Landscape in Biesenthaler Becken Nature Reserve

The Biesenthal Basin is a nature reserve in the Barnim district in the southwest of the Brandenburg municipality of Biesenthal.The 990 hectare area is part of the Barnim Nature Park and includes a glacial landscape, recognizable by the hilly landscape with Kames and Zungenbeck lakes, including Mechesee, Hellsee, Liepnitzsee, Plötzensee, Regesesee and Streesee.The boundaries of the basin are determined in the east and south by the Barnim plateau, in the west by a terminal moraine from the Vistula Ice Age and in the north by the Eberswalder glacial valley. Run through the edge of the basin, which unite in front of Biesenthal to the Finow-Fließ. The Biesenthal basin is drained by the Finow flow system via the Eberswalder glacial valley to the Oder.The landscape was formed by dead ice in the Vistula Ice Age around 15,000 years ago. In addition, mixed deciduous forests, wet meadows and moors shape the landscape.As a fauna and flora habitat, the Biesenthal basin is part of the Europe-wide Natura 2000 protected area. Part of the NSG is owned by the NABU Foundation for National Natural Heritage. On the edge of the basin, the town of Biesenthal lies in the north, the village of Lanke in the west and the villages of Lobetal and Rüdnitz in the south.Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturschutzgebiet_Biesenthaler_Becken

A wonderful landscape between Biesenthal and Rüdnitz

This section of the Biesenthal basin, with its wide views and meadows, is in total contrast to the equally beautiful, narrow, enchanted swamp area of the NSG around the Hellmühler Fließ a little further to the north-west.