Salem monastery pond
Bird sanctuary (SPA)
"Salem Monastery Pond" |
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Margravine pond |
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location | Salem and Uhldingen-Mühlhofen in the Lake Constance district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany | |
WDPA ID | 555537956 | |
Natura 2000 ID | DE-8221-401 | |
Bird sanctuary | 137 ha | |
Geographical location | 47 ° 45 ' N , 9 ° 17' E | |
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Sea level | from 409 m to 460 m ( ø 435 m) | |
Setup date | November 20, 2007 | |
administration | Regional Council Tübingen | |
particularities | eight partial areas |
The area of Salem Klosterweiher is a 2007 equipped with Regulation of 5 February 2010 by the Ministry of Food and Rural Areas specified European bird sanctuary ( Engl. Special Protection Area ( SPA of), SG-number DE-8221-401) in the region of Baden -Wuerttemberg municipalities Salem and Uhldingen-Mühlhofen in the Lake Constance district in Germany .
location
The 137- hectare nature reserve Salem Monastery Pond is part of the Lake Constance basin . The eight sub-areas are located north of Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, southwest of the Salem town center and west of the Mimmenhausen district at an altitude of 409 to 460 m above sea level. NN .
geology
In the Würm Ice Age , around 20,000 years ago, the Rhine Glacier shaped the landscape between Lake Constance and Salem. Today the drumlins represent the typical terrain of the terminal moraine landscape.
Cistercian fish pond
The embedded ponds - including the Bifangweiher, Egelsee, Killenweiher, Markgräfinweiher, Martinsweiher, Olsenweiher and the Mendishauser Weiher near Affenberg Salem - are connected by ditches, formerly used as a fish pond for the Salem Abbey and have been managed accordingly for centuries. Carp, trout, tench and pike were bred.
Contiguous protected areas
The Salem Monastery Pond protected area is overlaid by the “ Bodenseeufer ” (16%) and “ Salem-Killenweiher ” (68%) landscape protection areas .
European bird sanctuary
The main protection purpose is the preservation and upgrading of the protected area with reed stands , alder - ash forest and mixed beech forest . It is considered a bird resting area of national importance and was declared a European bird sanctuary in 2003. The little grebes, black-necked grebes, red-crested ducks, water rail, great reed warbler and pochard, breed or rest here. The sanctuary is considered to be one of the most important breeding areas of the great reed warbler ( Acrocephalus arundinaceus ), red puffer ( Netta rufina ) and little bittern ( Ixobrychus minutus ).
From the worth protecting fauna following are also species to name:
- Tree falcon ( Falco subbuteo ), a member of the falcon-like family
- Kingfisher ( Alcedo atthis ), the only species from the family of kingfishers (Alcedinidae) found in Central Europe
- Bittern ( Botaurus stellaris ), a hidden bird of the heron family (Ardeidae)
- Pochard ( Aythya ferina ), a species of the duck bird family (Anatidae)
- Black-necked grebe ( Podiceps nigricollis ), a representative of the grebes (Podicipedidae)
- Great Egret ( Casmerodius albus ), also from the heron family
- Water rail ( Rallus aquaticus ) is a species of bird in the family of railings (Rallidae)
- White stork ( Ciconia ciconia ), a species of bird in the stork family (Ciconiidae); 1984 and 1994 bird of the year in Germany
- Little Grebe ( Tachybaptus ruficollis ), also a species of grebes
See also
Web links
- Standard data sheet for the bird sanctuary "Salemer Klosterweiher"
- Profile of the spa area Salemer Klosterweiher in the protected area directory of the LUBW
- Regional Council Tübingen (ed.): Management plan for the bird sanctuary 8221-401 “Salemer Klosterweiher”. Edited by W. HERTER, F. WAGNER, H. STARK, U. REINHARD (INA Südwest). August 1, 2011 (60 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ordinance of the Ministry of Food and Rural Areas establishing European bird protection areas (VSG-VO). (PDF) Retrieved August 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Jürgen Müller: From the pond directly onto the monks' plates. In: Südkurier , May 15, 2018, p. 8.
- ↑ Jürgen Müller: From the pond directly onto the monks' plates. In: Südkurier , May 15, 2018, p. 8.