| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Administrative district(s) or town: | North-west Mecklenburg and the Hanseatic city of Wismar |
| Size: | 2.28 square kilometres |
| Reserve since: | 1990 |
| Location: | East of highway 106, the reserve lies just outside Wismar and is comprised of three districts. |
Fish ponds and fenwoods characterise the nature reserve. Furthermore, a section of the Wallenstein Trench, a water gap, belongs to the reserve.
The water area and the sedimentation zone are of great significance as a breeding and moulting ground for several swamp and water birds. Heron pochards, common pochards, red-crested pochards, teals, and querquedules breed here. Furthermore, there are colonies of black-headed gulls, black-necked grebes and common terns. The mud areas of drained ponds are resting grounds for the peewit and the European golden plover during their migration. Spoonbills and common pochards also take a rest on the ponds.
There is a hiking trail leading around the Mühlenteich (mill pond); strollers can observe the water birds from here and from the garden called “Viereggenhöfer Teich”.