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View over the Rhäden towards Bosserode
Greylag geese in the Dankmarshäuser Rhäden

The Rhäden is a wetland in Hesse and Thuringia in the area of ​​the municipality Wildeck ( district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg , Hesse) and the city of Werra-Suhl-Tal ( Wartburg district , Thuringia). According to the state and municipality belonging to the area, the area is divided into the nature reserves Dankmarshäuser Rhäden and Rhäden near Obersuhl and Bosserode .

Geographical location

The Rhäden extends between the locations of Dankmarshausen and Obersuhl . In terms of nature, it is located southeast of the Richelsdorf Mountains in the Berka-Gerstunger Basin on the outermost edge of the Werraaue and is traversed by the Suhl water, which from here also bears the alternative name Rhedengraben . The area is cut through by the Hessian-Thuringian state border and is part of the biotope network Green Belt Germany .

history

Grazing in the field

The extensive wetland Rhäden was drained in several phases from 1859 in order to make it usable as grassland and arable land for agriculture . After the Second World War , the inner German border cut through the area, parts of the agricultural land fell fallow or were built over by border fortifications on the Thuringian side. In the 1970s, creative renaturation measures began on the Hessian side in order to develop the area as a resting area for waders, water birds and meadow birds. After German reunification , the area was renatured on the Thuringian side and developed into a nature reserve.

A grazing project has been running on the Thuringian side since 2015 , in which the areas are grazed extensively with rear cattle and wild ponies.

Infrastructure

There are several hiking trails in the Rhäden; There are three viewing platforms and an observation point with information boards on the main head of the linden tree for observing nature . An information center is open in Wildeck-Obersuhl.

species

The total population of the area is given as an average of around 2,500 birds. The species sighted include common snipe , wood sandpiper , dark water strider , curlew , ruff , teal , teal , shoveler , wigeon , tufted duck , gadfly , pintail , pochard , wood sandpiper , white stork . A pelican was also spotted once in the summer of 2016 .

Protection status

The area is designated as a nature reserve and an FFH area on both sides of the Hessian-Thuringian border :

See also

Web links

Commons : Naturschutzgebiet Rhäden  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Primitive cattle bring more meadow breeders. In: Thüringer Allgemeine , accessed on November 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ 081 Rhäden von Obersuhl and Auen on the central Werra.  (EU bird sanctuary) Profiles of the Natura 2000 areas. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ Sensation for ornithologists , HNA.de, accessed on November 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ DE5026305 Dankmarshäuser Rhäden.  (FFH area) Profiles of the Natura 2000 areas. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ Natura 2000 Ordinance Hessen ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2016 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. , accessed November 16, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / natura2000-verordnung.hessen.de
  6. ↑ Thuringian State Gazette No. 21/1995 of May 29, 1995.

Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 26 ″  N , 10 ° 0 ′ 1 ″  E