Salt flora area near Schreyahn
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Salt flora area near Schreyahn
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 Salt ponds with samphire -Bewuchs |
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| location | Southwest of Lüchow (Wendland) , Lüchow-Dannenberg district , Lower Saxony | |
| surface | 25 ha | |
| Identifier | NSG LÜ 016 | |
| WDPA ID | 82476 | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 56 ' N , 11 ° 5' E | |
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| Sea level | from 17 m to 23 m | |
| Setup date | October 16, 1989 | |
| administration | NLWKN | |
The salt flora area near Schreyahn is a former nature reserve in the Lower Saxony town of Wustrow (Wendland) in the joint municipality of Lüchow (Wendland) in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district .
The nature reserve with the registration number NSG LÜ 016 was 25 hectares in size. It was part of the FFH area "Landgraben- und Dummeniederung" and the EU bird sanctuary of the same name . The area has been under nature protection since October 16, 1989. It replaced the nature reserve of the same name, which was placed under protection by ordinance of July 15, 1968. On November 3, 2018, the new designated nature reserve " Mittlere Dumme und Püggener Moor " opened. The responsible lower nature conservation authority was the Lüchow-Dannenberg district.
The former nature reserve is located west of Wustrow (Wendland) and a few hundred meters southeast of Schreyahn within the Elbhöhen-Wendland nature park and placed the inland salt station of the former “Rudolph” potash mine under protection. The potash shaft was in operation from 1916 to 1926. The former nature reserve consists mainly of the fallow land of the former potash shaft with its overburden remains. It represents the largest and most important point of the salt Wendland and of salt-affected wet and wetlands areas, as well as sandy dry grasslands dominated and veldt and forest areas. Within the former protected area there is a still water with reed beds and vineyards .
In the area you can find salt plants , salt-loving and salt-tolerant plant species and animals tied to salty locations and preferring or tolerating them.
In the edge areas of the former protected area, areas are used agriculturally as grassland and arable land.
