Black barrel sand
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Black barrel sand
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 Drochtersen with black ton sand ( Pagensand on the opposite side of the Elbe ) |
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| location | North of Bützfleth , Stade district , Lower Saxony | |
| surface | 582 ha | |
| Identifier | NSG LÜ 126 | |
| WDPA ID | 165515 | |
| FFH area | 582 ha | |
| Bird sanctuary | 582 ha | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 43 ' N , 9 ° 28' E | |
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| Sea level | from 0 m to 1 m | |
| Setup date | August 16, 1985 | |
| administration | NLWKN | |
Black tons of sand is under nature conservation standing Inland Island in the Lower Elbe . It lies across from Asselersand and belongs to the Drochtersen municipality . It is about 3,500 meters long and about 400 meters wide. To the east of the Schwarztonnensand on the other side of the main Elbe channel is the Schleswig-Holstein Pagensand .
The black barrel sand was originally a silt bank , which until 1968 was only visible at low tide . When the Elbe fairway deepened from 12 to 13.5 meters in 1968 and 1969, the island was washed up with dredged sand. In the period from 1969 to 1970, a connection to the Asseler Sand was also built, which was supposed to influence the flow conditions in the Elbe in such a way that the river automatically flushes its bed of silt. However, this connection was washed away by a storm surge in the same year . After the flushing, the island began to be greened to prevent sand drift. a. by planting deciduous trees.
On August 16, 1985, the black barrel sand became a nature reserve . In December 2018, the nature reserve was added to the newly designated nature reserve " Elbe and Islands ". The sign of the nature reserve was NSG LÜ 126.
Since 1973 the area has been looked after by a bird keeper from the Jordsand Association from March to October . Today the sand is a habitat and resting place for many species of waterfowl.
