Birch pond with upper and lower wood ponds

	Birkenweiher nature reserve with Ober- and Unterholzweiher IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Undergrowth pond
location	Wört in Ostalbkreis , Baden-Wuerttemberg
surface	22.5 ha
Identifier	1,115
WDPA ID	81407
Geographical location	49 ° 2 ' N , 10 ° 18' E Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '49 " N , 10 ° 17' 57" E
Sea level	from 450 m to 460 m
Setup date	August 15, 1983
administration	Regional Council Stuttgart

Birkenweiher with Oberholzweiher and Unterholzweiher is a nature reserve with the number 1.115 that was designated by the Stuttgart Regional Council of August 15, 1983 .

location

The nature reserve is located in the natural areas of the Swabian-Franconian Forest Mountains and the Middle Franconian Basin . It is located about 1000 meters east of Wört in the Rotach valley, a tributary of the Wörnitz . The area is part of the FFH area No. 6927-341 Rotachtal .

In the almost completely forested area are the three ponds Oberholzweiher with 0.4 ha, birch ponds with 0.9 ha and underwood ponds with 0.3 ha, which drain towards the Rotach.

Protection purpose

According to the ordinance, the protection purpose is the preservation of a chain of ponds with large areas of shallow water and siltation, litter meadows and small wet areas within the forest as a habitat for a multitude of rare and endangered animal and plant species.

Flora and fauna

The occurrence of the water umbilicus , which was thought to be lost in Baden-Württemberg, should be emphasized . Also worth mentioning are the protected species of marsh stendrums , broad-leaved and spotted orchid , globe flower , marsh and wood lice and arnica . Of the bird species breeding in the area, the reed warbler and the little grebe, listed as endangered species in the Baden-Württemberg Red List, are to be mentioned.

Individual evidence

↑ State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )

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 : Birkenweiher nature reserve with Ober- and Unterholzweiher - 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

[DE-BW_LUBW-1] State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )