Giengener Alb and Eselsburger Tal

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FFH area
"Giengener Alb and Eselsburger Tal"
Brenz valley near Eselsburg

Brenz valley near Eselsburg

location Heidenheim district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier DE-7427-341
WDPA ID 555521926
Natura 2000 ID DE7427341
FFH area 9.911 km²
Geographical location 48 ° 36 '  N , 10 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 36 '16 "  N , 10 ° 13' 48"  E
Giengener Alb and Eselsburger Tal (Baden-Württemberg)
Giengener Alb and Eselsburger Tal
Setup date January 1, 2005
administration Regional Council Tübingen
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The FFH area Giengener Alb and Eselsburger Tal is a protected area (protected area identifier DE-7427-341) registered in 2005 by the Tübingen regional council in accordance with Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive ) in the German state of Baden- Württemberg . With the ordinance of the regional council of Tübingen on the definition of areas of community importance of November 5, 2018, the protected area was established.

location

The 991.1 hectare protected area belongs to the natural areas 096 - Albuch and Härtsfeld and 097 - Lonetal -flächealb within the natural spatial main unit 09 - Swabian Alb . It consists of several sub-areas around Giengen and Herbrechtingen and extends over the markings of six cities and municipalities in the Heidenheim district:

Description and purpose of protection

The protected area comprises the landscape of the Brenz and Urbrenz valleys with extensive juniper heaths and limestone grasslands, ravine and hillside mixed forests, wetlands and rock bastions in the river valleys and a large beech forest complex north of Herbrechtingen. There are 53 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

N10 - Moist and mesophilic grassland
  
 54%
N14 - Meliorated grassland
  
 2%
N15 - Other farmland
  
 4%
N16 - deciduous forest
  
 24%
N17 - coniferous forest
  
 2%
N19 - mixed forest
  
 10%
N21 - non-forest areas with wooden plants
  
 1 %
N23 - Other (including cities, villages, roads, landfills, pits, industrial areas)
  
 3%

Habitat types

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 and near-natural nutrient-rich still waters with spawning or frog-bite communities Natural nutrient-rich lakes 1.07
3260 Rivers of the planar to montane level with vegetation of the Ranunculion fluitantis and the Callitricho-Batrachion Running waters with flooding aquatic vegetation 28.81
5130 Formations of Juniperus communis on limestone heaths and lawns Juniper Heath 128.09
6110 Gap basophilic or lime pioneer lawn (Alysso-Sedion albi) Base-rich or lime pioneer lawn 5.95
6210 Near-natural dry lime lawns and their stages of shrubbery (Festuco-Brometalia) Lime grassland 160.59
6410 Pipe grass meadows on lime-rich soil, peaty and clayey-silty soils (Molinion caeruleae) Pipe grass meadows 0.20
6510 Lean lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) Lean, lowland hay meadows 10.99
8160 Calcareous debris heaps of the colline to montane level of Central Europe Lime debris heaps 0.32
8210 Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation 8.80
8310 Caves that are not open to tourists Caves and balms 0.14
9130 Woodruff beech forest (Asperulo-Fagetum) Woodruff beech forest 179.81
9180 Tilio-Acerion canyon and slope mixed forests Mixed ravine and hillside forests 36.14

Contiguous protected areas

Several landscape protection areas completely or partially overlap with the FFH area. The bird sanctuary no. 7427-441 Eselsburger Tal lies south of Herbrechtingen within the FFH area. The following nature reserves are in the FFH area:

See also

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