feeding of the young birds.

Web links

Commons : Fiener Bruch nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Great Bustard: 50 Animals in Fiener , Volksstimme , January 7, 2014. Accessed June 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ The Great Bustard returns home to Germany , Die Welt , September 6, 2012. Accessed June 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ Saxony-Anhalt wants to protect Great Bustards more strongly in the Fiener Bruch ( memento from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), T-Online -Nachrichten, March 3, 2010.
  4. ^ Dorothée March: Predation management for the preservation of the Great Bustard in Germany , Förderverein Großtrappenschutz e. V. ( PDF file , 13 MB). Retrieved April 11, 2016.

Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 18 ″  N , 12 ° 14 ′ 26 ″  E