Eybtal near Geislingen

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FFH area
"Eybtal near Geislingen"
Rock valley

Rock valley

location Cities Donzdorf and Geislingen an der Steige and communities Böhmenkirch and Kuchen in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier DE-7324-341
WDPA ID 555623514
Natura 2000 ID DE7324341
FFH area 18.357 km²
Geographical location 48 ° 39 '  N , 9 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 38 '48 "  N , 9 ° 53' 11"  E
Eybtal near Geislingen (Baden-Württemberg)
Eybtal near Geislingen
Setup date January 1, 2005
administration Regional Council Stuttgart
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The FFH area Eybtal near Geislingen is a protected area (protected area identifier DE-7324-341) in the German state of Baden-Württemberg that was registered in 2005 by the Stuttgart regional council in accordance with Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive). With the ordinance of the regional council of Stuttgart on the definition of areas of community importance of October 30, 2018, the area was determined.

location

The 1835.7 hectare protected area belongs to the natural areas 094- Middle Kuppenalb and 096- Albuch and Härtsfeld within the natural spatial main unit 09- Swabian Alb .

The FFH area is located east of Geislingen an der Steige on the markings of four cities and municipalities:

Description and purpose of protection

It is the deeply cut valley of the Eyb with ravine-like side valleys and adjoining plateaus with lime beech forests as well as slopes with beech forests and lime grasslands. There are 65 caves in the area, including the Mordloch, the third longest karst cave in the Swabian Alb.

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)
  
 1 %
N09 - dry grassland, steppes
  
 5%
N10 - Moist and mesophilic grassland
  
 7%
N16 - deciduous forest
  
 67%
N19 - mixed forest
  
 18%
N22 - inland rocks, scree and rubble heaps, sandy areas
  
 1 %
N23 - Other (including cities, villages, roads)
  
 1 %

Habitat types

According to Appendix 1 of the ordinance of the Stuttgart 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
5130 Formations of Juniperus communis on limestone heaths and lawns Juniper Heath 1.00
6110 Gap basophilic or lime pioneer lawn (Alysso-Sedion albi) Lime pioneer lawn 3.00
6210 Near-natural dry limestone lawns and their stages of shrubbery (Festuco-Brometalia) Lime grassland 1.72
6430 Moist tall herbaceous vegetation of the planar and montane to alpine level Moist tall herbaceous vegetation 0.80
6510 Lean lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorbaofficinalis) Lean, lowland hay meadows 10.00
7220 Tufa springs (cratoneurion) Tufa springs 0.50
8160 Calcareous debris heaps of the colline bismontane level of Central Europe Lime debris heaps 0.30
8210 Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation 3.15
8310 Caves that are not open to tourists caves 0.001
9130 Woodruff beech forest (Asperulo-Fagetum) Woodruff beech forest 872.70
9150 Central European orchid-lime-beech forest (Cephalanthero-Fagion) Orchid beech forests 171.10
9170 Bedstraw-oak-hornbeam forest Galio-Carpinetum Bedstraw-oak-hornbeam forest 5.90
9180 Tilio-Acerion canyon and slope mixed forests Mixed ravine and hillside forests 80.70

Contiguous protected areas

The FFH area is contiguous, it does not touch any landscape protection areas . Large parts are in the bird sanctuary 7422-441 Middle Swabian Alb . In the area lies the nature reserve No. 1212 Eybtal with parts of the Längen- and Rohrachtal valley .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The longest and deepest caves in Germany . Website of the Arge Höhle & Karst Grabenstetten. As of June 2019, accessed on October 12, 2019.

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