Water grasslands
Water grasslands are meadows and pastures with a certain water flooding regime in order to 1. have an earlier (spring) harvest and 2. increase productivity.
Source: Elaborated by EUCALAND network for project purposes
Database entries forWater grasslands
Research: Zdeněk Kučera; upload: Bénédicte Gaillard: The entries are still in process
There are wetlands, waterlogging permanent pastures or meadows, but it is not controlled irrigation to increase agricultural productivity. Generally waterlogging meadows had been created by natural way. (High level of ground water, closeness of rivers or water reservoirs). Then water meadows have been created in places, where was interrupted melioration or after compacting of soil due to huge pressure… [Read more]
Research: Bénédicte Gaillard & Alexandra Kruse; upload: Bénédicte Gaillard: The entries are still in process
Most of these meadows have always been maintained by traditional and extensive practices such… [Read more]
Research: Alexandra Kruse & Michael Roth; upload: Bénédicte Gaillard: The entries are still in process
Water meadows are a traditional cultural landscape with origin in the 12th century. A system of small canals/ditches and small lakes (Weiher) have been created, in order to collect water from houses, streets and stables which shall be brought into the meadows in order to increase their… [Read more]
Research: NIBIO, Sebastian Eiter, Oskar Puschmann et al.; upload: Bénédicte Gaillard: The entries are still in process
The importance of irrigation for productivity of meadows and other farmland was early recognized politically. Subsidy schemes for irrigation were introduced from the early 20th century on, and became very… [Read more]
Research: Martina Slámová, Jana Špulerová et al; upload: Bénédicte Gaillard: The entries are still in process
