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Lahn valley from Marburg to Wetzlar


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus LC winter (1997–2000) 5 birds C6
Corncrake Crex crex LC breeding (1997–2000) 4–9 pairs C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana LC breeding (1998) 1–2 pairs C6
Common Crane Grus grus LC passage (1997–2000) 500–1,000 birds B1i, C2, C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris LC winter (1997) 1–2 birds C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis LC resident (1995) 15–25 pairs C6

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Lahn valley from Marburg to Wetzlar Landscape Protected Area (-) -
1937 Westspitze Dutenhofener See Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1
1964 Totenberg Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) <1
1981 Auloch von Dutenhofen und Sändchen von Atzbach Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1
1988 Kiessee am Oberwasen bei Naunheim Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1
1991 Lahnaltarm von Bellnhausen Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1
1993 Auenverbund Lahn-Ohm Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) 7
1993 Auenverbund Lahn-Ohm Landscape Protection Area (V) 6
1994 Lumdatal bei Allendorf Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1
1996 Auenverbund Lahn-Dill Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) 26
1996 Auenverbund Lahn-Dill Landscape Protection Area (V) 26
1997 Unterm Wolfsberg Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1
1998 Totenberg Landscape Protection Area (V) <1
2002 Lahnaue zwischen Atzbach, Dutenhofen und Heuchelheim Naturschutzgebiet (IV) 3
2016 Lahntal zwischen Marburg und Gießen Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) 9

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial - Highly improved re-seeded landscapes; Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Ruderal land
Forest - Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest
Grassland - Humid grasslands; Mesophile grasslands
Shrubland - Scrub
Wetlands (inland) - Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
nature conservation and research -
tourism/recreation -
urban/industrial/transport -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lahn valley from Marburg to Wetzlar (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lahn-valley-from-marburg-to-wetzlar-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.