Enztal near Mühlacker

	FFH area ; "Enztal bei Mühlacker"
	Cliffs of the Enzschleife in the NSG rock gardens Mühlhausen
location	City of Pforzheim and 8 cities and municipalities in the districts of Ludwigsburg and Enzkreis in Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier	DE-7018-342
WDPA ID	555521778
Natura 2000 ID	DE7018342
FFH area	3.067 km²
Geographical location	48 ° 56 ' N , 8 ° 49' E Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '19 " N , 8 ° 48' 53" E
Setup date	January 1, 2005
administration	Karlsruhe Regional Council

The FFH area Enztal near Mühlacker is a protected area (protected area identifier DE-7018-342) in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg registered in 2005 by the Karlsruhe regional council according to Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive) . With the ordinance of the regional council of Karlsruhe on the definition of areas of community importance of October 12, 2018, the protected area was established.

location

The 3067.4 hectare FFH area belongs to the natural areas 123- Neckar basin , 124- Strom- and Heuchelberg , 125- Kraichgau and 150- Black Forest edge plates within the natural spatial main units 12- Neckar- and Tauber-Gäuplatten and 15- Black Forest . It lies between Ölbronn-Dürrn in the west and Vaihingen an der Enz in the east and extends over the markings of nine cities and municipalities.

City of Pforzheim : 30.6743 ha = 1%
Enzkreis:
Kieselbronn : 337.4178 ha = 11%
Maulbronn : 30.6743 ha = 1%
Mühlacker : 1165.6253 ha = 38%
Newcomers : 245.3948 ha = 8%
Niefern-Öschelbronn : 337.4178 ha = 11%
Ölbronn-Dürrn : 245.3948 ha = 8%
Ötisheim : 521.4639 ha = 17%
District of Ludwigsburg:
Vaihingen an der Enz : 153.3717 ha = 5%

Description and purpose of protection

It is the diverse landscape of the western Neckar basin with flood plains and impact slopes with dry grass and ledges. There are also large forests, meadow areas with pronounced soil moisture gradients and bog formation, as well as orchards. There are eight caves in the area.

Habitat classes

(general characteristics of the area) (percentage of total area)

Information according to the standard data sheet from the Official Journal of the European Union



N06 - inland waters (standing and flowing)			3%
N09 - dry grassland, steppes			2%
N10 - Moist and mesophilic grassland			29%
N14 - Meliorated grassland			1 %
N15 - Other farmland			7%
N16 - deciduous forest			32%
N17 - coniferous forest			2%
N19 - mixed forest			11%
N21 - non-forest areas with wooden plants			12%
N23 - Other (including cities, villages, roads)			1 %

Habitat types

According to Appendix 1 of the ordinance of the Karlsruhe Regional Council on the definition of areas of Community importance (FFH ordinance) of October 12, 2018, the following habitat types according to Annex I of the Habitats Directive occur in the area:

EU code	Habitat type (official name)	Short name	Hectares
3150	Natural eutrophic lakes with magnopotamion or hydrocharition vegetation	Natural nutrient-rich lakes	0.40
3260	Rivers of the planar to montane level with vegetation of the Ranunculion fluitantis and the Callitricho-Batrachion	Running waters with flooding aquatic vegetation	0.30
6210	Near-natural dry lime lawns and their stages of shrubbery (Festuco-Brometalia)	Lime grassland	38.14
6230	Species-rich montane grass grass (and submontane on mainland Europe) on silicate soils	Species-rich bristle grass lawn	0.60
6410	Pipe grass meadows on lime-rich soil, peaty and clayey-silty soils (Molinion caeruleae)	Pipe grass meadows	3.00
6430	Moist tall herbaceous vegetation of the planar and montane to alpine level	Moist tall herbaceous vegetation	5.35
6510	Lean lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorbaofficinalis)	Lean, lowland hay meadows	372.00
7220	Tufa springs (cratoneurion)	Tufa springs	0.20
8160	Calcareous debris heaps of the colline to montane level of Central Europe	Lime debris heaps	0.02
8210	Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation	Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation	1.00
8310	Caves that are not open to tourists	Caves and balms	0.001
9110	Grove beech forest (Luzulo-Fagetum)	Grove beech forest	147.00
9130	Woodruff beech forest (Asperulo-Fagetum)	Woodruff beech forest	413.60
9160	Subatlantic or Central European Pedunculate Oak Forest or Hornbeam Forest (Carpinion betuli)	Chickweed-oak-hornbeam forest	80.40
9170	Bedstraw oak hornbeam forest (Galio-Carpinetum)	Bedstraw-oak-hornbeam forest	11.10
9180	Mixed ravine and hillside forests (Tilio-Acerion)	Mixed ravine and hillside forests	1.10
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)	Alluvial forests with alder, ash, willow	32.30

Contiguous protected areas

The FFH area consists of numerous sub-areas. It intersects with several landscape protection areas . A smaller part of the area near Vaihingen is part of the Enztal Mühlhausen - Roßwag bird sanctuary and in the northern part there are areas in the Stromberg-Heuchelberg nature park

The nature reserves lie within the area

2221- Bauschlotter Au

1125- Enzaue near Roßwag and Burghalde

2096- Enztal between Niefern and Mühlacker