Hardtwald north of Karlsruhe (landscape protection area)

Landscape protection area "Hardtwald north of Karlsruhe" IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
location	Graben-Neudorf , Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Linkenheim-Hochstetten and Stutensee in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	30.773 km²
Identifier	2.15.014
WDPA ID	321382
Geographical location	49 ° 2 '  N , 8 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '57 "  N , 8 ° 24' 54"  E
Setup date	October 15, 1962
administration	District Office Karlsruhe

Hardtwald north of Karlsruhe is a landscape protection area in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg .

Location and description

The approximately 3,077 hectare landscape protection area was created by collective ordinance of the Karlsruhe district office of October 15, 1962 for the protection of parts of the landscape in the Karlsruhe district .

The protected area is located north of the urban area of ​​Karlsruhe in the triangle between Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Stutensee and Graben-Neudorf . It belongs to the natural area 223- Hardtebenen within the natural spatial main unit 22- Northern Upper Rhine Lowland . The landscape protection area No. 2.12.005 Northern Hardt adjoin to the south. The area lies entirely in the FFH area No. 6916-342 Hardtwald between Graben and Karlsruhe and in the EU bird protection area No. 6916-441 Hardtwald north of Karlsruhe .

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is to preserve the largest contiguous forest area in the Rhine valley in its diversity, character and beauty as a self-contained habitat for animal and plant communities. At the same time, a local recreation area in the immediate vicinity of the city is to be sustainably secured. At the same time, the protected area essentially serves to support urban ecological functions, such as climate control, air regeneration, and immission reduction, and is at the same time a retreat for the flora and fauna that have largely been displaced from the urban area.

See also

• List of landscape protection areas in the district of Karlsruhe

Web links

• Profile of the landscape protection area in the protected area directory of the LUBW