Great transitions in Donaumoos land reclamation (Bavaria, Germany) since the late 18th century – a palaeohydrological and historical perspective

Zielhofer, Christoph; Kaniecki, Marie; Köhler, Anne; Seeburg, Vera; Rollo, Arnela; Bergmann, Laura; Berg, Stefanie; Stammel, Barbara; Gudermann, Rita; Fletcher, William J.; Werban, Ulrike; Linstädter, Anja; Mehler, Natascha

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-105-2025

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Floodplain architecture of fluvial anthropospheres

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Great transitions in Donaumoos land reclamation (Bavaria, Germany) since the late 18th century – a palaeohydrological and historical perspective

Christoph Zielhofer, Marie Kaniecki, Anne Köhler, Vera Seeburg, Arnela Rollo, Laura Bergmann, Stefanie Berg, Barbara Stammel, Rita Gudermann, William J. Fletcher, Ulrike Werban, Anja Linstädter, and Natascha Mehler

Data sets

Historical mapping of canals and ditches and the Danube surface water area in the Greater Donaumoos Region over the last 235 years M. Kaniecki et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.973467

Short summary

This study presents a quantitative reconstruction over a 235-year time frame of the development of the natural Donaumoos fen and Danube River into an anthroposphere. The selected proxies are the Donaumoos drainage ditch length and the Danube surface water area traced through the multi-temporal analysis of old maps. A comparison of quantitative proxies with the state of research from written sources leads to the discovery of potential great transitions in floodplain and peatland transformation.