Auweiher (nature reserve, Ostalbkreis)

	Auweiher nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Viewing direction Rotach downwards
location	Ellenberg and Wört in the Ostalbkreis , Baden-Württemberg
surface	22.8 ha
Identifier	1,171
WDPA ID	162308
Geographical location	49 ° 2 ' N , 10 ° 15' E Coordinates: 49 ° 2 '21 " N , 10 ° 14' 49" E
Sea level	from 455 m to 460 m
Setup date	May 11, 1990
administration	Regional Council Stuttgart

Auweiher is a nature reserve designated by the Stuttgart Regional Council of May 11, 1990, with the number 1,171.

location

The nature reserve is located in the Swabian-Franconian Forest Mountains natural area and is about 1500 meters west of Wört in the Rotach valley , a tributary of the Wörnitz . The area is part of the FFH area No. 6927-341 Rotachtal .

Protection purpose

According to the ordinance, the protection purpose is the preservation of a pond with large areas of shallow water and siltation as well as extensive reed areas as a habitat for rare and endangered animal and plant species.

Flora and fauna

The occurrence of the marsh plant species small water lily and tongue buttercup is remarkable . From the group of water and marsh birds must Spotted Crake , Water Rail and bittern are highlighted.

literature

Reinhard Wolf , Ulrike Kreh (Hrsg.): The nature reserves in the Stuttgart administrative region . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-5176-2

Web links

Commons : Auweiher Nature Reserve (Ostalbkreis) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Profile of the nature reserve in the protected area directory of the LUBW with protected area ordinance and map