Havelland Luch

The Havelländische Luch is a lowland area within the Havel arc west of Berlin, forming the core landscape of the Havel country.

Location

It is located in the basin of the Berlin glacial valley, which was built here during the Weichselhochglazials about 18,000 years ago. Its size is about 30,000 hectares.

In the east and north east borders the Havelländische Luch at the little country ganglia, to the south by the Nauen plate, on the west by the Rathenower moraine, the little state Friesack and Zootzen. In the north it is separated by the little state Bellin from Rhinluch.

Geology

The Havelländische Luch is mainly characterized by Niedermoortorfböden and vererdete peat soils, which emerged after the reclamation. Large-scale also occur periglacial or fluvial valley sands to light. Especially in the southern area of ​​the lynx, between the Nauen plate and the little country Friesack, by projecting parts of the moraine the surface of the Lynx by more than ten meters. In places the valley sands were überdünt during the early post-glacial period. Such dune areas are for example some surveys Paulinenaue in the center and parts of the Nauen city forest on the eastern edge and the Zootzen on the northwestern edge of the lynx.

Havelländischer Large main channel

The former vermoorte valley was ameliorated since the 18th century and made usable for agriculture. Many ditches and canals run through for water level regulation, the most widely used as arable or grassland areas. The most important are the Havelländische Large main channel and the little one main and marginal channel, both of which flow into the Rhine. The Havelländische Large main channel receives on the Nauen - Paretzer channel additionally Havel Havel water from the canal.

Vegetation

The natural vegetation of the lynx was affected by waterlogging. Under such conditions, creates an open marshland. Significantly means the Slavic word "lug " both "swamp " and " meadow ". Pending investment of the present drainage system was a strong peat formation. Nowadays, large-scale grassland farming dominates the landscape. The ditches and canals are mostly lined with poplar or alder. There are isolated small forests with plantation-style pure stands of gray poplar or hybrid poplars.

Conservation

In the southwest of the Havelländisches lynx 5,526 acres are designated as a nature reserve and European bird sanctuary. Together with the Fiener break and the Belziger countryside meadows is the nature reserve one of the last German refuges for the endangered Great Bustard. Since 1990, water is dammed up so inundated 200 to 300 ha during this period and 1,000 to 1,500 ha are waterlogged in winter and spring. Thus every year arise important resting and breeding sites among other bustards, ducks and cranes.

Traffic

The Havelländische Luch can easily be reached and roams on the Havel country bike trail. The renewal of the agricultural road network has the cycling opportunities further improved in recent years.

The Havelländische Luch is crossed by the railway high-speed line Hannover- Berlin. Both during construction from the end of 1996 as well as on the finished route protection measures have been taken in order not to endanger the habitat of Great Bustards and other bird species.

Swell

• Topographic map 1:100,000, sheets C 3538 Brandenburg an der Havel and C 3542 Berlin West, both of LGB Brandenburg

Coordinates

• The coordinates refer to the village 14715 Liepe in a central location.