Erlich (nature reserve)

Erlich nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Erlich nature reserve
location	Dettenheim , Graben-Neudorf , Philippsburg , Karlsruhe district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	2.8 km²
Identifier	2,225
WDPA ID	318368
Geographical location	49 ° 11 '  N , 8 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 10 '43 "  N , 8 ° 28' 35"  E
Setup date	March 27, 2003
administration	Karlsruhe Regional Council

Erlich is a nature reserve in the natural area Northern Upper Rhine valley in Baden-Wuerttemberg .

geography

The greater part of the protected area in the district of Karlsruhe is located in the Rußheim district belonging to the municipality of Dettenheim, around a quarter is located in the Neudorf district of the municipality of Graben-Neudorf, a small part north of the B 35 belongs to the district of Huttenheim of the city of Philippsburg.

description

The area was only designated as a nature reserve by ordinance on March 27, 2003 by the Karlsruhe Regional Council and has an area of ​​280 hectares. It is listed under the protected area number 2.225 and is classified in IUCN Category IV as a biotope and species protection area. The CDDA code is 318368 and also corresponds to the WDPA ID .

The main protection purpose of the nature reserve is the preservation, maintenance and promotion of floristic and faunistic rich areas close to the groundwater within the former meandering zone of the Rhine. The special diversity of adjacent and interlocking biotope structures and plant communities shaped by the influence of water make the area indispensable for supra-regionally significant occurrences of rare animal and plant species.

Red pochard and pochard in the Erlich nature reserve

Flora and fauna

The here preserved, characterized by high groundwater levels habitats with species-rich fen sites, lean wet and economic fields, reed beds, wet wastelands and alder woods were a refuge nationally critically endangered animal and plant species, in addition to various sedges, dragonflies, bog frog and newt were Bluethroat and Marsh Orchid found here.

See also

• List of nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg
• List of nature reserves in the district of Karlsruhe
• List of natural spatial units in Baden-Württemberg

literature

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

Web links

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

• Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas
• Description of the NSG Erlich at the Ministry for Rural Areas and Consumer Protection
• Grazing project with Nolana sheep at storchenhofnaturschutz.de
• HASSLER, Michael & SAND, Gerhard (2003): Natural history bibliography of the district of Karlsruhe. Version 3.03, as of July 1, 2003. - 107 S. AGNUS (Working Group for Nature and Environmental Protection) Bruchsal eV

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
2. ↑ § 3 Protection Ordinance of the Karlsruhe Regional Council of March 27, 2003, accessed on April 2, 2016
3. ↑ Appreciation of the "Erlich" nature reserve from March 27, 2003, accessed on April 2, 2016