Egenhäuser Kapf with Bömbachtal

	Egenhäuser Kapf nature and landscape protection area with Bömbach valley IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Egenhäuser Kapf with information board.
location	Altensteig and Egenhausen in the Calw district , Baden-Württemberg
surface	150.3 ha
Identifier	2,150
WDPA ID	162850
Geographical location	48 ° 34 ' N , 8 ° 38' E Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '51 " N , 8 ° 37' 54" E
Sea level	from 540 m to 635 m
Setup date	December 20, 1991
administration	Karlsruhe Regional Council

In the northern Black Forest , about halfway between Freudenstadt and Calw , the Egenhäuser Kapf towers at 627 m above sea level. NHN as the highest point in the Bömbachtal; As the crow flies, around eight kilometers (north) west of Nagold and around three kilometers south-east of Altensteig , between the communities of Egenhausen and Walddorf .

The Kapf is largely home to the nature and landscape protection area Egenhäuser Kapf with Bömbachtal . Egenhäuser Kapf has been a landscape protection area since 1969, the current ordinance of the Karlsruhe Regional Council dates from December 20, 1991. The nature reserve with the number 2.150 has a size of 150.3 hectares, the supplementary LSG with the number 2.35.047 is 294.8 Hectares in size. The Kapf is located in the Obere Gäue and Schwarzwald-Randplatten natural areas and is part of the FFH area No. 7418-341 Nagolder Heckengäu . The former floor ore mine in the southeast of the area is a specialty .

Protection purpose

The protection purpose is the preservation, development and care of the typical natural landscape of the "Bösinger Wellenkalkplatte", the juniper heaths and semi-arid grassland as a habitat for typical, specialized animal and plant species as well as the numerous landscape elements such as light pine forests, hedges, orchards, farm meadows, quarries and stream valleys as a habitat for Endangered and threatened mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, butterflies, beetles and hymenoptera.

Flora and fauna

He is known, among other things, for the silver thistle , which is rare in these latitudes , which therefore also characterizes the coat of arms of Egenhausen. The following can also be found in the poor grasslands of the area: common cat paws and pyramidal dogwort . The endangered bird species red-backed killer and blackcap nest in the area . In addition, one can find the bat species little noctule bat and little whiskered bat .

literature

District Office for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Karlsruhe (Ed.): The nature reserves in the administrative district of Karlsruhe . Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2000, pp. 120-123, ISBN 3-7995-5172-7

District Office for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Karlsruhe (Hrsg.): Nature and landscape protection area Egenhäuser Kapf with Bömbachtal . Karlsruhe 1998 (leaflet)