Porphyry landscape near Gimritz

Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 1 ″  N , 11 ° 50 ′ 50 ″  E

Porphyry landscape near Gimritz​

Saxony-Anhalt

Nature reserve "Porphyry landscape near Gimritz"

The porphyry landscape near Gimritz is a nature reserve in the town of Wettin-Löbejün in the Saale district in Saxony-Anhalt .

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG 0142 is 290  hectares in size. It is part of the FFH area "porphyry hill country northwest Hall" and mostly from the conservation area surrounded "Saale". The area has been under protection since 1994 (date of regulation: August 12, 1994). The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the Saalekreis.

description

The nature reserve is located northwest of Halle (Saale) in the Lower Saale Valley Nature Park . It puts a representative vegetation mosaic of the nationwide unique porphyry hill landscape on the edge of the Saale valley under protection, which is mainly characterized by open landscapes. The porphyry hill landscape is cut through by several deep erosion valleys.

The open landscapes are occupied by silicate rock corridors, dry and semi-arid lawns and dwarf shrub heaths . There are also warmth-loving bushes. Some abandoned orchards can also be found in the nature reserve. Trees can be found in the stream valleys. In some cases, grassland and extensively used arable land , some of which have fallen fallow or are being abandoned, are included in the nature reserve. Ruderal vegetation can often be found here. Settle on the dry grass and a. Sticky Miere and Five-Man Spark . Field herbs such as finch seed , field black cumin and toothed rapunze settle on fields and field margins as well as other ruderal locations . Furthermore, z. B. winged Orchid , ordinary Katzenpfötchen , silver-lip , rock cinquefoil , pulsatilla vulgaris , horses ass and rock gold star to find.

The area is habitat a diverse Avifauna , including Rotmilan , Rook , partridge , Wendehals , Neuntöter , shrike , Nachtigall , Oriole , Sperbergrasmücke , Beutelmeise and Steinschmätzer . Even insects are present numerous. So live here u. a. Wild bees , ants , ground beetles , various spiders, grasshoppers and butterflies .

The area used to be grazed with sheep. Grazing ceased in the 1990s. As a result, locust trees and open grasslands have spread, endangering the valuable open land areas. The nature reserve borders on the Saale in the north-west and on Landesstraße 161 in the north. Otherwise, it borders on agricultural areas . In the north, the former Wallwitz – Wettin railway line runs through the nature reserve. Furthermore, pass through the area several rural roads , also called the trails are used. The federal motorway 143 (Halle western bypass), which is planned to be further built between the federal highway 80 near Bennstedt and the federal highway 14 near Görbitz, would run directly north of Friedrichsschwerz in a north-easterly direction and thus in the immediate vicinity of the nature reserve and here the FFH area "Porphyry hill landscape northwest Halle ”, which connects the nature reserve“ Porphyry landscape near Gimritz ”and the nature reserve“ Porphyry landscape near Brachwitz ”, a little to the south . The connection between the two nature reserves should be restored by a green bridge . The NABU Sachsen-Anhalt had sued against the planning approval decision 2005 . In January 2007, the Federal Administrative Court classified the planning approval decision as illegal and therefore not enforceable.

See also

• List of nature reserves in Saxony-Anhalt

literature

• Michael Wallaschek: Studies on zoo zoenology and zoological attachment of grasshoppers (Saltatoria) in the natural area "Eastern Harz foreland". In: Articulata , Beiheft 5 (1995), pp. 1–153 ( PDF ( Memento of 23 September 2015 in the Internet Archive ), 32.5 MB).
• Steffen Hahn: On the dynamics of the grasshopper and cicada fauna at the beginning of the succession on variously managed fallow land, old fallow land and near-natural land in the NSG "Porphyry Landscape near Gimritz" northwest of Halle, Saale (Saltatoria, Auchenorrhyncha). Dissertation, University of Halle , 1997.

Web links

Commons : Porphyry landscape near Gimritz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Porphyry landscape near Gimritz , State Administration Office Saxony-Anhalt
• Gimritz porphyry landscape , information sheet from the NABU Foundation for National Natural Heritage (PDF, 565 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hikes in the "Lower Saale Valley" nature park , leaflet from the "Lower Saale valley" association. V. (PDF file, 168 kB). Retrieved August 18, 2015.
2. ↑ Sebastian Voigt, Astrid Grüttner, Maud von Lampe, Götz Meister and Matthias Stöck (eds.): Landscapes of European Importance in the Lower Saale Valley - Endangered Natural Areas between Halle and Wettin , Calendula, Hallesche Umweltblätter, 4th special issue, Halle (Saale) 2001 ISSN  0949-8573 (PDF, 1.8 MB). Retrieved August 18, 2015.
3. ^ ^{A b} Sebastian Voigt: Nature conservation and road planning: practical experience using the example of the Saale valley motorway A 143 - "Halle western bypass" ( memento from August 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) , NABU Halle / Saalekreis.
4. ↑ Jens Schmidt: A 143: Why a motorway is covered , Volksstimme , February 25, 2014. Retrieved on August 18, 2015.
5. ↑ A 143 - NABU achieves success in stages for the preservation of the Lower Saale Valley near Halle , press release by NABU Saxony-Anhalt, January 17, 2007 (PDF, 51.5 kB). Retrieved August 18, 2015.