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Scheerweiher

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    July 6, 2020

    The 53 hectare Scheerweihergebiet is located north of the Ansbach district of Schalkhausen. Already in the Middle Ages the Scheerweiher was created as a fish pond by damming the Onolzbach and the HohenmĂĽhlbach.
    Its water was used to operate the ScheermĂĽhle until 1930. The pond developed into one of the most ecologically mature still waters in Middle Franconia.
    The very shallow pond is surrounded by broad rushes, cattails and reed beds. In the scissor-shaped brook valleys, the wet and scattered meadows are cultivated in small parts. Davall sedge, globeflower and broadleaf orchid are found here.
    More than sixty species of birds breed in the area, including the snipe, the water rail and the reed warbler. Notable guests are the lapwing, the red kite and the osprey.
    A pedunculate oak-hornbeam forest grows on Bocksberg, in which almost all native woodpeckers breed. Toads and newts use the nearby pond for spawning. Over five thousand toads form one of the largest populations in the Frankenhöhe natural area.
    The semi-dry turf on the slope below is grazed. Numerous dead wood beetles live in the striking old oak ponds, including the rare hermit.


    Further information is available here: regierung.mittelfranken.bayern.de/aufg_abt/abt8/NSG/abt83002_NSG_32.htm

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      May 30, 2021

      The water from the pond was used until 1930 to operate the ScheermĂĽhle, which was built in the 17th century

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        Location: Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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