Höchst (landscape protection area)
The Höchst area is a landscape protection area designated by ordinance of April 19, 1938 in the Baden-Württemberg municipalities of Deggenhausertal in the Lake Constance district (LSG number 4.35.032, seven hectares ) and Illmensee in the Sigmaringen district (LSG number 4.37.025, fourteen hectares ) in Germany .
location
The contiguous area is a total of 21 hectares and naturally belongs to the Linzgau . It extends over a length of about one kilometer between the hamlets of Raubacker in the southeast, Lehen in the northwest and glassworks in the north, at an altitude of around 800 m above sea level. NN .
The eponymous mountain Höchst , whose highest point is a few meters north, is 837.8 m above sea level. NN the highest elevation in Linzgau and the highest elevation not belonging to the Swabian Alb in the district of Sigmaringen. The Rhine-Danube watershed , which is part of the main European watershed , runs over the highest .
Protection purpose
The main protection purpose is the preservation of a mountain range that defines the landscape with an excellent view.
Flora and fauna
flora
The highest in the foothills of the Alps is one of the few elevations of the Würm Ice Age that was not completely covered by glaciers. This is another reason why remnants of alpine vegetation have survived. Due to the cultural landscape of Upper Swabia and its agricultural management, these were pushed back to a few square meters.
See also
Web links
- Ordinance, data evaluation sheet and map in the profile of the landscape protection area in the protected area directory of the LUBW (Sigmaringen district)
- Ordinance, data evaluation sheet and map in the profile of the landscape protection area in the protected area directory of the LUBW (Bodenseekreis)
Individual evidence
- ^ Ordinance for the protection of parts of the landscape in the Illwangen district, Überlingen district office (Bodensee-Rundschau of April 30, 1938).
Altweiherwiese and Taldorfer Bach | Argenaue Reutenen | Lake Constance shore | Drumlin Biblis | Drumlin "Im Hasenbühl" and "Gegez" | Ice edge forms between Rebholz and Knellesberg | Ice Age rims of the Argental with Argenaue | End moraine cone Ebersberg with Mahlweiher | Terminal moraine "Height 585.1" between Gunzenweiler and Litzelmannshof | Terminal moraine wall and flat moor north of Rappertsweiler | Haldenberg | Heiligenberg | Hepbacher-Leimbacher Ried | Highest | Height 493.8 south of Tettnang near Schäferhof | Knellesberger moss | Lipbach Valley | Lippertsreuter area | Markdorfer Eisweiher | Salem Killenweiher | Sand pits or dredging pits north and west of the beer cellar | Lake district and hill country south of the Argen and Nonnenbachtal | Late Worm Ice Age terraces between Burnau, Prestenberg, Vorderreute, Buch and Krumbach | Steep edge and gravel field of the Argental south of the digester mill | Tettnang Forest with Hochwacht, Krüntenbühl, Reichenbühl, Argenhardter Kopf, Schoos and the steep edge of the Argental on the Schwandenbogen | Württemberg shore of Lake Constance - new version of the Friedrichhafen-West section | Württemberg shore of Lake Constance
Old cemetery | Altshausen-Laubbach-Fleischwangen | Booser-Musbacher Ried | Büttnau | Danube and Schmeiental | Former castle near Friedberg | Former castle near Heudorf | Enzkofer Ried | Highest | Altitude 646.4 south of Haid | Illmensee, Ruschweiler See and Volzer See | Part of the landscape at the Frauenkapelle | Laucherttal with side valleys | Lausheimer Weiher | Michelsbühlhöhe | Mission Mount | Mühlbachtal | Öhmdwiesen with bushes | Ölkofer Ried | Eastern edge of the Danube and Schwarzach valleys between Marbach and Riedlingen | Ried south of Luditsweiler | Rose garden | Ruhestettener Ried | Ruhestetter Ried | Schiller- and Kaiserhöhe | Gorge in the ground | Sießener See | Taubenried
Coordinates: 47 ° 49 ′ 10.9 ″ N , 9 ° 24 ′ 4.6 ″ E