Schlaube Valley Nature Park

15898 Neuzelle, OT Treppeln Nature Park Schlaubetal

The nature park Schlaubetal was founded on December 27, 1995 and is located southeast of Berlin in Brandenburg. It extends from garbage rose in the north over the Reicherskreuz Heide until after Drewitz, in the municipality of Jaenschwalde, in the south and from Grunow Dam village in the West Henzendorf after Bomsdorf in the east.

From its 227.8 km ² accounts for 80.1 km ² on six landscape protection areas, 34.4 km ² nature reserve areas and 73.6 km ² on Fauna- Flora-Habitat Areas (FFH).

Nature

The landscape was essentially about 20,000 years ago in the Brandenburg state of the Vistula glaciation. This created the meltwater systems of Schlaube, Dorche, Ölse and Demnitz.

It can be found in this area in a confined space entirely different nature landscapes. Extensive pine forests as well as beech and sessile oak forests, alder swamps, deep gorges, in which the rivers flow very fast, but also quiet lakes or wetlands.

The pine forests show a long history of forest use, the Mahlheide with farmer pines, ancient trees with spreading branches (pine bushes ), but also modern plantations. The Reicherskreuz Heath is a sprawling heath with stock of birch forests.

In the Nature Park Schlaubetal live over 140 rare bird species, including fish and sea eagles, kingfishers and black stork. In the lakes numerous species of fish, as the lakes of the mills have been used over the centuries and for fish farming. There are numerous species of amphibians, which find their spawning grounds here. Almost three-quarters of the detected in Brandenburg large butterfly species, such as the raised bog fritillary, a rich stock of game, but also otters and several species of bats

There 1,000 plant species were detected, of which currently 13 species of orchids, such as women's shoes and Korallenwurz. 13 animal and plant species brandenburg far before only in the nature park Schlaubetal.

In Henzendorf a boulder park is about 4 hectares. 126 colored and carved stones, the heaviest weighing 30 tons, the oldest is about 1.8 million years old, are evidence of the Earth's history. At the places of origin can be read, as they took the road to the glacier in the Schlaubetal.

Nature Reserves

• The Schlaubetal, 130 ha were put under protection in 1961. Due to its extraordinary biodiversity and the large number of waters, it is the central part of the nature park. In 2002 the territory was expanded again, today it includes 1502.8 ha
• Even the jungle Five Oaks is reserve since 1961. 10.84 ha total reserve show the forest, as it is designed without the intervention of man.
• The natural silting Moore to the Devil are protected on an area of ​​56.8 ha since 1961.
• Tauersche oaks and Pinnower Läuche, this reserve was in 1967 with the Tauerschen oaks already on 23.68 ha, in 2002 it was extended to 1544.6 ha, the sessile oak trees today are in the total reserve.
• In 1981 followed the vermoorte Fließtal the Demnitz, 87.5 hectares is the Upper Demnitztal.
• Since 1990, the Mahlheide is protected by its unusual pine trees on 33.4 ha.
• Clear-water lakes with peat formation form the Great Göhlenze and spruce reason, also in 1990, 268 ha have been placed under protection.
• With the closure of the training area love the Rose Reicherskreuz Heath and swan lake today can again contribute to groundwater formation. Since 1995 2814 ha heath are under protection.
• The bog forests of Trautzke Lakes and Moore since 2002 also for Schlaubetal, they cover an area of ​​68.4 ha
• In 2003, 361.4 ha of the northern Talabschnittes lower than Schlaubetal were placed under protection. Here also dominate waters and wetlands.
• The Pastlingsee, a natural eutrophic lake, was protected with 61.3 ha in 2003.
• It was followed by the Calpenzmoor, 136 ha in 2004 reserve, because there are, inter alia, former peat cutting here.
• Klautzkesee and moors with Kobbelke were also made ​​in 2004 with a total area of 383 ha under protection.

