Rocks and hillside forests in the Altmühltal and Wellheimer dry valley
Rocks and hillside forests in the Altmühltal and Wellheimer dry valley (ID: 7132-471) is the name of a European bird sanctuary in Bavaria . Within the framework of the Birds Directive ( Natura 2000 ) that came into force in 1979, it essentially serves to implement the Bern Convention and covers an area of 3,611 hectares .
The area is mostly in the Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt , and partly in the neighboring districts of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen ( Middle Franconia ) and Neuburg-Schrobenhausen (Upper Bavaria). It includes the south of the Franconian Alb with beech-rich hillside forests, rocks, grasslands , juniper heaths and sometimes wide floodplains, such as the Altmühltal or the Wellheimer dry valley . It is not a closed area, but consists of numerous smaller parts.
The bird sanctuary is located within the main natural area of the Southern Franconian Alb (082).
Web links
- Location of the bird sanctuary in the Bavarian Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( information )
- 7132-471 Rocks and hillside forests in the Altmühltal and Wellheimer dry valley. (EU bird sanctuary) Profiles of the Natura 2000 areas. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved November 28, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topographic maps , Bavarian Surveying Office ( BayernAtlas )
- ^ Franz Tichy: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 172 Nuremberg . Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1973. → Online map (PDF; 4.0 MB)
Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '49.1 " N , 11 ° 9' 8.4" E