Hornisgrinde beaver cauldron

"Hornisgrinde-Biberkessel" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
High moor on the Hornisgrinde
location	Sasbach and Sasbachwalden in the Ortenaukreis , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	95.1 ha
Identifier	3186
WDPA ID	163798
Geographical location	48 ° 37 '  N , 8 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 36 '33 "  N , 8 ° 12' 24"  E
Setup date	March 18, 1992
administration	Regional council Freiburg

Hornisgrinde-Biberkessel is a nature reserve in the Baden-Württemberg municipalities of Sasbach and Sasbachwalden in the Ortenau district .

Characteristics

The area was designated as a nature reserve by ordinance of the Freiburg Regional Council of March 18, 1992 and has a size of 95.1 hectares. It is listed under the protected area number 3.186. The CDDA code for the nature reserve is 163798 and corresponds to the WDPA ID .

location

The reserve is located in the summit area of ​​the Hornisgrinde around 2500 meters east of the Brandmatt district of the municipality of Sasbachwalden. It is located in the natural area 151- Grindenschwarzwald and Enzhöhen within the natural spatial main unit 15- Black Forest and lies completely in the 2,897 hectare FFH area No. 7415-311 Wilder See-Hornisgrinde and Upper Murgtal and in the bird sanctuary (SPA area) No. 7415-441 Northern Black Forest .

Protection purpose

The main protective purpose is the preservation of the Hornisgrinde as well as the cirque formation, which is characterized by karwand, karseen and moraine walls

• as a geologically as well as geological and landscape-historically significant natural phenomenon, in particular as evidence of the Ice Age glaciation,
• as a habitat for diverse, area-bound animal and plant communities with partially endangered species, in particular open rushes, bogs of various types, forest-free steep slopes and near-natural wood and forest stands,
• as a natural space of special character and
• as an excellent demonstration and research object in the natural sciences, in particular geology and biology.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Ortenaukreis
• List of nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg

literature

• Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Unit: Nature reserves in the Freiburg administrative region . Ed .: Regional Council Freiburg. 3. Edition. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7995-5177-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
2. ^ Alfred G. Benzing: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 169 Rastatt. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1964. →  Online map (PDF; 4.1 MB)

Web links

Commons : Hornisgrinde-Biberkessel nature reserve  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas
• Hornisgrinde-Biberkessel nature reserve - Environment theme park - Baden-Württemberg Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection and Energy
• Leaflet on the nature reserve Hornisgrinde-Biberkessel (PDF; 3 MB) - State Nature Conservation Administration Baden-Württemberg