Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve

Kristianstad Vattenrike is a protected wetland under the Ramsar Convention in the southern Swedish town of Kristianstad and since 2005 a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.

The conservation area starts immediately to the south Kristanstads Ostschonen in the lower reaches of Helge å when Hammarsjön and extends to the Hanöbukten with the city Aahus. In the 1043.75 km ² ( 905.15 km ² land and lakes, sea area 138.60 km ²) area is the lowest point on the Swedish mainland with 2.41 m below sea level. There you will find 22 species of endangered species listed on the Red List of IUCN, the corncrake (Crex crex), the Gera Ndete fishing spider ( Dolomedes fimbriatus ), the freshwater pearl mussel ( Margaritifera margaritifera ), cod (Gadus morhua ), the pond bat (Myotis dasycneme ) or White-tailed Eagle ( Haliaeetus albicilla), and 711 nationally endangered species. Especially for the spring detent, there are a several thousand cranes. In 2010, the opening of a visitor center was.