Kälberberg-Hochberg

	Kälberberg-Hochberg nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Calf Hill
location	Münsingen in the district of Reutlingen , Baden-Württemberg
surface	60 ha
Identifier	4,237
WDPA ID	163976
Geographical location	48 ° 25 ' N , 9 ° 28' E Coordinates: 48 ° 25 '18 " N , 9 ° 28' 0" E
Sea level	from 705 m to 771 m
Setup date	February 1, 1994
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

Kälberberg-Hochberg is one with Regulation of the Regional Council Tübingen been instructed from 1 February 1994 Nature Reserve with the number 4237.

location

The nature reserve is located in the natural areas of the Mittlere Kuppenalb and Mittlereflächealb . It lies between Dottingen and Münsingen and consists of three sub-areas: In the west lies the summit of the 752 m high Kälberberg , on the eastern edge rises the 756 m high Stürzel and in between is the 771 m high Hochberg . The semi -arid grassland of the area forms a biotope network with the semidrythic grasslands of the other nature reserves in the north of Münsingen: Höhnriß-Neuben , Seetalhalde-Galgenberg , Schopflochberg and Eckenlauh-Weißgerberberg . The area is part of FFH area No. 7523-311 Münsinger Alb and lies entirely in the Swabian Alb biosphere area .

Protection purpose

According to the regulation, the protection purpose is:

the preservation of the mountain peaks typical of the Mittlerer Kuppenalb with semi-arid lawns, juniper heath, field trees, hedges and stone bars, forest areas and individual agricultural grassland and arable areas in between,
the maintenance, care and improvement of large-scale, species-rich, semi-arid grasslands used as free pastures for sheep, with numerous rare and sometimes endangered plant and animal species,
the protection and maintenance of the free mountain tops as well as the adjacent, small-structured and diverse peripheral areas as a habitat for a species-rich plant and animal community and as a retreat for numerous species, especially small animals, from the surrounding agricultural landscape,
the maintenance of a spacious biotope network from the Trailfinger Gorge via the Schopflochberg, the Seetalhalde and the Galgenberg to other semi-arid grasslands in the north of Münsingen, up to and including Höhnriß in the west and Eckenlauh and Weißgerberberg in the east.

Flora and fauna

Flesh-colored orchid , which is highly endangered in Germany, grows in the area and there are populations of mountain grasshoppers , which are threatened with extinction in Germany.

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 : Kälberberg-Hochberg Nature Reserve - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Profile of the nature reserve in the protected area directory of the LUBW with protected area ordinance and map