Deggenhauser Valley

	FFH area "Deggenhauser Tal"
	View from Rubacker in south direction
location	Bodenseekreis , Sigmaringen district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	8.492 km²
Identifier	DE-8222-341
WDPA ID	555522169
Natura 2000 ID	DE8222341
Geographical location	47 ° 49 ' N , 9 ° 22' E Coordinates: 47 ° 48 '54 " N , 9 ° 21' 52" E
Setup date	January 1, 2005
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The Deggenhauser Tal area is a protected area (protected area identifier DE-8222-341) in the south-east of the German state of Baden, registered by ordinance of January 1, 2005 by the Tübingen Regional Council according to Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive) -Wuerttemberg . 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 approximately 812 hectare protected area Deggenhauser Tal is naturally part of the Upper Swabian hill country . Its 16 partial areas are at a height of 472 to 814 m above sea level. NHN and extend to 99 percent in the Bodenseekreis ( Deggenhausertal , Heiligenberg , Markdorf , Salem ) and one percent in the district of Sigmaringen ( Illmensee ).

The sub-areas include the area around Deggenhausertal, from Echbeck in the northwest to Untersiggingen in the southeast.

Habitats

The variety of dry and wet habitat types with open land and forest liver areas and rocks is evidence of glacial and post-glacial landscape development. The protected area is mainly characterized by the following habitats: artificial forests (25%), deciduous forest (24%), moist and mesophilic grassland (21%) and coniferous forest (11%).

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation of the Deggenhauser Aach valley with side valleys, valley slopes, edge heights and a diverse mosaic of use.

Contiguous protected areas

The following protected areas are part of the Deggenhauser Tal FFH area :

No.	Surname	Places	Area share [%]	image
LSG 4.35.032 LSG 4.37.025	Höchst A mountain range that defines the landscape on the main European watershed with an excellent view.	Deggenhausertal Illmensee	1

Flora and fauna

flora

Plants listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43 / EEC :

Yellow lady's slipper ( Cypripedium calceolus ); one of the most magnificent wild orchids species in Europe from the family of orchids (Orchidaceae)

fauna

Animal species listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43 / EEC:

Amphibians and reptiles
- Yellow-bellied toad ( Bombina variegata ), also called mountain toad ; belongs within the class of amphibians to the " primitive " family Bombinatoridae