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View of Haarmoos

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View of Haarmoos

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Location: Saaldorf-Surheim, Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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2. Salzach Riverside Cycle Path – Hammerauer Steg loop from Laufen (Oberbayern)

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3. Moor and Lake Trail – Surspeicher Reservoir loop from Schönram

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🇩🇪 Korbinian S

October 17, 2021

The hair moss is the largest meadow breeding area in southeast Bavaria and the last large meadow meadow landscape in the Berchtesgadener Land. Together with the Abtsdorfer See, the Haarmoos was declared a landscape protection area in 1979.

The most important meadow breeding area in southeast Bavaria

The Haarmoos is located west of the Abtsdorfer See in the communities Saaldorf-Surheim and Laufen im Rupertiwinkel is the most important meadow breeding area in southeast Bavaria. It has a total area of approx. 400 hectares and, as a wetland, is one of the most endangered habitats. The formation of hair moss began more than 10,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age, when the area it is today was covered by a shallow lake after the glaciers had melted. When the lake silted up, a low moor initially formed, which would normally have developed into a high moor. However, since the Prince-Bishop of Salzburg, Hieronymus, had the land usable for the farmers through drainage measures in the 18th century, a species-rich wetland was created.

Abtsdorfer See nature reserve

In order to reduce the disturbance of the birds during the breeding season and to protect rare plants, a route plan with visitor guidance measures was introduced in 1987. The meadow breeding areas may therefore not be entered from March 20 to June 15. The State Association for Bird Protection in Bavaria has bought around 50 hectares in Haarmoos and has created several sea lakes filled with groundwater. Rootstocks were milled out on a wet meadow to enable regular mowing.The mowing of the litter meadows is carried out by tractors with twin tires to better distribute the weight, and late in autumn, as many plants produce seeds late, birds provide cover and the caterpillars of the meadow button -Blue ants leave the plants and must have already got into an ant burrow. The main trenches are cleared every three years to allow further cultivation of the areas.

Animal and bird species in hair moss

The hair moss is the habitat of numerous, partly endangered animal and bird species:

Corn Corn (Crex crex)

Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)

Black kite (Milvus migrans)

Red kite (Milvus milvus)

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

Quail (Coturnix coturnix)

Gray bunting (Emberiza calandra)

Common Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

Curlew (Numenius arquata)

Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Darker - (Glaucopsyche nausithous) and Lighter Wiesenknopf blue ant (Glaucopsyche teleius)

Common Frog (Rana temporaria)

Narrow diaper snail (Vertigo angustior)

Plants in hair moss

The wet meadows in the hair moss are the habitat of various plant species, including:

Orchid

Globe flower (Trollius europaeus)

Cuckoo carnation (Lychnis flos-cuculi)

Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)

Fever clover (Menyanthes trifoliata)

Common cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos)

Great meadow button (Sanguisorba officinalis)

Hair moss hike

The Haarmoos hike leads once around the Abtsdorfer See and in a loop into the Haarmoos

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The hair moss

Haarmoos, 83416 Saaldorf-Surheim

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426 m

Starting point / parking lot

Am Abtsdorfer See, 83410 Laufen

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The meadow breeding areas may not be entered from March 20th to June 15th

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Location: Saaldorf-Surheim, Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

View of Haarmoos

1. Salzach Riverside Cycle Path – Saalach Riverside Cycle Path loop from Bad Reichenhall

2. Salzach Riverside Cycle Path – Hammerauer Steg loop from Laufen (Oberbayern)

3. Moor and Lake Trail – Surspeicher Reservoir loop from Schönram

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