Glücksburg Heath

Glücksburg Heath IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Landmark home ponds
location	Saxony-Anhalt , Germany
surface	2,781 ha
WDPA ID	318791
Geographical location	51 ° 53 ′  N , 12 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′ 50 ″  N , 12 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  E
Setup date	2002

Shepherd's meadow in the Arnsdorf mountains

Entrance to the home pond

The Glücksburger Heide is an extensive forest area in the Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt . With around 2,781 hectares , it is the largest nature reserve in the eastern part of the district.

Geographical location

The sandy and humus-poor forest and heather area of ​​the Glücksburger Heide extends between Gentha in the west and Steinsdorf in the east, the Arnsdorf mountains in the south and the state border with Brandenburg in the north over an area of ​​around 6,850  hectares . The Glücksburger Heide area is part of the southern Fläming hill country .

history

Quotation of the historical description from 1726: “ The Seydische Heyde, which existed with oaks and pine trees, starts at the Seydische Schäferey, walks around the Flehming long bit past the course of the Lindische Heyde near the Pechhütte, comes up against the land weirs and to the Brachholtz, from which the Ghent and Seydische Bruch overgrown with Ellernholte up to the Schäferey again, meets the so-called Buchhorst as well as the Brandspitze and Sandhorst, those with single red beeches and a few oaks, young beeches and Ellernholtze, and has existed 59500 step in Umcreyse. "

In the Seyda office , the Elector of Saxony owned extensive forest holdings. The electoral Seydaische Amtswaldung was - like the nearby Annaburg Heath  - soon referred to as Seydaische, Seydische or shortly Seydaer Heide. It was a popular hunting ground for the Saxon electors and was managed by the Saxon forest and game master in Annaburg until 1815 . In the 19th century, the old name Seydaer Heide was replaced more and more by the new term Glücksburger Heide.

Almost half of the heath was used as a military training area by the Air Force from 1936 during the National Socialist era and by the Soviet Army after the Second World War . 220 hectares were collected at that time, a bomb dropping area and an emergency landing strip were created. Only after reunification did the area become freely accessible again in 1990. Since then, the area has been partially renatured and partially developed for local recreation .

description

The area belongs to the "national cultural heritage" and was named by the state government in 2005 as an "area of ​​special importance". The landmark of the Glücksburger Heide is the "Heimateiche" located on Dahmschen Straße, in the vicinity of which a park with a herb garden was created. The former oak and beech forests, which shaped the landscape earlier, were largely destroyed by clearing and fires due to military use. Today, first-time colonists such as birch and pine , which have spread rapidly over the past two decades, can be found. The landscape is largely shaped by open land biotopes such as dwarf shrub heaths and dry sandy grasslands . The effects of tank driving and firing range operations as well as the bombing and helipad were intense here and permanently prevented reforestation. The dwarf shrub heather with the common heather as the dominant species and the hair gorse as a characteristic companion are widespread. Blueberries and, occasionally, lingonberries enrich the structural diversity. In 2002 the middle Glücksburger Heide became a nature reserve. Today a variety of animal species live in it. An investigation revealed remarkable insect finds, including a. 25 species of grasshopper, 84 species of ground beetle and 36 species of butterflies and rams . 88 breeding bird species were identified. The goat milker, woodlark, sparrowhawk, red-backed killer, common pipit and hoopoe are of particular importance for the fauna due to their sometimes unusually high population density. Endangered reptile species such as the smooth snake and some amphibian species such as pond newt, pond frog, garlic toad and common toad can still be found in the nature reserve. The nature reserve is managed by DBU Naturerbe GmbH.

European beech in the Glücksburger Heide

Web links

Commons : Glücksburger Heide  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Glücksburger Heide
2. ↑ Glücksburger Heide in Jessen city portal
3. ↑ Nature reserves in Saxony-Anhalt - Glücksburger Heide ( memento of October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).
4. ↑ DBU Natural Heritage: Glücksburger Heide (PDF)