Hohenhewen (nature reserve)

	"Hohenhewen" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Engen in the district of Konstanz , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	39.1 ha
Identifier	3123
WDPA ID	81910
Geographical location	47 ° 50 ' N , 8 ° 45' E Coordinates: 47 ° 50 '11 " N , 8 ° 44' 53" E
Setup date	4th October 1982
administration	Regional council Freiburg

Hohenhewen is a nature reserve on the mountain of the same name in the Baden-Württemberg town of Engen in the district of Konstanz.

Characteristics

The nature reserve was designated by ordinance of the Freiburg Regional Council of October 4, 1982 and has a size of 39.1 hectares. It is listed under the protected area number 3.123. The CDDA code for the nature reserve is 81910 and corresponds to the WDPA ID .

location

The nature reserve includes the Hohenhewen mountain cone and is located around 1500 meters southwest of Anselfingen , a suburb of Engen. It is completely enclosed by the approximately 8,425 hectare protected landscape area No. 3.35,004 Hegau and is also part of the FFH area No. 8118-341 Westlicher Hegau , which is 1,879 hectares in size. The area lies in the natural area 030- Hegau within the natural spatial main unit 03- Pre-Alpine hills and moorland .

Protection purpose

According to the Protected Area Ordinance, the main protection purpose is the preservation of the Hohenhewen as a unique geological document that is of particular importance for the volcanic landscape of the Hegau in its diversity, peculiarity and beauty and as a habitat for a multitude of rare and endangered plant species, plant communities and animal species.

literature

District Office for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Freiburg: Nature reserves in the administrative district of Freiburg . Ed .: Regional Council Freiburg. 2nd Edition. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 978-3-7995-5174-8 . Pp. 352-353

Web links

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

Ordinance, data evaluation sheet and map in the profile of the nature reserve in the protected area directory of the LUBW

Individual evidence

↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

[DE_BFN-Karten-1] Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )