Wallnau / Fehmarn

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Wallnau / Fehmarn nature reserve

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

View from the "corner hide" (observation stand) in east direction

View from the "corner hide" (observation stand) in east direction

location Fehmarn , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany
surface 297 hectares
Identifier NSG 89
WDPA ID 82862
Geographical location 54 ° 28 '  N , 11 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 28 '27 "  N , 11 ° 1' 22"  E
Wallnau / Fehmarn (Schleswig-Holstein)
Wallnau / Fehmarn
Setup date 23rd December 1977
administration Ostholstein district

Wallnau / Fehmarn is a nature reserve in the west of the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn . It was established in 1977 and is considered an important protected area for migrating birds .

geography

The Wallnau / Fehmarn nature reserve covers an area of ​​around 297 hectares consisting of ponds, reeds and meadows as well as part of the Baltic Sea and the beach fringes. It is on the west coast of the island. To the east are the places Petersdorf and Kopendorf; Access by motor vehicle is from the northeastern village of Bojendorf .

Geological origin

The geological development of the area is closely linked to the history of the former Kopendorfer See, on the area of ​​which large parts of today's Wallnau are located.

The Kopendorfer See was a shallow beach lake , which was separated from the Baltic Sea in the course of the formation of the coast after the last Ice Age in the course of the compensatory coastal formation . This process can still be observed today in the area of ​​the Krummsteert south of Wallnau.

history

Wallnau grassland

1866 to 1976

In 1866, the engineer and surveyor Gustav Kröhnke began to drain the Kopendorfer See . The name Wallnau was given to the resulting new district in 1871. Kröhnke built an agricultural estate with arable farming and cattle breeding. Due to the storm surge of 1872 , the dykes built as part of the drainage were destroyed again and Wallnau was flooded by sea water. In 1874 there was another flood, which finally forced Kröhnke to sell Wallnau.

The estate was acquired by two Hamburg spice dealers who wanted to grow herbs and farm animals in Wallnau. Around 1900 a pond was established there by building a dike and several intermediate dams, which was abandoned in 1963.

In 1976 the pond property and its areas were acquired by the German Association for the Protection of Birds - today the Nature Conservation Union of Germany (NABU) - and the Ostholstein district .

Designation as a nature reserve

On December 23, 1977 it was designated as a nature reserve under the number 89. In March 2010, NABU was given responsibility for three further protected areas on Fehmarn. This created a networked system of protected areas on Fehmarn. Two areas are located between the NSG Wallnau / Fehmarn and the NSG Krummsteert-Sulsdorfer Wiek / Fehmarn, which is also managed by NABU . The Fehmarn NSG Grüner Brink , the Spitzenorth peninsula and the islands in the Lemkenhafener Wiek , which u. a. house a large herring gull colony are also looked after by NABU. The latter two areas fall under the EU bird protection directive or are fauna-flora-habitat areas in the Europe-wide network of protected areas Natura 2000 .

Ecology, flora and fauna

Information board

Over 270 species of birds use the areas of the nature reserve as resting and resting places on their migration. Around 100 species breed in Wallnau, including rare bird species such as the red-necked grebe and the little tern . Galloway cattle whose meat is marketed by NABU are kept on the meadows of the NSG .

The NSG is operated by NABU under the name "NABU Wasservogelreservat Wallnau". Access to the NSG is only possible against payment of admission. Around 30,000 people visit the NSG every year. NABU employees perform the nature conservation service of Schleswig-Holstein. Since 2004 activities for amphibian protection have been carried out by NABU Wallnau. Natterjack toads and green toads are mapped in the areas .

The nature conservation center "Altes Gutshaus" in the NSG houses an exhibition on bird migration , a restaurant, seminar rooms and a shop. The seven full-time employees and up to 25 voluntary employees take care of nature conservation work and public relations work. The center is certified as a provider of educational offers for sustainable development .

The nature reserve can be viewed at any time from a path on the top of the summer dike . The NABU information center is open from March to October and also offers guided tours of the area.

Web links

Commons : Wallnau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Official ordinance of the State of Schleswig-Holstein on the NSG , accessed on December 23, 2016
  2. ↑ Rolf Köster: The morphology of the beach wall landscapes and the geological development of the coasts of Eastern Croatia and Fehmarn . Ed .: Geological Institute of the Christian Albrechts University Kiel. 1955, ISSN  0076-7689 , doi : 10.2312 / meyniana.1955.4.52 .
  3. ↑ Erik Fockel: Wallnau - From Teichgut nature reserve . In: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heimatkunde Oldenburg / Ostholstein eV (Hrsg.): Yearbook for Heimatkunde Oldenburg / Ostholstein . No. 59 . Oldenburg / Holstein 2016, p. 189-204 .
  4. ↑ History Wallnaus at wallnau.nabu.de, accessed on December 23, 2016
  5. ^ A b c Franz Lerchenmüller: All alone with Chip and Chap. taz from August 29, 2015, accessed on December 23, 2016
  6. ↑ s. Table serial no. 1.1.12. In: Care of protected areas in Schleswig-Holstein according to § 20 LNatSchG. State Office for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, April 2017, p. 1 , accessed on March 15, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b Vogelarten im NSG , accessed on December 23, 2016
  8. ↑ Meat order at wallnau.nabu.de, accessed on December 23, 2016
  9. ↑ NABU Wallnau website , accessed on December 23, 2016
  10. ^ Educational offers at NABU Wallnau , accessed on December 23, 2016