Grafenberg (nature reserve)

	Grafenberg nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Exposure of the colored marl
location	Herrenberg in the Boeblingen district , Baden-Wuerttemberg
surface	23.9 ha
Identifier	1,022
WDPA ID	81748
Geographical location	48 ° 35 ' N , 8 ° 55' E Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '50 " N , 8 ° 55' 23" E
Sea level	from 470 m to 560 m
Setup date	July 31, 1995
administration	Regional Council Stuttgart

Grafenberg is a nature reserve designated by the Stuttgart Regional Council of July 31, 1995 with the number 1.022.

location

The nature reserve is located in the Schönbuch and Glemswald natural area . It is located on the southwest slope of the Schönbuch above the Kayh and Mönchberg districts of the city of Herrenberg and is part of the FFH area No. 7420-341 Schönbuch and the bird sanctuary No. 7420-441 Schönbuch . The entire mountain spur of the Grafenberg (approx. 6 ha) is owned by the Swabian Heimatbund .

Protection purpose

According to the regulation, the protection purpose is:

the maintenance of the near-natural, landscape-typical, dry, warm deciduous forest, steppe heaths, smooth oat meadows, orchards, wasteland and succession areas;
the development of non-typical forest stands to near-natural, dry, warm deciduous forest stands;
the conservation of the diverse biotopes as habitats for numerous rare and endangered plant and animal species;
the preservation of the particularly varied, charming and typical landscape of the southern edge of Schönbuch.

Flora and fauna

As floristic featured are "critically endangered" in Germany as classified Hungarian pea and in Baden-Württemberg than rated "at risk" Campion emphasized. A special faunistic feature is the March snail , which is considered to be endangered in Germany.

literature

Reinhard Wolf , Ulrike Kreh (Hrsg.): The nature reserves in the Stuttgart administrative region . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-5176-2
Nature conservation in the Böblingen district, published by the State Institute for Environmental Protection Baden-Württemberg in cooperation with the Böblingen district 1990, p. 81

Web links

Commons : Grafenberg Nature Reserve - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Profile of the nature reserve in the protected area directory of the LUBW with protected area ordinance and map