Bargauer Horn

	"Bargauer Horn" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Bargauer Horn in winter
location	Schwäbisch Gmünd in the Ostalbkreis , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
surface	25.2 ha
Identifier	1009
WDPA ID	81363
Geographical location	48 ° 46 ' N , 9 ° 54' E Coordinates: 48 ° 45 '50 " N , 9 ° 54' 12" E
Sea level	from 570 m to 750 m
Setup date	May 9, 1939
administration	Regional Council Stuttgart

The Bargauer Horn is a nature reserve in the area of the Baden-Württemberg city of Schwäbisch Gmünd in the Ostalb district .

Characteristics

The area was designated as a nature reserve by ordinance of the Württemberg Minister of Culture of 9 May 1939 and has a size of 25.2 hectares. It is listed under the protected area number 1.009. The CDDA code for the nature reserve is 81363 and corresponds to the WDPA ID .

location

The protected area is located around two kilometers east of Weiler in the mountains , a district of Schwäbisch Gmünd , on a steep south-west slope. It is located in the 2,533 hectare FFH area no. 7224-342 Albtrauf Donzdorf - Heubach and is completely enclosed by the 2,887 hectare landscape protection area Kaltes Feld to Rosenstein .

The NSG Bargauer Horn lies on the border between the natural areas 096- Albuch and Härtsfeld (natural spatial main unit 09- Swabian Alb ) and 102- Eastern Alb foreland .

Protection purpose

On the southwest slope on the White Jura Beta and Gamma there are dry forests, juniper sheep pastures and groups of bushes. The abundant plant community of the steppe heath is of particular scientific and local value. The surroundings of the abandoned Weißjura quarry with many beautiful scree plants are also particularly valuable .

literature

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

Individual evidence

↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
^ Alfred G. Benzing: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 171 -Göppingen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1964. → Online map (PDF; 4.4 MB)

Web links

Commons : Bargauer Horn nature reserve - collection of images, videos and audio files

Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas

[DE_BFN-Karten-1] Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

[2] Alfred G. Benzing: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 171 -Göppingen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1964. → Online map (PDF; 4.4 MB)