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A detailed archive of seismic events mapped by proximity to this protected nature reserve

Großer Weidenteich Earthquake History and Recorded Regional Seismic Activity Records

Access a structured historical collection of recorded earthquakes localized within the vicinity of Großer Weidenteich in the Saxon Vogtland. This repository provides transparent access to event data, including magnitude, depth, and epicentre coordinates, calculated relative to the boundaries of the nature reserve. The records reflect documented regional seismic activity to support geographic and geological study of the area surrounding this managed pastoral landscape.

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Largest nature reserve in the Vogtlandkreis, a sheep-grazed open landscape of exceptional biodiversity.

Großer Weidenteich

Großer Weidenteich is a nature reserve (Naturschutzgebiet) in the Vogtlandkreis district of Saxony, Germany, and the largest protected area of its kind in the district. Established in 1994, it covers approximately 334.9 hectares of open countryside north of Kobitzschwalde (part of the municipality of Weischlitz) and east of Rößnitz (part of the municipality of Rosenbach/Vogtl.). Despite the name referencing a pond, the reserve is best understood as an open-landscape habitat maintained largely by sheep grazing, threaded with small pools and marshy patches that sustain an unusually varied flora and fauna. The reserve is recognized for its exceptional species richness, hosting nearly 700 butterfly species and about 150 bird species, of which roughly 70 nest within the protected area. Its ponds and wet depressions shelter threatened amphibians and dragonflies such as the northern crested newt, the large whiteface dragonfly, and the marsh frog, while the surrounding grasslands and shrub zones carry a diverse, traditionally managed plant community. As an IUCN Category IV Habitat/Species Management Area, Großer Weidenteich exemplifies the role of Saxon nature reserves in conserving open, semi-natural cultural landscapes and the species that depend on them. Its combination of water bodies, marshland, grassland, and shrub vegetation supports a mosaic of habitats that would not persist without active grazing management.

Location: Germany
Park type: Nature reserve
Established: 1994
Area: 3.3 km²

Großer Weidenteich Nature Reserve

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Examine historical earthquake observations around Großer Weidenteich

Großer Weidenteich’s collection positions reported earthquake epicentres around the Saxon reserve by calculated distance, without assigning seismic significance to its open meadows, ponds, grazing landscape, or bird habitat. Dates, magnitudes, depths, localities, sources, and reserve distances enable regional historical comparison without implying boundary occurrence, ecological effects, current risk, or recurrence.

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This page describes catalogued earthquakes associated with the park by epicentre location and distance. It does not establish causation, assess current danger, or predict future earthquakes.

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Once earthquake browsing around Großer Weidenteich concludes, the focus shifts from one Saxon nature reserve and open grazed landscape to other protected places. Their inclusion does not imply common reserve status, grassland character, geographic closeness, geology, recorded earthquakes, hazards, risk, land management, or comparable atlas coverage.

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Plothener Teiche Nature Reserve: Geographic Map and Protected Wetland Landscape Overview

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Kobersfelsen Nature Reserve Map and Geography

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Waschteich Reuth Nature Reserve

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Vernéřovské doly Geological Site

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Analyzing the ecological boundaries and Hercynian mountain mixed forest terrain

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Area: 0.185 km²
Established: 1961
IUCN: IV
Relief: Mountain

Am Riedert Nature Reserve Geography

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Examine the Mapped Landscapes and Ecological Diversity of Großer Weidenteich

Discover the structural details of this significant Saxon nature reserve. Through MoriAtlas, trace the distribution of its meadows and water bodies to understand how this protected habitat mosaic persists within the wider rural environment of the Vogtlandkreis district.

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