Plessenteich

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Plessenteich
Plessenteich1.JPG
The Plessenteich seen from the northeast
Geographical location Bavaria
Swabia
District of Neu-Ulm
New Ulm
Reutti
Gerlenhofen
Tributaries no
Drain none
Data
Coordinates 48 ° 21 '31 "  N , 10 ° 2' 52"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '31 "  N , 10 ° 2' 52"  E
Plessenteich (Bavaria)
Plessenteich
Altitude above sea level 479  m above sea level NN
surface 26 ha
length 580 m
width 510 m
Plessenteich2.JPG
View from the observation tower to the north, on the right the shallow water zone

The Pless pond is about 26 hectares renaturalised Stretch in the area of Neu-Ulm districts Reutti and Gerlenhofen who under the care of the local conservation group Gerlenhofener environmental protection working group (GAU) - Protective association for the Neu-Ulm habitat eV an important breeding and a resting area for endangered bird species.

history

The gravel quarrying at what would later become the Plessenteich was only approved on the condition that the area would be renatured after the end of its use. Gerlenhofen citizens, who rejected plans for an extension and expansion of economic use, founded the Gerlenhofen Environmental Protection Working Group (GAU) in 1979 . The resistance in the population led the Neu-Ulm city ​​council not to agree to the extension of the rights of use on the Plessenteich. Four years later (1984) he adopted the GAU concept for the Plessenteich, which envisaged an increase in the mining area by 10 hectares while at the same time recultivating the unused area. The Neu-Ulm District Office approved the plans the following year. In 2003 the GAU finally bought the lake for 215,000 euros. Since then, extensive maintenance and design measures have been carried out: shallow water zones were created, parts of the site cleared, others replanted, brood rafts launched and several observation points, including a one-story tower, created. Part of the Plessenteich site was created as a compensatory measure for the expansion of the EvoBus location in Neu-Ulm . In total, the area is now 30 hectares.

Protection and care concept

Protection status

The Plessenteich is part of the FFH area 7726-371: "Untere Illerauen " and the European bird sanctuary 7428-471 "Donauauen".

Biotope network

The Gerlenhofen Environmental Protection Working Group (GAU) sees the Plessenteich as an important part of its plans to connect the alluvial forests on the Iller with the Danube floodplains east of Ulm through a network of biotopes .

Care concept

In order to enable the highest possible biodiversity in a small space, the GAU intervenes with extensive maintenance measures in the natural development of the site. An attempt is made, gravel and lawns by mowing and cultivating before the encroachment to preserve to ground-nesting birds to encourage nesting. With gravel-covered rafts are gravel bars as on natural watercourses happen artificial sand partial walls escarpments replace.

A large part of the lake on the south bank is open to bathers. Wooden barriers mark the bathing area in the water.

The bird life at the Plessenteich

Scene at Pless Pond: Between gray geese are egrets , cormorants , a ruddy shelduck and a Gray Heron , behind several grebes , far right, a common snipe (partly hidden) and lapwing to see

Over 230 different bird species have been observed at the Plessenteich so far . Regular breeding of reed warblers , black-headed gulls , common terns , little ringed plovers and lapwing are rated as successes by the GAU . Kingfishers can be found all year round, but they have not yet brooded there. Annually recurring migrants include teal , pochard , gadfly , rust goose , great egret and snipe .

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to the contour line image on the BayernAtlas on December 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ Measured in the BayernAtlas on December 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ a b Measured on the BayernAtlas on November 9, 2014.
  4. ^ Article in the Südwest Presse , article in the Neu-Ulmer Zeitung , self-presentation of the GAU
  5. ↑ http://www.gau-neu-ulm.de/de/wp/info/chronik
  6. ↑ High tower for a view over the Plessenteich ( memento from May 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Südwest Presse from May 16, 2011
  7. ↑ http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-1676438-49-1691400-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0 -0.html
  8. ↑ a b http://www.gau-neu-ulm.de/de/nf/projekte/plessenteich/ziel
  9. ^ Protected areas in the Neu-Ulm district
  10. ↑ http://www.gau-neu-ulm.de/de/nf/projekte/plessenteich/aktivitaeten
  11. ↑ http://www.swp.de/ulm/schaumal/Vogelwelt-live;art1179985,1576934 , http://www.gau-neu-ulm.de/de/wp/projekte/plessenteich/voegel
  12. ↑ http://www.gau-neu-ulm.de/de/nf/aktuell/rundschreiben/rund2014-2#pt_brutstatistik