Hardtwald between Karlsruhe and Muggensturm

	FFH area ; "Hardtwald between Karlsruhe and Muggensturm"
	Sandgrube nature reserve in Dreispitz-Mörsch
location	Stadtkreis Karlsruhe and five cities and municipalities in the districts of Karlsruhe and Rastatt in Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier	DE-7016-341
WDPA ID	555521772
Natura 2000 ID	DE7016341
FFH area	21.741 km²
Geographical location	48 ° 57 ' N , 8 ° 20' E Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '42 " N , 8 ° 20' 22" E
Setup date	January 1, 2005
administration	Karlsruhe Regional Council

The FFH area Hardtwald between Karlsruhe and Muggensturm is a protected area (protected area identifier DE-7116-341) registered in 2005 by the Karlsruhe regional council in accordance with Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive ) in the German state of Baden- Württemberg . With the ordinance of the regional council of Karlsruhe on the definition of areas of community importance of October 12, 2018, the protected area was established.

location

The contiguous FFH area of around 2,174 hectares belongs to the natural area 223- Hardtebenen within the natural spatial main unit 22- Northern Upper Rhine Lowland . It lies between Karlsruhe and Muggensturm and extends over the markings of six cities and municipalities.

Karlsruhe district : 217.4129 ha = 10%

District of Karlsruhe:

Ettlingen : 260.8955 ha = 12%
Malsch : 369.602 ha = 17%
Rheinstetten : 934.8757 ha = 43%

Rastatt district:

Bietigheim : 217.4129 ha = 10%
Durmersheim : 152.189 ha = 7%

Description and purpose of protection

It is the largest contiguous forest area on drift sand and inland dunes in the Karlsruhe agglomeration with large oak and oak-hornbeam forests and animal communities adapted to them. There is a gravel pit with rich submerged vegetation in the area. The Hardtwald is a traditional forest area with historical secondary uses such as pig fattening, litter removal, etc., as well as a traditional recreational forest. The most important area for the goat milker in Baden-Württemberg.

Habitat classes

(general characteristics of the area) (percentage of total area)

Information according to the standard data sheet from the Official Journal of the European Union



N10 - Moist and mesophilic grassland			3%
N16 - deciduous forest			39%
N17 - coniferous forest			17%
N19 - mixed forest			36%
N21 - non-forest areas with wooden plants			3%
N23 - Others			2%

Habitat types

According to Appendix 1 of the ordinance of the Karlsruhe Regional Council on the definition of areas of Community importance (FFH ordinance) of October 12, 2018, the following habitat types according to Annex I of the Habitats Directive occur in the area:

EU code	Habitat type (official name)	Short name	Hectares
3260	Rivers of the planar to montane level with vegetation of the Ranunculion fluitantis and the Callitricho-Batrachion	Running waters with flooding aquatic vegetation	0.68
9110	Grove beech forest (Luzulo-Fagetum)	Grove beech forest	203.91
9190	Old acidic oak forests on sandy plains with Quercus robur	Acid oak forests on sandy plains	10.31

Contiguous protected areas

The FFH area consists of seven sub-areas. It is partially congruent with the landscape protection areas 2.12.015 Südliche Hardt , 2.15.015- Hardtwald south of Karlsruhe and 2.15.055- Hardtwald near Ettlingen and Rheinstetten . Parts of the nature reserve 2203- Allmendäcker lie within the area .

Web links

Data evaluation sheet and map in the profile of the FFH area in the protected area directory of the LUBW
Profile of the Natura 2000 area 7016-341 Hardtwald between Karlsruhe and Muggensturm (FFH area) at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation