Stapelfelder Moor nature reserve

Stapelfelder Moor nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Quarry forest on the edge of the water zone
location	Hamburg , Germany
surface	29 hectares
WDPA ID	82620
Geographical location	53 ° 35 '  N , 10 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 35 '14 "  N , 10 ° 11' 47"  E
Setup date	1978
administration	BSU

Stapelfelder Moor nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Meadows in the Schleswig-Holstein NSG part
location	Schleswig-Holstein , Germany
surface	16 ha
WDPA ID	165644
Setup date	1995
administration	LLUR

The Stapelfelder Moor nature reserve is located in the Hamburg district of Rahlstedt on the border with Schleswig-Holstein . The site received its protection status on August 15, 1978, making it one of the older nature reserves in Hamburg. Today it is looked after by the State Hunting Association and the Hamburg Botanical Association.

description

On the Hamburg side, the area has grown from originally 12 hectares to 29 hectares through an expansion in 2020 and consists of a former low moor area with a central pond. The border between Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein runs through the middle of this pond, on the Schleswig-Holstein side of the pond there are another 16 hectares under nature protection.

Due to the swampy subsoil, the area was only used sparingly for agriculture, but drained through a ditch. The central pond was created through peat extraction and was used as a fishing pond until it was designated as a nature reserve. Almost no biotopes have been preserved from the original moor, the main reason for protecting the area was the diverse insect population and the idea of allowing a moor to regenerate in this area .

The banks and the silting areas of the pond are densely overgrown, with a massive belt of sedges merging into a fallow meadow and a thicket of willows into a quarry forest . Due to the fragmented landscape, there is a multitude of different habitats here. To this core zone around agriculture, although extensively, further on by knicks operated separate pasture and farmland. The resulting nutrient input is problematic for the flora in and around the pond. For some time, attempts have been made to restore the original nutrient-poor conditions by means of a relief ditch and rewetting of the site.

The area is rich in rare and endangered plant species ( e.g. pennywort , swamp blood-eye , frog spoons , various types of sedges and a small area with bell heather ). Typical bog animal species are hardly to be found any more, but the Great Royal Dragonfly, which is endangered in the Hamburg area, and the early reed hunter (also known as the little mosaic maiden) are to be emphasized . With 55 proven species, the bird world is diverse and rich in individuals due to the different types of biotopes. Marsh harriers as well as teal and shoveler are noteworthy .

See also

• List of nature reserves in Hamburg
• List of nature reserves in Schleswig-Holstein

literature

• Kai Schmille: The Hamburg nature reserves . Edition Temmen , Bremen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8378-2015-7 , pp. 253-257 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ordinance on the Stapelfelder Moor nature reserve in the version dated September 29, 2015. Accessed on February 22, 2016.
2. ↑ ^{a b} List of Hamburg's nature reserves (PDF; 93 kB). Retrieved January 30, 2012
3. ↑ Information ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the homepage of the Botanical Association. Retrieved May 26, 2012. 

Web links

Commons : Stapelfelder Moor  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Stapelfelder Moor nature reserve on hamburg.de
• The Stapelfelder Moor as a geotope on hamburg.de