Landscape protection areas

• The Schlaubetal with 6415.91 ha is reported since 1965, including, for example, the ponds of pebbles witzer mill.
• The Dorchetal and the pheasant woods near Neuzelle with 627.1 ha protected area since 1965.
• The Göhlensee 1968 ha with 45 landscape protection area.
• The Pinnower lake,
• The Großsee
• And the Past Ling Lake with 69.62 acres are also protected since 1968.

Structures

In the nature reserve were 17 mills, which once use water. Among the 11 obtained results an extensive network of hiking trails and nature trails. These mills used the water of natural slopes and artificially dammed waters for grinding grain and later as a hammer or saw mills.

Schlaube

• The oldest mill is the Müllroser mill, it has already been in operation in 1275 and is the only one today.
• Built in the 12th century by the brothers of the Order of St John to Friedland at the Schlaube, it received the name Ragower mill when it was acquired by Good Ragow in the 14th century. The Ragower mill stands today with preserved mill technology from 1920 as a museum under monument protection.
• Built in 1420 Schernsdorfer mill, later called the food grinder, can be found after they were demolished in the late 1970s just as the foundation of the rest. There are remains of the mill dyke and the lead channel.
• The mill in copper hammer received in 1553 a copper hammer mill and was widely known only as the copper hammer. Today, a restaurant as well as the damming of Schlaube recalls its former location.
• In the 16th century Bremsdorfer mill was built from timber. Long used as a grist mill, cloth fulling mill and saw mill, was recovered up to its closure in 1958 by means of a turbine energy. Today you have a working water wheel and is operated as a restaurant.
• The pebble witzer mill was in operation from 1420 to 1930, was then converted into a restaurant. Since the closure in 1958 remembers only the mill pond with trout rearing ponds connected and a waterfall on it.
• The Schlaubemühle was documented as early as 1420 molecular dy to Werchenow am Wirchensee. Operated as an inn until the 1970s, it was nationalized, built in 1993 on the site of the Conservation Information Centre of the BUND and a replica of a water wheel.

Dorche

• From the Neuzeller monastery mill, later Royal Prussian monastery mill, already known in 1557, today only small remnants of the art in the basement can be seen, although it was shut down until the 1960s. Until the closure, it served the power generation, pond and grave systems still exist.
• The Schlabener mill was first mentioned in 1350. As Belgers mill, the flour mill was doing her service until 1945. Since the interiors are still intact from 1920, it is a listed building.
• The largest mill in Dorchetal was the Kummeroer mill. 1293 the monastery Neuzelle paid, the mill since 1700 worked as flour, oil and stamp mill until its closure 1930.
• From the monastery Neuzelle a grist mill was built in 1650, Neumühlestrasse. From 1688 until its closure in 1950 it was used as a cutting mill.
• Near the Schwerzko mill was built in the 16th century, the food grinder, even before the First World War, it was operated as a tavern, after the Second World War, was until 1958 a weaving mill in the premises. After transformed into a holiday home, as judged by the turn.
• Documented already in 1420 Schwerzko mill was mentioned. The former grinding and cutting mill, the waterwheel is 3.20 meters high and 1.50 meters wide, housed in its protected premises a mill shop and a restaurant. There are show demonstrations of the saw frame.

Ölse

• Since 1406, the lying at the former Customs distance Oelsener mill is known. Between 1665 and 1954 she was a grist mill, in which also oilseeds were ground. Since 1990, the saw frame is back in service.
• 1620 a saw mill was built, which was in 1758 converted to oil and Grützmühle. As of 1831 set up as a fulling mill, which gave her the name Walke Mill, then to 1957 again flour -milling, their demolition came around 1975. On the site there is a new building.
• The Jankemühle was built around 1600 as a grist mill. Starting in 1675 as a cutting mill it was in operation until the First World War. Then she had boarders in the summer. With the inclusion of refugees during the Second World War, it was expanded in 1955 burned it off. The remaining buildings have since been used by the Forest Service.
• Matheus Müller blade was in 1610 built his mill. The blade mill was used 200 years later as a farm, from 1970 as a holiday home. Today, only a replicated Mühlrad remembers it.