Wadden Sea north of the Hindenburg dam

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Coordinates: 54 ° 56 ′ 29 ″  N , 8 ° 27 ′ 49 ″  E

Map: Schleswig-Holstein
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Wadden Sea north of the Hindenburg dam​
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North Frisian Wadden Sea ; the nature reserve is located between Sylt and the German-Danish border
Part of the Wadden Sea north of the Hindenburg dam from the beach in the Braderuper Heide nature reserve

The Wadden Sea north of the Hindenburgdamm is a nature reserve off the Schleswig-Holstein North Sea coast in the district of North Friesland .

The 20,188  hectare nature reserve is registered with number 14 in the directory of nature reserves of the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas. It was expelled in 1980 (date of regulation: November 1, 1980). The nature reserve "Vogelfreistätte Wadden Sea east of Sylt", which was designated in February 1937, was incorporated into it. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of North Friesland.

location

The nature reserve extends to the area of ​​the North Frisian Wadden Sea between the German-Danish border in the north and east, the protective dike of the Tonderner Marsch between the German-Danish border and the Hindenburgdamm in the east, the Hindenburgdamm in the south, the east coast of the island of Sylt and the Sea area north of Sylt to the German-Danish border.

meaning

The nature reserve lies almost entirely in the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park and in the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and Halligen Biosphere Reserve . It is part of the FFH area "Nature Park Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and Adjacent Coastal Areas" and the EU bird sanctuary "Ramsar Area Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and Adjacent Coastal Areas". The nature reserve borders on the island of Sylt on the nature reserves " North Sylt ", " Kampener Vogelkoje auf Sylt ", " Nielönn / Sylt ", " Braderuper Heide / Sylt " and " Morsum-Kliff " as well as the landscape protection areas "North-East Heide Kampen "," Süd-Ost-Heide Kampen "," Jükermarsch und Tipkenhügel "," Archsum "and" Morsum "as well as on the mainland to the nature reserve" Rickelsbüller Koog ". The “ North Frisian Wadden Sea ” nature reserve extends south of the Hindenburg dam . Most of the nature reserve became part of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park in 1985. Only a 150 meter wide strip in the area of ​​the coastline is not part of the national park.

In the 20th century, the area of ​​the Wadden Sea was separated from the previously prevailing, natural flow conditions to the south by the Hindenburg dam and to the north by the dam to the Danish island of Rømø . Since then, it has only been connected to the North Sea by the Lister Tief , a sea channel between Sylt and Rømø . The nature reserve is by extensive mudflats and sand with numerous lows and creeks dominated. Large parts of the nature reserve are occupied by sandy tidal areas.

Flora and fauna

Species-rich mussel beds and seagrass meadows can be found in the nature reserve . The coastal areas are often occupied by salt marshes with andel , sea ​​lavender , samphire and silt grass as well as dunes and beach areas with red fescue and sea ​​carnation . Furthermore, the nature reserve is the habitat for numerous plant and animal species adapted to the living conditions, including snails , mussels , crabs , shrimps and lugworms . Furthermore, it is resting, wintering and moulting area many Wat - and waterfowl . So here are u. a. Shelduck , Eider , Oystercatcher , sand - and snowy plover , dwarf - and arctic tern , redshank , curlew , black-tailed godwit , meadow pipit and skylark home. During the bird migration in spring and autumn look for u. a. Brent goose , red knot , bar-tailed godwit , Whimbrel , Alpine beach runner and gray plover , the area on.

Parts of the nature reserve are looked after by the Schleswig-Holstein State Association of the German Nature Conservation Union , the Wiedingharde Nature Conservation Association and the Südtondern Nature Conservation Association.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State ordinance on the nature reserve "Wadden Sea north of Hindenburgdamm" from November 1, 1980 , state regulations and state case law, state government Schleswig-Holstein. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Brochure National Park Act , Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea, State Agency for Coastal Protection, National Park and Marine Protection Schleswig-Holstein (PDF file, 624 kB). Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  3. ^ Area and property protection , Schleswig-Holstein Landscape Program, Ministry for the Environment, Nature and Forests of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, May 1999. Accessed March 26, 2018.
  4. ^ Supervision of protected areas in Schleswig-Holstein , State Office for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas , April 2017 (PDF, 275 kB). Retrieved March 20, 2020.