Diefenbacher Mettenberg

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The protected area (NSG) Diefenbacher Mettenberg in Baden-Württemberg Enz covers an area of approximately 3 hectares , for the Markung of sternenfels belongs. The nature reserve ordinance of the Karlsruhe regional council dates from December 21, 1979.

Diefenbacher Mettenberg Nature Reserve, November 1, 2017
Steppe lawn with anemone sylvestris on Mettenberg, April 22, 2017
Sand poppy ( Papaver argemone ) at Diefenbacher Mettenberg, April 22, 2017

location

The nature reserve is located in the Stromberg-Heuchelberg Nature Park on a vineyard slope southeast of Diefenbach (district of the municipality of Sternenfels). The NSG is part of the FFH area 7018-341 "Stromberg".

Protection purpose

For ecological and scientific reasons, an essential protection purpose is the preservation of the mountain top of the Mettenberg with its natural oak forest (Luzulo-Quercetum) and its steppe heather meadows in their uniqueness, diversity and beauty. The need for protection is particularly based on:

  • the importance of the area as a habitat of species-rich plant and animal communities;
  • the importance of the area as a site of rare and endangered plant species as Anemone sylvestris ( Anemone sylvestris ), Campion ( Lychnis viscaria ) and Speierling ( Sorbus Demestica ).

Animal and plant species

The Diefenbacher Mettenberg, which was temporarily secured in 1969 in the run-up to a reorganization of the vineyards and declared a nature reserve in 1979, is home to a large number of rare and endangered animal and plant species. Sand poppy ( Papaver argemone ), beautiful pippau ( Crepis pulchra ), sprouting rock carnation ( Petrorhagia prolifera ) and small-fruited camelina ( Camelina microcarpa ) can be found on the open soils of the slope edge .

The rough lawns are home to many treasures, such as the local orchids pyramid dogwort ( Orchis pyramidalis ), helmet orchid ( Orchis militaris ), purple orchid ( Orchis pupurea ) and buck 's tongue ( Himantoglossum hircinum ).

Other types of semi-arid grassland and fringes such as gentian ( Gentiana cruciata ), blood-red cranesbill ( Geranium sanguineum ), mountain clover ( Trifolium montanum ) and hill clover ( Trifolium alpestre ) emphasize the importance of the area.

Wire Schmiele ( Deschampsia flexuosa ) is typical of the acidic oak-hornbeam forest . Färber's notch ( Serratula tinctoria ) is a special feature . The Diefenbacher Mettenberg is the habitat of Bechstein's bat ( Myotis bechsteinii ), stag beetle ( Lucanus cervus ) and Russian bear ( Euplagia quadripunctaria ).

Maintenance measures

Protection and maintenance measures are laid down in a maintenance and development plan and by individual orders from the higher nature conservation authority (Karlsruhe Regional Council). At the edge of the forest and in the steppe lawns, parts of the area are mowed and any trees that emerge are removed.

See also

literature

  • District Office for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Karlsruhe (Ed.): The nature reserves in the administrative district of Karlsruhe. Ostfildern 2000.
  • Steffen Hammel: Thermophile Pechnelken- Fringe Societies ( Lychnis viscaria- Frames) in the Stromberg. In: Jh. Ges. Naturkde. Württemberg. Volume 150, Stuttgart 1994, pp. 77-92.
  • Steffen Hammel: About the occurrence of the great anemone ( Anemone sylvestris L.) in the Stromberg. In: Publ. Nature Conservation Landscape Management Bad.-Württ. Volume 68/69, Karlsruhe 1994, pp. 265-285.
  • Steffen Hammel: The orchids of the Stromberg and Heuchelberg. - magazine Zabergäuver., 1/2: 1-85. 2012.

Web links

Commons : Diefenbacher Mettenberg nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steffen Hammel: Himantoglossum hircinum (L.) Spreng. in Stromberg (Baden-Württemberg) - distribution, dynamism, nature conservation. In: J. Eur. Orch. Volume 28, No. 2, 1996, pp. 323-337.
  2. ↑ Regional Council Stuttgart (Ed.): Care and development plan for the FFH area 7018-341 "Stromberg" with EU bird sanctuary (VSG) 6919-441 "Stromberg" and VSG 7018-401 "Weiher bei Maulbronn". 2010.

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 '11.3 "  N , 8 ° 54' 4.3"  E