Rodenbeker Quellental nature reserve

Rodenbeker Quellental nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Hilly beech forest landscape in the Rodenbeker Quellental
location	Hamburg , Germany
surface	86 ha
WDPA ID	82429
Geographical location	53 ° 41 '  N , 10 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 41 '18 "  N , 10 ° 7' 12"  E
Setup date	1977
administration	BSU

Rodenbeker pond

The Rodenbeker Quellental nature reserve is an 84 hectare ice age meltwater flow system in the northeast of Hamburg . It lies on the former edge of the Vistula glaciation . There are local elevations in the form of ground moraines . The terrain height is between 15 and 20 meters above sea ​​level .

The site received its protection status on January 25, 1977, originally with an area of ​​47 hectares. On July 26, 2011, the Hamburg Senate announced an expansion by 37 hectares to 84 hectares.

In the Quellenental there are large-scale deposits of an ice reservoir , which today are cut through by various smaller beks , small rivers. These are the Rodenbek , Bredenbek , Lottbek , Mühlenbek and other small streams. All flow in an east-west direction to the Alster , a northern tributary of the Elbe .

The emergence of Rodenbeker source valley began in the Vistula Ice Age, when the Bredenbek glacier retreated slowly and the meltwater at the glacier base was looking his way to the lake.

The current appearance of the spring valley is also due to spring erosion .

Web links

Commons : Rodenbeker Quellental  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Rodenbeker Quellental nature reserve. 
• Data sheet and brief description of the nature reserve Rodenbeker Quellental. 
• Ordinance on the Rodenbeker Quellental nature reserve of January 25, 1977. 
• Ordinance on the Rodenbeker Quellental nature reserve of July 26, 2011. 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rodenbeker Quellental ( Memento from August 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), NDR , July 26, 2011