Mellenthiner Os nature reserve

53.93944 14.0052Coordinates: 53 ° 56 ′ 22 ″ N , 14 ° 0 ′ 18.7 ″ E

The Mellenthiner Os nature reserve is a 65 hectare nature reserve in the Usedom Island Nature Park in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . It is located northeast of the city of Usedom , north of Mellenthin and was expelled on August 15, 1995. The state of the area is assessed as good. The protected area can be viewed from several hiking trails that lead to the Schwedenschanze, a former Slavic hilltop castle in the middle of the NSG.

The NSG Mellenthiner Os is listed as a geotope with the number G2_208. It is 5.4 km long from Mellenthin over the Balm to the Cosim peninsula and the branch to the northwest with 1.8 km length. The maximum width is 450 m (see KLEKs).

Flora and fauna

Particularly noteworthy types of plants are the gale shrub , shadow flower and swamp hairline as well as the swamp blood eye . Breeding birds in the area are hawk , red kite , Dove , middle spotted woodpecker , red-backed shrike , red-breasted flycatcher , sand martins and Crane .

literature

Environment Ministry Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Ed.): Mellenthiner Os 301 in: The nature reserves in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Demmler-Verlag, Schwerin 2003, p. 168 f.

Web links

Literature about the nature reserve Mellenthiner Os in the state bibliography MV
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NSG regulation
Map portal environment of the State Office for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ( information ) with geodata