Lake Zell (Kißlegg)

	Zeller See nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	View over the Zellersee to the center of Kißlegg, the lake and the banks of the NSG
location	Kisslegg , Ravensburg district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	30.6 ha
Identifier	4,239
WDPA ID	166399
Geographical location	47 ° 47 ' N , 9 ° 53' E Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '13 " N , 9 ° 52' 40" E
Setup date	March 22, 1994
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The Zeller See area (also Zellersee ) is a nature reserve (NSG number 4.239) designated by ordinance of March 22, 1994 by the Tübingen Regional Council in the area of the municipality of Kißlegg in the Ravensburg district of Baden-Württemberg in Germany .

location

The Zeller See nature reserve, which is around 26 hectares in size, is part of the Westallgäu hill country . It is to the west of the center and east of the railway line to cheeks , in the Gemarkungen Kisslegg and summer Ried , at a height of 642 m above sea level. NN .

description

The opposite end of the Würm formed 16,000 years ago Zellersee is closely linked to the history Kißleggs. As early as 824, a monastery cell built on the shores of what was then the lake (" cell by the lake ") was first mentioned in a document. "Radpodiszella" and "Kißleggzell" were the first place names of the settlement that developed from it.

Today the Zellersee is a sought-after fishing water and is used as a fishing water. Other uses that are problematic for nature conservation because of the local location are bathing in summer and ice skating in winter. Due to the poor water quality, the Zellersee was included in the "Action Program for the Rehabilitation of Upper Swabian Lakes" of the Tübingen Regional Council.

The Zeller See nature reserve has a maximum extension of 1.25 kilometers in north-south and 0.47 kilometers in east-west direction. The lake itself accounts for around 10 hectares of the total area of 26 hectares.

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation, promotion and long-term improvement of the natural still waters of the Zellersee , its characteristic silting zones and the lower Kißlegger Ach with its littered meadows in the north as a habitat and retreat for a species-rich and endangered flora and fauna.

Flora and fauna

flora

Species-rich grassland in the Zeller See NSG

Among the flora worthy of protection are the following types of plants:

Juncaginaceae
- Swamp trident ( Triglochin palustre )
Onocleaceae
- Ostrich Fern ( Matteuccia struthiopteris )
Orchids
- Little orchid ( Orchis morio ), also called "Salep orchid" or "fool's cap"
- Traunsteiner's orchid ( Dactylorhiza traunsteineri )
- Two-leaved forest hyacinth ( Platanthera bifolia ), also called "white forest hyacinth"
Sourgrass family
- Alpine turf rush ( Trichophorum alpinum ), also known as "Alpine rush", "Alpine rush" or "Alpine cotton grass"
- Weißes Schnabelried or "White Beak Rush" ( Rhynchospora alba )
- Dioecious sedge ( Carex dioica )
Water lily plants
- Yellow pond rose ( Nuphar lutea ), also known as "yellow pond mummel", "mummel", "pond mummel" or "pond candy"
- White water lily ( Nymphaea alba )
Summer root plants
- Bog lice herb ( Pedicularis palustris )

fauna

In addition to a large number of butterflies , grasshoppers and dragonflies , the fauna worthy of protection includes the following species :

Amphibians

Common toad ( Bufo bufo )

Common frog ( Rana temporaria ), also "baptismal frog" or "March frog"

Pond frog ( Pelophylax esculentus or Rana esculenta ), more imprecisely also called "water frog"

Reptiles