Paupitzscher See
| Paupitzscher See | ||
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| Geographical location | Northern Saxony district | |
| Tributaries | Groundwater / precipitation | |
| Drain | trough | |
| Location close to the shore | Delitzsch / Bitterfeld-Wolfen | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 34 '53 " N , 12 ° 20' 57" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 77 m above sea level NHN | |
| surface | 1.00 km² | |
| volume | 9 km³ (0.9 × 10 10 m³ ) | |
| scope | 3.8 km | |
| Maximum depth | 21.4 m | |
| Middle deep | 9 m | |
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The Paupitzscher See is an approximately 100 hectare residual opencast mine , which was created by flooding from the former Goitzsche opencast mine . The lake belongs to the nature reserve (NSG) Paupitzscher See and the landscape protection area (LSG) Goitzsche . In 1975 the village of Paupitzsch was relocated for open-cast mining .
location
The Paupitzscher See is located on the north-western border of the Free State of Saxony to Saxony-Anhalt , at an altitude of about 77 m above sea level. NN . It is located north of the North Saxon district town of Delitzsch and south of the Anhalt unified municipality of Bitterfeld-Wolfen . The body of water lies in the Saxon Lake District and is part of the Goitzsche landscape protection area.
To the north of the Paupitzscher See lake are the Zöckeritzer See or Holzweißger See , east of the Seelhausener See , south of the Neuhäuser See and west of the Ludwigsee .
history
In the middle of the 19th century the first mining activities began in the southwest of the Goitzsche, near the towns of Petersroda and Holzweißig . Following the lignite seam, mining moved from west to east. Benefiting from the opening of today's Magdeburg – Leipzig and Trebnitz – Leipzig railway lines, the sales market for lignite expanded to, among other places, Halle and Leipzig . The increased demand for electrical energy and fossil fuels in the 19th and 20th centuries led, among other things, to the opening of the Goitzsche mine in 1948/49 and thus to the extensive mining of lignite. For this open pit, the village of Paupitzsch was demolished and relocated in 1975. An iron cross and a boulder at the site of the former church remind of him today.
The change in demand for fossil fuels after German reunification led to an immediate end to lignite mining, so that the Goitzsche opencast mine was closed in 1991. In 1990 the nature reserve Paupitzscher See was established. The lake was flooded from 1993 to 2005.
Nature reserve
Flora and fauna
The Paupitzscher See has developed into a rare natural refuge since lignite mining was stopped around 1980. Since the completion of the flooding and restoration in 2005, the water with its bank regions has been closed to the public as an approximately 143 hectare nature and bird sanctuary . However, two viewing platforms along the lake provide a view of the protected area. It is a natural way of restoration left. The Saxony Environment Agency has designated the region as oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing water , which is characterized by nutrient-poor soils, reed belts, extensive grasslands and pre-forest communities .
According to the redevelopment plans of the LMBV , the NSG Paupitzscher See is one of the " most valuable areas of the former Goitzsche mining region ". It has developed into an important fauna and flora habitat (FFH) throughout Europe . Undisturbed succession and dynamic development with deliberate landslides and erosions created a biotope that forms a retreat for numerous endangered and rare species. The lake is considered an undisturbed habitat for numerous rare floristic and faunistic specialists as well as pioneer species . Including representatives of breeding birds, insects, amphibians and reptiles.
| Bird species | Number of breeding / territory pairs (2007) |
|---|---|
| Brachieper | 10-12 |
| Gray bunting | 43-52 |
| Gray woodpecker | 0-1 |
| Woodlark | 17-20 |
| lapwing | 2 |
| Red backs | 86-100 |
| Northern gray shrike | 4-7 |
| Marsh harrier | 1 |
| Red-necked grebe | 1 |
| Red kite | 1-2 |
| Black woodpecker | 1-2 |
| Sparrowhawk Warbler | 16-25 |
| Wheatear | 12-13 |
| Turning neck | 8-9 |
| Goat milker | 0-1 |
Guardian of the Goitzsche
The guardians of Goitzsche is a group of sculptures by the German artist Anatol Herzfeld . The ten iron figures, about two meters tall, each have a red breastplate and a red flag and are arranged around a large boulder from the opencast mine west of the lake, which in turn rests on three smaller boulders and is surrounded by five small boulders that show faces. The large boulder bears the lettering »FRANZ«, which refers to Prince Leopold III of Anhalt-Dessau . Friedrich Franz (1740–1817), "founder" of the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, refers. Around the guards there is another circle of around 70 smaller boulders. With the help of children from a school in Holzweißig , motifs were created that Herzfeld carved into the boulders together with a stonemason. The group of sculptures is intended to be a memorial to the transformation of the landscape, with the guards as witnesses to this process. By referring to Leopold III. Anatol combines the contemporary comparison of industry and nature (renaturation of an open-cast mining area) with a site-specific historical model.
See also
Web links
- New Lakeland for Investors: Data on Lake Paupitzscher See (PDF file; 841 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Investors New Lakeland: Data on Lake Paupitzscher See ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 841 kB)
- ↑ a b c History of the Goitzsche , accessed on April 6, 2013
- ↑ a b c Tourismusportal Nordsachsen: NSG Paupitzscher See ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 24, 2012.
- ↑ Umwelt.sachsen.de: Paupitzscher See , accessed on May 21, 2013.
- ↑ www.umwelt.sachsen.de: Natura 2000: Goitzsche and Paupitzscher See , accessed on May 21, 2013
- ↑ Heinrich Schierz (Ed.): Land win. The Goitzsche the world's largest landscape art project. Halle 2000, pp. 125–130.
