Benzinger Berg

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Benzinger Berg nature reserve

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

Benzinger Berg with pit walls

Benzinger Berg with pit walls

location Dornstetten and Freudenstadt in the Freudenstadt district , Baden-Württemberg
surface 6 ha
Identifier 2.153
WDPA ID 162374
Geographical location 48 ° 27 '  N , 8 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '19 "  N , 8 ° 28' 17"  E
Benzinger Berg (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Benzinger Berg
Sea level from 630 m to 645 m
Setup date October 14, 1992
administration Karlsruhe Regional Council

Benzinger Berg is a nature reserve designated by the Karlsruhe Regional Council of October 14, 1992 with the number 2.153.

location

The nature reserve is located in the Black Forest-Randplatten natural area . It is located north of the Dietersweiler district of the city of Freudenstadt. Parts of the area are in the district of Aach in the Dornstetten municipality. The core of the area includes a clay pit of a former brickworks that was closed in the 1970s .

Protection purpose

According to the regulation, the protection purpose is:

  • the preservation and promotion of the wetland of the pit floor as a habitat and food space of a diverse, z. Partly endangered fauna and flora;
  • the preservation of the steep slopes and terraces of the former mining site as a "geological window" in the formation of the lowest shell limestone;
  • the maintenance and development of the meadows and pastures above the pit wall as a link and habitat between the bottom of the pit, steep wall and forest;
  • the promotion and development of the forest area into a species-rich, near-natural mixed stand and its protection as a water catchment area for the small water bodies of the mine bed fed by springs.

Flora and fauna

The protected lesser centaury thrives on the alternately moist to wet soils of the area . The small bodies of water on the bottom of the pit provide a habitat for the protected natterjack toad .

See also

literature

  • District Office for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Karlsruhe (Ed.): The nature reserves in the administrative district of Karlsruhe . Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-7995-5172-7 , pp. 240-242

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