Nassweide nature reserve in the Linnepetal

The Nassweide nature reserve in the Linnepetal with a size of 3.5 hectares was located north of Linnepe in the urban area of Sundern (Sauerland) . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 1993 with the Sundern landscape plan . The western border of the NSG was formed by the Linnepe river and the Rumke river to the north and east . Because of the regular observation of black storks , the meadow is popularly known as the black stork meadow . When the Sundern landscape plan was re-established in 2019, the NSG status no longer existed and the area was added to the Linnepetal landscape protection area between Linnepe and Westenfeld .

Area description

The area is a meadow. The meadow area is intensively cultivated. Even after the NSG had been designated, parts of the meadow were raised with landfills in the 1990s. It is unclear when a drainage system was laid in the area. Then the meadow was used as a corn field. Only after the Association for Nature and Bird Conservation in the Hochsauerlandkreis pointed out this illegal use to the Lower Landscape Authority in the Hochsauerlandkreis did the authority ensure that the area was used as grassland again.

The meadow area is only limited by a stream in the east or south-east. In the north of the NSG, the Rumke runs relatively close to nature with underwater vegetation. The banks are occupied by meadowsweet bank high perennials. In the west of the NSG there was a used fish pond, which later fell out of use. The water is heavily shaded by the surrounding alder trees. A butterbur corridor adjoins it to the south. The Linnepe, which runs to the west of the NSG, is close to nature, with woods accompanying the river and partly flat gravel banks.

In the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , extensive grassland management through grazing or mowing were listed as measures to improve the NSG. A rewetting of the meadow was also suggested.

The moth gamma owl (Autographa gamma) was detected in the NSG .

Protection purpose

The NSG was established for the preservation of communities and habitats of certain wild plant and animal species, as well as for the protection of the nationally significant biotope with high development potential. As with all nature reserves in Germany, the protection designation pointed out that the area became a nature reserve “because of the rarity, special character and beauty of the area”. The wet meadow character with the bank on the river Linnepe with the local flora and fauna should be preserved. The grassland communities of the NSG that are worth protecting should be protected through extensive cultivation.

Loss of NSG status

Even after the designation as a NSG, parts of the meadow were raised with soil in the 1990s and a drainage system was laid for drainage in the area. Then the meadow was used as a corn field. Nevertheless, black storks were still standing in the corn field. At first between the small maize plants and then in a small depression that was without vegetation due to the water flow in the spring. Only when the VNV pointed out this illegal use to the Lower Nature Conservation Authority did they ensure that the area was used as grassland again. The drainage and the soil were not removed and the meadow was used intensively. The value of the protected area was permanently lost. Black storks rarely use the meadow as a resting place.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Hochsauerlandkreis

literature

• Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority (ed.): Landscape plan Sundern , Meschede 1993, p. 40.
• Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority (ed.): Landscape plan Sundern , Meschede 1993, p. 30.
• Hochsauerlandkreis: Landscape plan Sundern - reorganization . Meschede 2019.

Web link

• "Nassweide im Linnepetal" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Landscape plan Sundern - reorganization, p. 86 ff. (PDF) Retrieved on June 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Martin Lindner: New establishment of the landscape plan Sundern legally binding. Irrgeister 36, 2019: 17-22

Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 1 ″  N , 8 ° 4 ′ 22.3 ″  E