Ellwanger castle pond and surroundings

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Nature reserve "Ellwanger Schloßweiher and surroundings"

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

Castle pond Ellwangen.jpg
location Ellwangen (Jagst) in the Ostalbkreis , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface 63 ha
Identifier 1269
WDPA ID 378070
Geographical location 48 ° 58 '  N , 10 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 57 '53 "  N , 10 ° 9' 11"  E
Ellwanger Schloßweiher and surroundings (Baden-Württemberg)
Ellwanger castle pond and surroundings
Setup date October 6, 2006
administration Regional Council Stuttgart
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Ellwanger Schloßweiher and the surrounding area is a nature reserve in the area of ​​the Baden-Württemberg town of Ellwangen (Jagst) .

Characteristics

The nature reserve was designated by ordinance of the Stuttgart Regional Council of October 31, 2006 and has a size of 63.0 hectares. It is listed under the protected area number 1.269. The CDDA code for the nature reserve is 378070 and corresponds to the WDPA ID .

Location and description

The protected area is located near Ellwang Castle in the Stelzenbachtal. It encompasses the valley including the side slopes from the Stelzenbachquelle to shortly before the former castle mill. The stilt brook flows through the four castle ponds.

It is located in the natural areas 102- Foreland of the eastern Swabian Alb and 108- Swabian-Franconian Forest Mountains within the natural spatial main unit 10- Swabian Keuper-Lias-Land and is partially enclosed by the supplementary landscape protection area 1.36.016 Schloßberg Ellwangen and Schönenberg . The direct area of ​​the pond also belongs to the FFH area No. 7026-341 Virngrund and Ellwanger Berge .

Protection purpose

According to the Protected Area Ordinance, the main protection purpose is the preservation and promotion of a characteristic cultural landscape of the Ellwang hills and lakes with landscapes and habitats worthy of protection, in which numerous, even rare, plant and animal species occur.

Protection applies in particular:

  • The preservation and care of the beautiful landscape in the east of the historic town of Ellwangen with ponds, sheep pastures, orchards, old oaks, avenues, small forests and hedges;
  • The preservation and care of the castle ponds as cultural monuments from the time of the Ellwang Benedictine monastery, which established the millennial pond economy at the castle ponds and other such ponds, as well as the habitat of rare and endangered plant and animal species in their communities, including the shining water lily, which is acutely endangered in the country , also dragonflies, amphibians and birds, including the little grebe and kingfisher with their main distribution in northern Württemberg in and around Ellwangen;
  • The preservation and care of habitats that have become rare, such as wetlands, orchards, extensively used meadows and pastures, structurally rich deciduous forests and an abandoned Lower Jurassic quarry rich in fossils;
  • The maintenance of a quiet, urban recreation area for near-natural and nature-loving recreation without events that disturb the animal and plant world through noise or other events;
  • The conservation of the following species occurring in the area: tree falcon, kingfisher, red-backed killer, pochard, honey buzzard and little grebe.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Nature reserve Ellwanger Schloßweiher and surroundings  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )