Black pond (little parent)

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Black pond near Elterlein
View to the black pond

The Black Pond , also known as the Big Pond , is a stagnant body of water that was artificially created together with the stone ditch at the end of the 16th century between Elterlein and Geyer in the Erzgebirge district of the Free State of Saxony . The pond is about 4.5 hectares. Since 2005 it has been part of the extended Hermannsdorfer Wiesen nature reserve , the oldest designated nature reserve in Saxony.

geography

The pond is located in the middle of the forest in the Ore Mountains in a valley through which the country road (Geyersche Strasse) leads from Elterlein to Geyer, which leads directly past the pond. It connects directly to the Magdloch , a swampy area from which the water flows. In addition, water flows from the crab hole and the hay barn ridge into the black pond.

The Wolfersbach drains the Black Pond to the southeast.

For years, the Black Pond has also been used for recreational purposes in summer, especially for swimming and camping, most recently especially for nude bathing ( nudism ). Most of the bathers came from Elterlein because this town did not have its own outdoor pool. Already in the GDR in 1967 it was considered to provide the entire pond with a fence to protect it , even if this would adversely affect the external appearance of the natural idyll "Black Pond". This project was not implemented because no relevant material was available.

When the nature reserve was expanded in 2005, swimming was strictly prohibited.

history

The black pond was created by Wolf and Georg von Elterlein at the end of the 16th century to operate the surrounding mines and the hammer mill they owned.

Flora and fauna

Flora at the Black Pond

Rare plants thrive at the Black Pond, including orchids, sundew, arnica, blue monkshood and brown-red stendellum . In the last few years the corncrake and other rare mudflats and water birds have been observed migrating around the pond .

literature

  • Manfred Pollmer : On the Nature Conservation Week in May 1969: The “Black Pond” near Elterlein . In: Der Heimatfreund für das Erzgebirge , 13, 1968, No. 4, pp. 59–3. Back cover.

Web links

Commons : Schwarzer Teich  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Pollmer : On the Nature Conservation Week in May 1969: The "Black Pond" near Elterlein . In: Der Heimatfreund für das Erzgebirge , 13, 1968, No. 4, 3rd cover page.
  2. ↑ Ordinance in the Saxon Official Gazette No. 22 of June 2, 2005
  3. ↑ Nature reserves in Elterlein

Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 37 ″  N , 12 ° 53 ′ 22 ″  E