Albtrauf Donzdorf - Heubach

FFH area "Albtrauf Donzdorf - Heubach"
location	District of Göppingen and Ostalbkreis , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier	DE-7224-342
WDPA ID	555521850
Natura 2000 ID	DE7224342
FFH area	25.333 km²
Geographical location	48 ° 44 '  N , 9 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 44 '10 "  N , 9 ° 52' 25"  E
Setup date	January 1, 2005
administration	Regional Council Stuttgart
particularities	Eight sub-areas

The area Albtrauf Donzdorf - Heubach is with regulation from 1 January 2005 by the Stuttgart Regional Council after the Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna and Habitats Directive) be trained reserve (reserve identifier DE-7224-342) of the East German State of Baden-Wuerttemberg .

location

The approximately 2,530 hectare (ha) large protected area " Albtrauf Donzdorf - Heubach" belongs to the natural areas of Albuch and Härtsfeld , Middle Alb foreland and Eastern Alb foreland . Its eight sub-areas are at an average altitude of 567  m above sea level. NHN and extend into two counties and seven municipalities:

• District of Göppingen - 34%
  • Donzdorf - 430.66 ha = 16%
  • Went on the Fils - 25.33 ha = 1%
  • Cake - 50.66 ha = 2%
  • Lauterstein - 379.99 ha = 15%
• Ostalbkreis - 66%
  • Heubach - 582.65 ha = 23%
  • Schwäbisch Gmünd - 531.99 ha = 21%
  • Waldstetten - 557.32 = 22%

description

The protected area "Albtrauf Donzdorf - Heubach" is described as "in the Upper Jura mountain ranges on the northern edge of the Swabian Alb with extensive natural deciduous forests as well as juniper heaths and rock formations, 84 caves and large meadows".

Protection purpose

The main protective purpose is the preservation of a landscape with extensive beech forests, juniper heaths and limestone grasslands, limestone cliffs and limestone pioneer grasslands, lean flatland hay meadows, occurrence of the great mouse-eared bat and Bechstein's bat as well as a strongly fragmented area of ​​the night eaves with rear erosion .

Habitats

The diversity of dry and humid habitat types in the protected area is described, among other things, by “flowing waters with flooding water vegetation”, “limestone grasslands”, “species-rich grasslands”, “ravine and hillside mixed forests” and “orchid-beech forests”.

Habitat classes

Non-forest areas with wooden plants, scrub, etc.			1 %
Deciduous forest			54%
Mixed forest			14%
Coniferous forest			4%
Moist and mesophilic grassland			16%
Reclaimed grassland			9%
Heath, steppe, dry grass			1 %
Different farmland			1 %

Flora and fauna

Yellow lady's slipper

May bird

The following species, described in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 2009/147 / EC and Annex II of Directive 92/43 / EEC, are of relevant importance for assessing the area:

flora

• Orchids (orchidaceae)
  • Yellow lady's slipper ( Cypripedium calceolus ), " Orchid of the Year " in Germany in 1996 and 2010

fauna

• Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
  • Fritillary butterfly or ash Scheckenfalter '( Euphydryas maturna )

See also

• List of FFH areas in Baden-Württemberg

Individual evidence

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

Web links

• Ordinance, data evaluation sheet and map in the profile of the FFH area in the LUBW protected area directory