Ablach, quarry ponds and Waltere Moor

	FFH area ; "Ablach, Baggerseen und Waltere Moor"
	Sauldorf quarry ponds
location	Districts of Konstanz and Sigmaringen , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier	DE-8020-341
WDPA ID	555522085
Natura 2000 ID	DE8020341
FFH area	5.137 km²
Geographical location	47 ° 57 ' N , 9 ° 5' E Coordinates: 47 ° 56 '36 " N , 9 ° 5' 26" E
Setup date	January 1, 2005
administration	Regional councils Freiburg and Tübingen
particularities	four sub-areas

Waltere Moor

The Ablach, Baggerseen and Waltere Moor area is a protected area (protected area identifier DE-8020-341) registered by ordinance of January 1, 2005 by the Freiburg and Tübingen regional councils in accordance with Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive ) in the south of the German state of Baden-Württemberg . With the ordinance of the regional council of Freiburg on the definition of areas of community importance of October 25, 2018, the protected area was established.

location

The approximately 514 hectares (ha) large reserve "Ablach, lakes and Waltere Moor" is one of the natural area of the Danube Ablach plates . Its four sub-areas extend for the most part along the Ablachtal in two districts , three municipalities and one city :

District of Constance (262.0 ha)
- Municipalities of Hohenfels (123.3 ha = 24%) and Mühlingen (138.7 ha = 26%)
District of Sigmaringen (256.9 ha)
- Sauldorf municipality (195.2 ha = 38%)
- City of Meßkirch (61.5 ha = 12%)

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation of the Waltere Moors - the westernmost transition moor in Upper Swabia , the course of the Ablach river with its side waters and a small floodplain area south of Meßkirch.

Habitats

The diversity of dry and humid habitat types in the protected area is represented by, among other things, "lime-rich, nutrient-poor still waters with chandelier algae", "natural, nutrient-rich lakes", "flowing waters with flooding water vegetation", "whistle grass meadows", "lean flatland hay meadows", "transitional meadows" and swinging turf bogs ”and“ floodplain forests with alders, ash trees, willows ”.

Habitat classes



Non-forest areas with wooden plants, scrub, etc.			1 %
Deciduous forest			10%
Mixed forest			16%
Coniferous forest			15%
Moist and mesophilic grassland			25%
Inland waters, flowing and standing			20%
Bogs, swamps, vegetation on the banks			4%
drained terrain			1 %
Inland rocks, rubble and rubble heaps, sandy areas			1 %
other farmland			6%
Others (cities, roads, landfills, pits, industrial areas)			1 %

Contiguous protected areas

The FFH area "Ablach, Baggerseen and Waltere Moor" includes the " Obere Donau Nature Park " and the nature reserves " Waltere Moor " (3.157 and 4.133), " Schwackenreuter Baggerseen-Rübelisbach " (3.273 and 4.314) and " Sauldorfer Baggerseen " ( 3.198 and 4.235) designated as contiguous protected areas.

Flora and fauna

fauna

The following animal species , listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43 / EEC, are recorded in the protected area: river mussel ( Unio crassus ), dark blue bluebell ( Maculinea nausithous ), yellow-bellied toad ( Bombina variegata ) and bullhead ( Cottus gobio ).

Individual evidence

↑ Profile of the FFH area in the LUBW's list of protected areas

Web links

Commons : Ablach, Baggerseen und Waltere Moor - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Ordinance, data evaluation sheet and map in the profile of the FFH area in the LUBW protected area directory
The protected area in the European Environment Agency (European Environment Agency); English

[1] Profile of the FFH area in the LUBW's list of protected areas