Wagbach lowlands

	Wagbach lowland nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Typical landscape of the Wagbach lowlands
location	Baden-Württemberg District of Karlsruhe Oberhausen-Rheinhausen Rhein-Neckar district Neulußheim
surface	223.5 ha
Identifier	2,064
WDPA ID	82851
Geographical location	49 ° 16 ' N , 8 ° 31' E Coordinates: 49 ° 15 '56 " N , 8 ° 31' 1" E
Sea level	from 97 m to 105 m
Setup date	July 8, 1983
administration	Karlsruhe Regional Council

The Wagbachniederung is a nature reserve in the natural area Northern Upper Rhine valley and Hardt levels in Baden-Wuerttemberg . The diversely structured wetland in the lowlands of the Rheinaue is characterized by the clarification ponds of the Waghäuseler sugar factory, which was operated until 1995, and the resulting large reed beds and extensive mud areas and remnants of the formerly most important moor in the Rheinaue. It is an important breeding and resting place for native and migrating endangered bird species throughout Europe and is one of the most important EU bird sanctuaries in Germany.

geography

The approximately 224 hectares large area is located in the loop of a Altarms the Rhine north of Waghausel and south of Neulußheim in the districts of Oberhausen-Rheinhausen ( district of Karlsruhe ) and Neulußheim ( Rhein-Neckar ) Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Characteristics

The area was designated as a nature reserve by ordinance on July 8, 1983 and is managed under the protected area number 2.064 at the Karlsruhe Regional Council. It has an area of 223.5 hectares, of which 199.8 hectares fall in the Karlsruhe district and 20.6 hectares in the Rhein-Neckar district. The nature reserve is classified in IUCN Category IV, a biotope and species protection area. The WDPA ID is 82851 and corresponds to the European CDDA code and the EUNIS no.

The main protection purpose “is the preservation of the diversely structured wetland in the lowlands of the Rheinaue for ecological and scientific reasons. The high level of protection is due in particular to

the international significance of the area as a breeding ground for several endangered bird species,
the internationally and intercontinentally important functions of the area as a resting and feeding place for northern Eurasian migratory birds,
the large, diverse reed stands, which are unique in terms of their area in northern Baden-Württemberg,
the particularly large biodiversity of biotopes, which, in addition to the extensive muddy areas that are otherwise rarely found, contain the remains of ecologically particularly important fen areas of the formerly most famous moor in the Rheinaue. "

Wildlife

Brooding purple herons in the Wagbach lowlands

In the protected area of birds can be observed as Kormoran , ducks , Canada goose , swan , coot , Haubentaucher , Graureiher , silver Heron , Purpurreiher , gulls (especially black-headed gulls ); Warbler , warblers , bearded tit , backed Shrike , Cuckoo and Kingfisher . Also amphibians ( water frog , frog , toads species ) occur, as well as reptiles such as the grass snake . Muskrat and nutria occur in mammals .

visit

The area is easily accessible. The area is easily visible from the old federal road 36, which lies above the Wagbach lowland and is now a car-free cycle path between Neulußheim and Waghäusel. Footpaths lead into the area from this side as well as from a farm near Waghäusel. In the spring of 2009, two freely accessible observation huts were built near the road, which also allow photography with a (monopod) tripod.

literature

District Office for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Karlsruhe (Ed.): The nature reserves in the administrative district of Karlsruhe . Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-7995-5172-7

Individual evidence

↑ Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas
↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
^ Ordinance of the Karlsruhe Regional Council. State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg, July 8, 1983, accessed on November 21, 2014 .

Web links

Commons : Wagbachniederung - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Norbert Kühnberger: NSG Wagbach lowlands. Information, site plan, pictures and observation logs since 1997. In: Bird observation areas in Hessen. Retrieved November 21, 2014 .

[NSGSteckbrief-1] Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas

[DE_BFN-Karten-2] Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

[3] Ordinance of the Karlsruhe Regional Council. State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg, July 8, 1983, accessed on November 21, 2014 .