Zillierbach
Habitat and ecology
The Zillierbach is home to a range of rare fish species, including the protected brown trout, which features on the coat-of-arms of the town of Wernigerode as well as that of the district of Harz. Besides trout, the stream also supports the minnow, the gudgeon and the loach. To improve the ecological environment of the Zillierbach a project was carried out from 2000 to 2002 by the German Foundation for the Environment, which envisaged five weirs with fish ladders in order to provide enable trout to negotiate the river more easily. The project was a significant factor in the town of Wernigerode being recognised for outstanding work in nature conservation as part of the competition to select the nation's "Conservation Capital" (Bundeshauptstadt Naturschutz).
See also
References
- ^ Press release by the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of 29.10.2007: Heidelberg wird Bundeshauptstadt im Naturschutz 2007 - Rastatt, Wernigerode, Wettenberg und Nettersheim für herausragende Leistungen im kommunalen Naturschutz ebenso ausgezeichnet
External links
- DBU project handout on the Zillierbach Project Archived 2011-11-20 at the Wayback Machine (pdf file; 104 kB) (in German)
- Wernigerode Fish and Water Conservation Association Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine (in German)