Wallberge and chalk plaice nature reserve near Alt Gatschow

53.83875 13.07734Coordinates: 53 ° 50 ′ 19.5 " N , 13 ° 4 ′ 38.4" E

View of the nature reserve with the stone wall

The nature reserve Wallberge and Kreidescholle near Alt Gatschow is a nature reserve in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania south of Demmin. The eponymous place Alt Gatschow is not far to the west.

The 20 hectare area was legally established on February 14, 1941. In 1994 the protected area was expanded. The protection purpose is to obtain a called Wall mountains Oszuges and of two chalk floes in the North end. The areas have been grazed since the Middle Ages and are covered with grassland .

The state of the area is rated as good. The areas are grazed with Gotland sheep all year round .

The areas are part of the FFH area Tollensetal with tributaries

Access to the north is through a public path.

history

The nature reserve is part of an ice age train stretching over 35 kilometers from Stavenhagen to Varchentin . Typical features of an Oses can be read from the two Os trenches and a pressed core made of till clay. The two chalk clods in the northern part were reduced in size by excavations. Originally scattered boulders in the area were piled up to form reading stone walls. The largest boulder is the Teufelsstein in the northern part. A local legend tries to explain the origin of the stone.

The areas have been used as sheep pasture since the Middle Ages. The Swedish matriculation card from 1698 shows several grazed strips with different owners. Before the area was protected, gravel and chalk were mined. Grazing animals in GDR times were young cattle and sheep. As the grazing intensity decreased, trees such as sloe , rose , hawthorn , oak and ash could spread. Grazing was intensified again in the 1990s. Furthermore, the removal of trees helped achieve the actual protective purpose.

Flora and fauna

245 plant species have been identified in the area. Carnation , sheep fescue and crested grass are typical representatives in addition to numerous woody species. There is a wet meadow interspersed with sedges and rushes . Lichen and moss have settled on the reading stone walls . Along the Osgräben there are wet pastures with broad-leaved orchid , adder 's tongue , devil's bite , globe flower , marsh Pippau and yellow meadow rue .

Breeding birds in the area are red backed killer and black hawk warbler .

literature

Ministry of the Environment Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (ed.): Wall mountains and chalk plaice near Alt Gatschow 17 in: The nature reserves in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Demmler-Verlag, Schwerin 2003, p. 332 f.

Web links

Commons : Nature reserve Wallberge and Kreidescholle bei Alt Gatschow - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

[1] Standard data sheet FFH area Tollensetal with tributaries (PDF; 90 kB)

[2] Teufelsstein Gatschow in the KLEKs

[3] Biotope arch Ried-wet bushes-wet meadow complex east of Gatschow (PDF; 23 kB)