Nature reserve Riedholz and Grettstädter Wiesen

NSG Riedholz and Grettstädter Wiesen IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Schwebheim , Kolitzheim and Grettstadt , Schweinfurt district , Bavaria
surface	119.12 ha
Identifier	NSG 00576.01
WDPA ID	82413
Geographical location	49 ° 59 '  N , 10 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '37 "  N , 10 ° 16' 48"  E
Setup date	1982
administration	Schweinfurt district

The Riedholz and Grettstädter Wiesen nature reserve is a 1982 designated nature reserve in the communities of Schwebheim , Kolitzheim and Grettstadt in the Bavarian district of Schweinfurt .

history

The area of ​​the Grettstädter Meadows has been known among botanists as the “Grettstadt Relic Area” since the beginning of the 20th century. However, the moor areas of the area were largely drained in the course of the 20th century, at the turn of the millennium only three smaller, non-connected areas in the Grettstädter meadows were preserved as biotopes.

Geology and geography

The area is a partly boggy meadow and the alluvial forest "Riedholz" in the largely tree-free Schweinfurt basin along the Unkenbach . A nature trail runs through the nature reserve.

Flora and fauna

Both the meadows and the alluvial forest are rich in orchids and other native orchids such as the lady's slipper .

See also

• List of nature reserves in the district of Schweinfurt

Web links

Commons : Riedholz and Grettstädter Wiesen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• http://www.schweinfurt.bund-naturschutz.de/themen/die-grettstadter-wiesen.html

Individual evidence

1. ^ E. Kaiser: The Grettstadt relic area near Schweinfurt, Tempe Grettstadtiensia. 1956, PDF on ZOBODAT
2. ↑ "In Schwaam is guad laam": Schwebheim in testimonials from his past, Hans Schwinger, Books on Demand, 2011 ISBN 3844805613 ( https://books.google.de/books?hl=de&id=u9axWP2ZfJ0C&dq=grettstadter+wiesen&q=Gretst % C3% A4tter + Wiesen # v = onepage & q = Gretst% C3% A4tter% 20Wiesen & f = false )