Cold field with Hornberg, Galgenberg and Eierberg
Kaltes Feld nature reserve with Hornberg, Galgenberg and Eierberg
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Cold field seen from Hornberg |
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location | Schwäbisch Gmünd and Waldstetten in the Ostalb district , Lauterstein in the district of Göppingen , Baden-Württemberg | |
surface | 6.344 km² | |
Identifier | 1205 | |
WDPA ID | 164010 | |
Geographical location | 48 ° 44 ' N , 9 ° 52' E | |
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Setup date | December 23, 1994 | |
administration | Regional Council Stuttgart |
Kaltes Feld mit Hornberg, Galgenberg and Eierberg is a nature reserve (NSG number 1.205) in the area of the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd and the municipality of Waldstetten in the Ostalb district and the municipality of Lauterstein in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg . With an ordinance of December 23, 1994, the Stuttgart Regional Council placed the area under nature protection.
location
The cold field is a plateau south of Schwäbisch Gmünd and Waldstetten and north of Lauterstein and at 780.9 m above sea level. NHN the highest point in East Württemberg . To the south of the Kalten Feld borders the Galgenberg , a little further away . The deeply cut Lauter separates Galgenberg and Kaltes Feld from the Alb plateau and allows the Galgenberg to appear from the south as a mighty mountain range. The Eierberg , northeast of Degenfeld , is separated from the Cold Field by the upper Lauter.
The nature reserve lies in the natural area 096 Albuch and Härtsfeld within the natural spatial main unit 09 - Swabian Alb . It is supplemented by the 2,869 hectare protected landscape area No. 1.36.021 Kaltes Feld to Rosenstein and is part of the 2,520 hectare FFH area No. 7224342 Albtrauf Donzdorf-Heubach .
Protection purpose
The protection purpose is the preservation and promotion of an extremely diverse landscape with extensive juniper heaths, small heather areas, near-natural forest areas, meadows and arable land as an ecologically particularly high-quality landscape area as well as a high-quality biotope network for warmth and drought-loving animal and plant species, which, through the networking of juniper heather, Limestone meadows, hedges and forest fringes is characterized. In addition, the habitats of a large number of animal and plant species and in particular a large number of threatened species and the particularly varied, attractive and typical landscape are to be protected.
See also
- List of nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg
- List of nature reserves in the Ostalb district
- List of nature reserves in the district of Göppingen
literature
- Reinhard Wolf , Ulrike Kreh (Hrsg.): The nature reserves in the Stuttgart administrative region. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-5176-2 .
Web links
- Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas