Rural
First Natural reserve of Alsace, classified by a decree of the Council of State of the June 11th 1982, the the small Alsatian Camargue is a vast marsh of more than 200 hectares (including 150 classified) managed by an association of ecologists, scientists and naturalists. Visited on June 24th, 2006 by the Minister for Ecology and Sustainable development Nelly Olin, the reserve passed to 902 hectares (717 of ground and 185 watery) the July 27th 2006 by Décret published to the Official journal. It integrates in particular the island of the Rhine, located between the river and the Large Channel of Alsace.
Localization
Located in the Sundgau, in the south of the plain of Alsace on the communes of Saint-Louis (district of Neuweg), Rosenau, Village-Nine, Bartenheim and Kembs, this reserve is opened with the public and has marked out paths. These paths are traced and maintained by a group German, French and Swiss pensioners, the Broken Arms , which also built many observatories in the reserve. It is crossed by the Augraben, the single affluent of the the Rhine to be thrown to it in the Département of Haut-Rhin. Besides this brook gives its name to the commune of Rosenau.
In its center is located the imperial Pisciculture of Huningue. Built under Napoleon III in 1852 for the breeding of the Salmon and the Trout, it was the first industrial pisciculture of Europe. Today, it is always in activity and contributes to the repopulation of the the Rhine. Other programs of reintroduction are also carried out in the small Alsatian Camargue, in particular one bearing on the Cistude S, an endemic species of tortoise of the Rhenish plain and which disappeared at the end of the 18th century.
The small Alsatian Camargue is also the only natural reserve of Metropolitan France to accommodate in its center a research station. Financed by funds Swiss and attached to the university of Basle, this research station undertakes many studies, in particular on the behavior of the nightingale.
The name of the small Alsatian Camargue is allotted to the Naturaliste L.P. Lutten, former editor association of Alsace.
Biodiversity
Flora
- 17 Carex
- 15 Orchis S
- 4 protected spaces with the national plan (iris of Siberia, superb Eyelet, daisy of the Saint-Michel)
- 35 with the regional plan (épipactis of the marshes, Oenanthe (plant) of Lachenal, staphylier)
- 600 species of Mushroom S
Fauna
- 40 species of Dragonfly S
- 35 species of Orthoptère S
- 237 species of Vertebrate S
- 12 fish
- 16 Amphibians (crested Triton, Bell ringer with yellow belly, Clamping plate calamite, green Tree frog, Frog of Lessona)
- 5 reptiles (Grass snake with collar, Lizard of the stocks, Lizard of the walls)
- 174 birds including 76 nicheurs (Kingfisher, black Milan, ashy Peak, Peak mar, dwarf Blongios)
- 30 mammals (Muscardin, Badger, Roe-deer, Wild boar, Rat of the harvests, Bats…)
To note that the reserve counts a herd of cows Highland imported Scotland.
Communes concerned
- Kembs
- Bartenheim
- Saint-Louis Neuweg
- Blotzheim
- Rosenau
- Village-Nine
Tourism
- House of the reserve: opened March at October the every day of 9:00 to 17:00
- Paths of discovered with observatories, accessible all the year
Gallery
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