Rückhaltebecken Stöhna, Nature reserve in Saxony, Germany.
The Rückhaltebecken Stöhna encompasses 293 hectares of wetlands, featuring reed beds, shallow water zones, islands, mudflats, willow thickets, and grassland areas.
The area emerged from a former open-pit mining site, transformed between 1972 and 1977 into a flood retention basin within the Untere Pleiße reservoir system.
The reserve carries the name of Stöhna village, which was removed in 1956 to accommodate the expansion of mining operations in this region.
The retention basin maintains a water surface of 2.33 square kilometers and functions with an earth dam reaching 8.5 meters above the valley floor.
This protected zone serves as a breeding, feeding, and resting location for wetland birds while managing water levels during flood events from the Pleiße River.
Location: Böhlen
Location: Rötha
Inception: 1999
GPS coordinates: 51.22830,12.39890
Latest update: March 3, 2025 09:43
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