Great Stöckberg

	Großer Stöckberg nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Western slope of the hilltop with bushy stone bars
location	Hohenstein in the district of Reutlingen , Baden-Württemberg
surface	13.1 ha
Identifier	4,251
WDPA ID	163361
Geographical location	48 ° 20 ' N , 9 ° 19' E Coordinates: 48 ° 20 '4 " N , 9 ° 19' 21" E
Sea level	from 740 m to 770 m
Setup date	December 21, 1994
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

Großer Stöckberg is a nature reserve designated by the Tübingen Regional Council of December 21, 1994 with the number 4.251.

location

The nature reserve is located in the natural areas of the Mittlere Kuppenalb and Mittlereflächealb . It is a hilltop about 700 meters northwest of the Oberstetten district of the Hohenstein community . The protected area is part of FFH area No. 7621-341 areas around Trochtelfingen .

According to the regulation, the protective purpose is

the preservation of a hilltop, richly structured by hedges and field trees and typical of the landscape of the Middle Kuppenalb, which with its meadows and arable land, the semi-arid lawns in between and an adjacent pond is particularly rich in natural features,
the maintenance, care and improvement of hedges, field trees, hay meadows of various types and semi-arid grassland as a habitat for a species-rich world of birds and small animals, in particular butterflies and locust communities, including rare and endangered species,
securing the diverse biotope mosaic to preserve the attractive landscape,
the preservation, care and improvement of the Großer Stöckberg as a refuge for the flora and fauna in the surrounding agricultural landscape.

In the region 190 were about vascular plants demonstrated a floristic specialty is rare in Central Europe Narrow Meadow Rue . Of the 46 species of birds that are endangered species Tree Pipit , Red-backed Shrike , Whitethroat and Willow Tit to name. So far 36 butterfly species have been registered in the area. These include the blue white dagger, which is threatened with extinction in Germany, as well as the endangered blue blue ant .

Regional Council Tübingen (ed.): The nature reserves in the administrative district of Tübingen . Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-7995-5175-5 .

Commons : Großer Stöckberg 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