Usedom Island Nature Park

The nature park Usedom Island comprises the German part of the island of Usedom in the district of Vorpommern - Greifswald in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern to the Polish border. Nature Park include the backwaters, the Peene river, the northern part of the Szczecin Lagoon, the shallow water areas of the Baltic Sea at the mouth of the Peene, and a narrow strip of land on the west bank of the Peenestrom from Lubmin to the city Lassan.

On Peenemiinde in the north of the island 's oldest nature reserve of Pomerania in 1925 was reported. 1938, the Zern Insee in Swinoujscie. Between 1957 and 1971, more areas were put under protection (eg Gothensee, Streckelsberg ) whose area comprised about 2000 acres. From 1990 to 1998 several valuable landscape elements were saved as nature reserves. The total area of ​​the NSG is just under 5500 hectares today. Large parts of the island Usedom have already been declared a protected area in 1966. 1993, it was extended to the area of ​​the today's natural parks.

Natural Park in the sense of large-scale cultural landscape, the region was officially declared in December 1999. An information center, the Ruth and Klaus- Bahlsen - house, with showrooms, headquarters of the Nature Park - Management and of the town, located in the historic station building at the Bäderstraße of Usedom ( town). The construction was funded as part of an INTERREG project and completed in 2005.

The total area of the nature park covers 632km ². Approx. 25 % of this area is forested, almost 50% water, the rest area are agricultural land and settlements. The once extensive peat bogs are almost completely drained today and be used for agriculture. A special feature of the natural park is the high diversity of habitats in a small space. Thus one finds here the Baltic Sea beach and inland coast, cliffs and dunes, lakes and bogs, alder swamps, dunes pine and beech forests, meadows and fields, small villages and seaside resorts. The island of Usedom is one of the richest bird areas in Germany. In the natural park eagles nest, white storks, cranes and herons. The eutrophic shallow lakes such as the Goths and Schmollensee are ideal for the birds roosting and nesting sites. The nature park is easily accessible via the Federal Highway 110 from Anklam or the federal road 111 Wolgast and with the UBB web. At the edge of the Natural Park you will find the town of Heringsdorf with the districts Ahlbeck, Heringsdorf and Bansin.

Nature Reserves

Designated nature reserves ( NSG) within the Natural Park are:

  • Nature reserve Peenemiinde, Struck and Ruden, the largest nature reserve Usedom (3500 ha), since 1925
  • Big Island Wotig in Peenestrom at Kroslin, since 1990, 203 ha of salt marsh vegetation and bird sanctuary
  • Southern tip Gnitz, since 1994, 61 ha
  • Wockninsee at Ueckeritz, since 1958, 50 ha, partially silted Strandsee
  • Mümmelkensee, since 1957, 6 ​​ha, Moorsee between Schmollensee and the Baltic Sea beach
  • Peninsula Cosim the Balmer Lake, since 1996, 85 ha
  • Bird islands Böhmke and Werder Balmer Balmer Lake, since 1971, 118 ha
  • Gothensee, since 1958, 800 ha, shallow lake with fen Thurbruch
  • Golm, since 1958, 25 ha, the highest mountain Usedom (70m )
  • Zern Insee, since 1995 (1938 -63 ), 365 ha, silted lake and bog on the border with Poland
  • Streckelsberg to Koserow, since 1957, 34 ha, with the highest Kliffranddüne terminal moraine of the island ( 56m )
  • Small Krebssee, since 1996, 50 ha, between Schmollensee and Gothensee
  • Nature reserve island Görmitz, since 1998, 110 ha, bird island in the backwaters
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