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

Commons : Rocks and hillside forests in the Altmühltal and Wellheimer Trockental (EU bird sanctuary)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 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

1. ↑ Topographic maps , Bavarian Surveying Office ( BayernAtlas )
2. ^ 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