Danube between Munderkingen and Ulm and northern Iller

	FFH area "Danube between Munderkingen and Ulm and northern Iller"
	The Iller near Illerkirchberg
location	Alb-Donau-Kreis , Biberach and Ulm districts , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier	DE-7625-311
WDPA ID	555624688
Natura 2000 ID	DE7625311
FFH area	11.89 km²
Geographical location	48 ° 22 ' N , 9 ° 58' E Coordinates: 48 ° 22 '22 " N , 9 ° 57' 59" E
Setup date	January 1, 2005
administration	Regional Council Tübingen
particularities	17 sub-areas

The FFH area Danube between Munderkingen and Ulm and the northern Iller is located in the east of Baden-Württemberg and is part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas . It was designated in 2015 through the amalgamation of three already existing FFH areas by the Tübingen regional council.

location

The approximately 1189 hectare protected area of the Danube between Munderkingen and Ulm and the northern Iller lies in the natural areas of the hill country of the lower Riss , Holzstocks , Unteres Illertal and Donauried . Its 17 sub-areas are located in the municipalities of Illerkirchberg , Illerrieden , Schnürpflingen , Dietenheim , Erbach , Oberdischingen , Öpfingen , Griesingen , Rottenacker , Ehingen an der Donau and Munderkingen in the Alb-Donau district , Schwendi and Wain in the Biberach district and in the independent city Ulm .

description

The nature of the landscape of the protected area is essentially shaped by the courses of the Danube and Iller rivers . It covers the entire course of the Danube between Munderkingen and Ulm as well as the parts of the Illertal in Baden-Württemberg between Illerrieden and where the Iller flows into the Danube. The Danube is strongly developed within the FFH area and provided with numerous barrages. The Donauaue is determined by intensively used grassland, which is structured by oxbow lakes and oxbow lakes.

The Illertal is defined within the area by steep valley slopes covered with sloping and ravine forests.

Both rivers are habitat for several strictly protected fish species such as asp , huchen and nerd .

According to the current state of knowledge, the area is home to the largest population of the petite pan snail in the Danube Valley in Baden-Württemberg.

history

The protected area was created by merging the original FFH areas 7724-341 “Danube between Munderkingen and Erbach”, 7625-341 “Danube Valley near Ulm” and 7726-341 “Illertal”. These have existed since 2005.

Protection purpose

Habitat types

The following habitat types according to Annex I of the Habitats Directive occur in the area:

EU code	*	Habitat type (official name)	Short name
3150		Natural eutrophic lakes with magnopotamion or hydrocharition vegetation	Natural nutrient-rich lakes
3260		Rivers of the planar to montane level with vegetation of the Ranunculion fluitantis and the Callitricho-Batrachion	Running waters with flooding aquatic vegetation
6210	*	Near-natural dry lime lawns and their stages of shrubbery (Festuco-Brometalia) (* special stands with remarkable orchids)	Lime grassland - orchid-rich stands *
6410		Pipe grass meadows on lime-rich soil, peaty and clayey-silty soils (Molinion caeruleae)	Pipe grass meadows
6430		Moist tall herbaceous vegetation of the planar and montane to alpine level	Moist tall herbaceous vegetation
6510		Lean lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)	Lean, lowland hay meadows
7220	*	Tufa springs (cratoneurion)	Tufa springs
9130		Woodruff beech forest (Asperulo-Fagetum)	Woodruff beech forest
9180	*	Mixed ravine and hillside forests (Tilio-Acerion)	Mixed ravine and hillside forests
91E0	*	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)	Alluvial forests with alder, ash, willow
91F0		Alluvial hardwood forests with Quercus robur , Ulmus minor , Fraxinus excelsior or Fraxinus angustifolia (Ulmenion minoris)	Hardwood floodplain forests

Species inventory

The following types of community interest exist in the area:

EU code	Art	scientific name	Species group
1037	Green hippopotamus	Ophigomphus cecilia	Dragonflies
1059	Light blue ant bluebird	Maculinea teleius	Butterflies
1061	Dark blue ant bluebird	Maculinea nausithous	Butterflies
1096	Brook lamprey	Lampetra planeri	Fish and round mouths
1105	Huchen	Hucho hucho	Fish and round mouths
1130	Asp	Aspius aspius	Fish and round mouths
1134	Bitterling	Rhodeus sericeus	Fish and round mouths
1160	nerd	Zingel nerd	Fish and round mouths
1163	Bullhead	Cottus gobio	Fish and round mouths
1166	Crested newt	Triturus cristatus	Amphibians
1193	Yellow-bellied toad	Bombina variegata	Amphibians
1324	Great mouse ear	Myotis myotis	Mammals
1337	beaver	Castor fiber	Mammals
1381	Green broom moss	Dicranum viride	Mosses
4056	Dainty poppy snail	Anisus vorticulus	Snails

Contiguous protected areas

The following nature reserves are part of the FFH area:

On the Bavarian side, the FFH area adjoins the Untere Illerauen .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Tübingen regional council (ed.): Management plan for the Natura 2000 area 7625-311 Danube between Munderkingen and Ulm and northern Illertal . edited by ILN Bühl. July 31, 2015 (136 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).

Web links

Commons : FFH area Danube between Munderkingen and Ulm and northern Iller - collection of images, videos and audio files

Standard data sheet for the FFH area "Danube between Munderkingen and Ulm and northern Iller"

Profile of the FFH area Danube between Munderkingen and Ulm and northern Iller in the protected area directory of the LUBW

Regional Council Tübingen (Ed.): Management plan for the Natura 2000 area 7625-311 Danube between Munderkingen and Ulm and northern Illertal . edited by ILN Bühl. July 31, 2015 (136 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).

[MaP-1] Tübingen regional council (ed.): Management plan for the Natura 2000 area 7625-311 Danube between Munderkingen and Ulm and northern Illertal . edited by ILN Bühl. July 31, 2015 (136 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).