The Brombachmoor is a
nature reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...
in the
Franconian Lake District
The Franconian Lake District lies south-west of Nuremberg in northern Bavaria, Germany. It was created as a result of one of Germany's largest water-management projects and was completed by the flooding of the Großer Brombachsee (" Great Bromba ...
in the
Middle Franconia
Middle Franconia (german: Mittelfranken, ) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the west of Bavaria and borders the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; however, ...
n county of
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the west of Bavaria, Germany with a population of 95,000. Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise) Ansbach, Roth, Eichstätt and Donau-Ries. It is located in the south of Middle Franconia, 50 kilometr ...
in the German state of
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
.
The
fen
A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetlands along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires. T ...
lies west of the
Kleiner Brombachsee Kleiner ( he, קליינר) is a German and Jewish surname, meaning "smaller":
* Alfred Kleiner, Swiss physicist
* Bruce Kleiner, American mathematician
* Krista Arrieta Kleiner, Filipino-American TV actress/singer and host
* Dick Kleiner, Hollyw ...
lake between the villages of
Langlau and
Absberg
Absberg is a municipality in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Ru ...
, near the
Hühnermühle and
Neuherberg in the parish of
Thannhausen
Thannhausen () is a town in the district of Günzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Mindel, southeast of Günzburg, and west of Augsburg
Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_Germa ...
. Since 3 November 1983 it has been a designated ''
Naturschutzgebiet
A ''Naturschutzgebiet'' (abbreviated NSG) is a category of protected area (nature reserve) within Germany's Federal Nature Conservation Act (the ''Bundesnaturschutzgesetz'' or ''BNatSchG'').
Although often translated as 'Nature Reserve' in Engli ...
'' with an area of 3.56
hectare
The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is a ...
s,
''Grüne Liste der Naturschutzgebiete in Mittelfranken''
(pdf; 209 kB), www.ifu.bayern.de, Bavarian State Office for the Environment, retrieved 6 November 2012 and thus the smallest nature reserve in the county. Since the flooding of the little Brombachsee in 1985 the area has become the last surviving remains of the natural Brombach valley.alder carr An alder carr is a particular type of carr, i.e. waterlogged wooded terrain populated with alder trees.
Examples
* Alder Carr, Hildersham
* Alderfen Broad
* Fawley Ford on the Beaulieu River
* Biebrza National Park
* Fen Alder Carr
* Harston Woo ...
woods and riparian woodland
A riparian forest or riparian woodland is a forested or wooded area of land adjacent to a body of water such as a river, stream, pond, lake, marshland, estuary, canal, sink or reservoir.
Etymology
The term riparian comes from the Latin word ' ...
as well as small pools known as ''Tümpeln''. Between the sedge hummock
In geology, a hummock is a small knoll or mound above ground.Bates, Robert L. and Julia A. Jackson, ed. (1984). “hummock.” Dictionary of Geological Terms, 3rd Ed. New York: Anchor Books. p. 241. They are typically less than in height and ...
s there are bulrushes
Bulrush is a vernacular name for several large wetland grass-like plants
*Sedge family (Cyperaceae):
**''Cyperus''
**''Scirpus''
**'' Blysmus''
**''Bolboschoenus''
**''Scirpoides''
**''Isolepis''
**''Schoenoplectus''
**''Trichophorum''
*Typhacea ...
, peat moss
''Sphagnum'' is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as sphagnum moss, peat moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Accumulations of ''Sphagnum'' can store wa ...
es, dogbanes, sedges
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' wit ...
und rushes.[''Naturschutzgebiet 51 - Brombachmoor, Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen'']
, Regierung von Mittelfranken
References
External links
Location of the Brombachmoor Nature Reserve
at: {{GeoQuelle, DE-BY, BV, ref=nein
Location of NSG Brombachmoor in OpenStreetMap
(retrieved 29 November 2013)
Nature reserves in Bavaria
Bogs of Bavaria
BBrombachmoor
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen