Weddeler pond

Weddeler pond
	Weddeler Teich, October 2012
Geographical location	Wolfenbüttel district , Lower Saxony
Drain	Weddeler Graben
Places on the shore	Fronds
Location close to the shore	Braunschweig
	Data
Coordinates	52 ° 16 '2 " N , 10 ° 37' 51" E Coordinates: 52 ° 16 '2 " N , 10 ° 37' 51" E
Altitude above sea level	81.1 m above sea level NN
length	400 m
width	200 m
particularities	Nature reserve

The Weddeler Teich is a dammed pond and a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Cremlingen in the Wolfenbüttel district .

Nature reserve

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG BR 041 is 20 hectares in size. It south of Weddel , a village in the municipality of Cremlingen east of Braunschweig . It includes the pond and the surrounding bank area. The relatively shallow, eutrophic pond was dammed in the Weddeler Graben valley and used as a carp pond for centuries . The pond is partially silted up . He is by extensive reed - and cattail - reeds surrounded, followed by an wetland connects.

The reeds of the Weddeler Teich are breeding and resting areas for many bird species , the wetland habitat for a large number of animal species, some of which are endangered.

The nature reserve is for the most part surrounded by agricultural land . A few hundred meters to the west is the " Riddagshausen " nature reserve , with which it forms a unit.

The area has been a nature reserve since February 16, 1981. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the Wolfenbüttel district.