Heuberg (nature reserve)

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Heuberg nature reserve

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

Pond in the NSG Heuberg. The two water-filled pits bear witness to the oil shale mining in World War II.

Pond in the NSG Heuberg. The two water-filled pits bear witness to the oil shale mining in World War II.

location Balingen in the Zollernalb district , Baden-Wuerttemberg
surface 7.5 ha
Identifier 4,287
WDPA ID 318537
Geographical location 48 ° 16 '  N , 8 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 15 '59 "  N , 8 ° 49' 51"  E
Heuberg (nature reserve) (Baden-Württemberg)
Heuberg (nature reserve)
Sea level from 600 m to 615 m
Setup date February 16, 1998
administration Regional Council Tübingen

Heuberg is a nature reserve with the number 4,287 designated by the Tübingen Regional Council of February 16, 1998 .

location

The nature reserve is located in the south-western Alb foreland and is about two kilometers southwest of the city of Balingen in the area of ​​the Kleiner Heuberg . The area is part of the FFH area No. 7718-341 Kleiner Heuberg and Albvorland near Balingen as well as the bird sanctuary No. 7718-441 meadow landscape near Balingen . The western pond is called Aufg. Quarry (western quarry) in Gewann Lange Hecke approx. 900 m N of Endingen and registered with the LGRB as a geotope with number 6412/5063 . The entire quarry floor is under water. A profile with a thickness of about 4 m is located on the east wall of the driveway.

Protection purpose

According to the ordinance, the main protection purpose is the preservation, improvement and care of a diversely structured area as a habitat for endangered, endangered and protected animal and plant species, as well as a culturally and historically significant landscape element. Of particular ecological importance here are:

  • the bodies of water with the vegetation attached to them
  • the reed stocks
  • the riparian wood
  • the slate walls
  • the tall herbaceous vegetation of moist and dry expression
  • the extensively used hay meadows
  • the fallow meadows
  • the bushes, woods, groups of trees and individual trees
  • the near-natural forest areas
  • the orchards.

Due to the extraordinary variety of interlinked and interlinked biotope structures, the area as a whole represents an important habitat for animal and plant species bound to still waters, extensively used open land, fallow stages and near-natural forest stands. In particular, it features rare amphibians, birds and wild bees - and dragonfly species.

Flora and fauna

Adder's tongue and Färber's notch thrive in the protected area . The two ponds provide habitat for crested newts and yellow-bellied toads . The endangered water rail breeds in the area and, among the dragonfly species, the glossy rush damsel should be highlighted. The endangered brown-scaly sand bee lives in the slate walls on the bank of the pond .

See also

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Heuberg nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://media.lgrb-bw.de/resources/link/gtk/gtk_5063.pdf Geotop profile