Albtrauf Pfullingen

	FFH area ; "Albtrauf Pfullingen"
	Echaztal near Lichtenstein
location	District of Reutlingen , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier	DE-7521-341
WDPA ID	555521953
FFH area	36.787 km²
Geographical location	48 ° 27 ' N , 9 ° 16' E Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '44 " N , 9 ° 15' 50" E
Setup date	January 1, 2005
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The FFH area Albtrauf Pfullingen is a protected area (protected area identifier DE-7522-341) in the German state of Baden-Württemberg that was registered in 2005 by the Tübingen regional council according to Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive) . With the ordinance of the regional council of Tübingen on the definition of areas of community importance of November 5, 2018, the protected area was established.

location

The largely contiguous, 3678.66 hectare protected area belongs to the natural areas 094 - Middle Kuppenalb and 101 - Foreland of the central Swabian Alb within the natural spatial units 09 - Swabian Alb and 10 - Swabian Keuper-Lias-Land . It extends over the markings of four cities and communities in the Reutlingen district:

Eningen under Achalm : 735.73 ha = 20%
Pfullingen : 993.24 ha = 27%
Sonnenbühl : 294.29 ha = 8%
Lichtenstein : 1618.61 ha = 44%

Description and purpose of protection

The protected area extends over the Albtrauf in the Echaztal around Pfullingen with valley and plateaus. It is a striking landmark in Baden-Württemberg with geological significance. In addition, a certificate of traditional land use, e.g. B. for the use of orchards on the Albtrauf and poor grasslands on the plateau. Priority mixed slope forests, lean flatland / mountain hay meadows, lime pioneer lawns and lime lean lawns dominate. There are 43 caves in the area.

Habitat classes

(general characteristics of the area) (percentage of total area)

Information according to the standard data sheet from the Official Journal of the European Union



N07 - moors, swamps, bank vegetation			1 %
N10 - Moist and mesophilic grassland			17%
N15 - Other farmland			1 %
N16 - deciduous forest			70%
N17 - coniferous forest			2%
N19 - mixed forest			7%
N21 - non-forest areas with wooden plants			2%

Habitat types

The following habitat types according to Annex I of the Habitats Directive occur in the area:

EU code	Habitat type (official name)	Short name	Hectares
3260	Rivers of the planar to montane level with vegetation of the Ranunculion fluitantis and the Callitricho-Batrachion	Running waters with flooding aquatic vegetation	3.00
5130	Formations of Juniperus communis on limestone heaths and lawns	Juniper Heath	30.00
6110	Gap basophilic or lime pioneer lawn (Alysso-Sedion albi)	Base-rich or lime pioneer lawn	0.001
6210	Near-natural dry lime lawns and their stages of shrubbery (Festuco-Brometalia)	Lime grassland	146.62
6430	Moist tall herbaceous vegetation of the planar and montane to alpine level	Moist tall herbaceous vegetation	0.40
6510	Lean lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)	Lean, lowland hay meadows	387.50
7220	Tufa springs (cratoneurion)	Tufa springs	0.33
8160	Calcareous debris heaps of the colline to montane level of Central Europe	Lime debris heaps	2.00
8210	Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation	Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation	7.53
8310	Caves that are not open to tourists	Caves and balms	0.001
9130	Woodruff beech forest (Asperulo-Fagetum)	Woodruff beech forest	2234.40
9150	Central European orchid-lime-beech forest (Cephalanthero-Fagion)	Orchid beech forests	72.90
9170	Bedstraw-oak-hornbeam forest Galio-Carpinetum	Bedstraw-oak-hornbeam forest	4.90
9180	Mixed ravine and hillside forests (Tilio-Acerion)	Mixed ravine and hillside forests	21.90
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)	Alluvial forests with alder, ash, willow	2.60

Species inventory

The following types of community interest exist in the area:

EU code	*	Art	scientific name	Species group
1078	*	Spanish flag	Callimorpha quadripunctaria	Butterflies
1087		Alpine buck	Rosalia alpina	Beetle
1193		Yellow-bellied toad	Bombina variegata	Amphibians
1337		beaver	Castor fiber	Mammals

Contiguous protected areas

Several landscape protection areas completely or partially overlap with the FFH area. It is almost entirely in the bird sanctuary No. 7422-441 Middle Swabian Alb . Around half of the area lies in the Swabian Alb biosphere area . The following nature reserves are in the FFH area:

Individual evidence

↑ Regional Council Tübingen (ed.): Management plan for the FFH area 7521-341 "Albtrauf Pfullingen" . edited by INA Südwest. November 25, 2019 (191 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).

Web links

Commons : FFH area Albtrauf Pfullingen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Data evaluation sheet and map in the profile of the FFH area in the protected area directory of the LUBW
Regional Council Tübingen (Ed.): Management plan for the FFH area 7521-341 "Albtrauf Pfullingen" . edited by INA Südwest. November 25, 2019 (191 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).
Profile of the Natura 2000 area 7522-341 Albtrauf Pfullingen (FFH area) at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

[MaP-1] Regional Council Tübingen (ed.): Management plan for the FFH area 7521-341 "Albtrauf Pfullingen" . edited by INA Südwest. November 25, 2019 (191 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).