Grüninger Ried

	Grüninger Ried nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	View from the Bigachtal-Klengen district towards Donaueschingen-Grüningen
location	Germany , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis , Donaueschingen
surface	10.8 ha
Identifier	3199
WDPA ID	163404
Geographical location	47 ° 59 ' N , 8 ° 28' E Coordinates: 47 ° 59 '29 " N , 8 ° 28' 5" E
Sea level	from 688 m to 694 m
Setup date	February 1, 1994
administration	Regional council Freiburg

The Grüninger Ried is a small nature reserve between the Donaueschingen district Grüningen and Brigachtal-Klengen in Baden-Württemberg. The fen is considered a “diverse, structurally rich mosaic of different types of wet meadows , fallow land , large sedge beds and reed beds ” and is home to a large number of protected plants and animals.

geography

The nature reserve is located in the natural area of the Baar . It extends in the lower Brigachtal over 10.8 hectares in north-south direction on the districts Klengen of the municipality Brigachtal and Grüningen of the city of Donaueschingen. It begins in the north approximately opposite the Klengen hamlet of Beckhofen with a half-hectare lake and ends in the south just before the outskirts of Grüningen. In the west, the nature reserve is separated from the banks of the Brigach by the Black Forest Railway embankment ; towards this episodically flooded part of the floodplain or even towards the course of the Brigach there is no superficial runoff. In the east, the area extends to an edge of the terrain, over which the adjacent lower left slope foot of the Brigachtal is used for arable farming.