Glindetal nature reserve

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The Glindetal nature reserve is located between Borntosten and Marsberg in the urban area of ​​Marsberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis . It was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) in the Marsberg landscape plan in 2008 and is 124.35 hectares in size. The source and the course of the Glinde up to the Marsberg location are located in the NSG . The NSG is divided into three parts of the grounds of the Siegesmühle and the K 65 . The nature reserve Galgenberg / Auf dem Glindschen Grund borders directly to the northwest . To the east of the NSG there are three nature reserves, separated only by state road 549. In the north it is the Hasental / Kregenberg nature reserve , including the Leitmarer Felsen nature reserve and the Emmese nature reserve . To the west lies u. a. the conservation area waiting . At the northern edge, the NSG merges with the Frohental landscape protection area into the Marsberg settlement area.

description

The NSG is the valley area of ​​the Glinde with the inclusion of smaller side valleys and directly adjacent slope areas. The included side valleys and the included slope sections are mostly west of the valley. While there are more humid areas at the valley floor, the slopes are more dry. The special characteristics of the Glindetal also include small relics of limestone beech forest, rich in species and hardwood, such as on the Müllenberg. In the southern end of the valley and the end of the NSG north of Borntosten there are limestone grasslands and no typical floodplain habitats. Some of these special locations have arisen from old excavation activities. The NSG is characterized by a mosaic of different, lean to fresh grassland areas, structured by numerous hedges and small field trees as well as free-standing individual trees. In addition to the high ecological value, this scenic diversity also contributes to the fact that the area is of high quality in terms of landscape aesthetics and as a characteristic section of landscape in the Red Land area . The lean grassland locations east of the Galgenberg near Obermarsberg and around the Hohe Stein near Borntosten with the moist hay meadows in the Glinde valley represent species-rich grassland habitats with a high proportion of species on the “Red List of Endangered Flowering Plants”. At the same time, the area is of considerable importance for hedge and bush-breeding bird species. T. high breeding pair density are represented. With their abundance of flowers on the dry sites, the limestone grasslands and poor grassland areas also offer a particularly diverse insect fauna. With its elongated shape, the NSG also connects adjacent grassland locations with one another, which benefits the exchange of species in this predominantly arable area of ​​Marsberg. The biotope network of the actual valley meadows is only interrupted in the area of ​​the Siegesmühle. Fish ponds and coniferous wood plantings in the Leitmar and Borntosten areas are foreign bodies in the NSG.

Protection purpose of the nature reserve

The NSG was designated to maintain a structure and species-rich biotope complex of a meadow valley with typical, sometimes rare species and biotope inventory. Furthermore, to preserve this biotope mosaic and its composite function for the grassland areas in need of protection within the Rote Land area and to preserve the special character and outstanding beauty of this grassland valley between the arable land of the plateau around Giershagen and the wooded edges of the hill chain to the east.

Nature conservation activities in the area of Schlage and Glindegrund

Lean grass to the east of the lime kiln, after de-bushing by the landscape maintenance team from the Hochsauerlandkreis Biological Station

The Association for Nature and Bird Protection in the Hochsauerlandkreis (VNV) has been active around the lime kiln in the Schlage area of the NSG since 1986 . Around the lime kiln are areas of grassland to the west and north-west. To the north is the former quarry where the limestone for the lime kiln was quarried . In 1986 the area was already heavily covered with bushes or trees. The lime kiln area was initially leased from VNV in 1986 and purchased in 2013. In 2014 and 2015, five shallow and stony fields and a former pasture were purchased to the north and outside of the NSG in the landscape protection area open spaces around Giershagen . In 2016, a pasture was purchased from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the NSG south and west of the lime kiln area.

In the 1980s, the quarry at the lime kiln was freed from an illegal waste dump during work by the VNV. Lean lawn areas have been mowed since the mid-1990s. Hazelnut bushes and aspen trees were removed in several work assignments . In the winter of 2014/15, trees were removed from the lime kiln as their weight threatened to bring the lime kiln to collapse.

In the 1980s, the arable area was part of the field margins program of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. After the end of the program in the late 1980s, the field was conventionally farmed. Since 2015 there has been another strip of field margins on the VNV field towards the lime kiln. The field margin is no longer fertilized and treated with pesticides . The grain is only sown in two rows. In this way, more light reaches the arable soil and wild herbs are promoted. The leaseholder will be waived the lease price by the VNV to compensate for the loss of use. In the past, field weeds such as field light carnation , field quail wheat and field stone seeds were detected in the field. In autumn 2018, for the first time in many years, after an agreement with the farmer who leased the fields, winter cereals were again grown on the purchased fields. In 2019, more than fifty different wild herb species ( Segetal plants ) could be detected. These included extremely rare species such as summer adonis and field dog chamomile . With the round-leaved rabbit-ear , a previously believed to be extinct species was discovered.

The VNV also has a larger area in the Glindegrund area of the NSG, which is grazed with the club's own red cattle . The VNV repeatedly carries out work assignments in the NSG. In particular, fences were built and blackthorn mowed with the brush cutter.

See also

literature

Web links

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

Coordinates: 51 ° 24 '46.8 "  N , 8 ° 51' 3.6"  E

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald Legge: Secluded and charming - the cultural landscape around the Giershagen lime kiln. In: Irrgeister. 32/2015, pp. 6-11.
  2. ↑ Richard Götte: The Kalkofenacker, a treasure chest for rare wild herbs . Irrgeister 36, 2019: 10-16
  3. ↑ Harald Legge: Instead of a fitness center: maintenance measures on VNV nature conservation areas. Irrgeister 36, 2019: 24-30.