Schambachried Nature Reserve

Beaver territory and Schambachried nature reserve west of Treuchtlingen-Schambach, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, taken on September 27, 2008.  

The electricity pylon looks like a foreign object against the otherwise pristine moorland wilderness of the oldest nature reserve in Middle Franconia, the approximately 7-hectare Schambachried, which lies in a wide valley basin of the Schambach northeast of Treuchtlingen. Previous cultivation without fertilizers led to the development of many now endangered species of flora and fauna. In addition to the Eurasian water shrew, several very rare beetle species have been preserved here, including a rare ice age relict species.

(Hoch über Bayern, page 9)

(Update:  At the beginning of April 2023, the Schambachried made national headlines after parts of the moor were drained during unlawful excavation work commissioned by the city of Treuchtlingen, which lowered the water level in the moor and caused damage to the nature reserve. Source: Wikipedia)