Weberalten gravel pit

Nature reserve Kiesgrube Weberalten IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Germany , Baden-Wuerttemberg , District of Loerrach , Rheinfelden (Baden)
surface	6.318 ha
Identifier	3,242
WDPA ID	164083
Geographical location	47 ° 33 '  N , 7 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 32 '40 "  N , 7 ° 43' 51"  E
Setup date	11/17/1997
administration	Regional council Freiburg

The nature reserve Kiesgrube Weberalten is located in the municipality of Rheinfelden (Baden) in the district of Lörrach .

Characteristics

The nature reserve was designated by ordinance of the Freiburg Regional Council of November 17, 1997 and has a size of 6.3179 hectares. It is listed under the protected area number 3.242. The CDDA code for the nature reserve is 164083 and corresponds to the WDPA ID .

Location and description

The nature reserve Kiesgrube Weberalten is located in the municipality of Rheinfelden (Baden) in the Herten district with a total size of around 6.3 hectares. The nature reserve, a former gravel and slate pit , with a mosaic of very different location factors in a small area, enables a multitude of endangered animal and plant species, especially large numbers of dragonfly species.

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose of the nature reserve is the preservation of a former gravel pit and adjacent areas

• with a mosaic of different location factors in a small space,
• with a large number of endangered animal and plant species, in particular a large number of dragonfly species, some of which are extremely rare in the Federal Republic of Germany, and
• as a secondary habitat in a heavily sprawled and intensively used landscape.

Species inventory

The following species have been recorded in the nature reserve Kiesgrube Weberalten :

• Taller plants / ferns

Alisma lanceolatum (Lancet plantain), Alopecurus geniculatus (buckling foxtail), Carex pseudocyperus (Carex Pseudocyperus) Centaurium pulchellum (Small centaury), Dianthus carthusianorum (Karthaeuser carnation), Juncus filiformis (thread bulrush), Petrorhagia prolifera ( Sprouting rock carnation), Salix elaeagnos (lavender willow), Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail), Ulmus glabra (mountain elm)

• Dragonflies

Aeshna cyanea (hawker), Aeshna mixta (migrant hawker), Anax imperator (Grand Emperor Dragonfly), Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle) Coenagrion puella (Azure Damselfly) Cordulegaster boltonii (golden-ringed dragonfly), Crocothemis erythraea (Feuerlibelle) Ischnura elegans (Blue-tailed Damselfly) Ischnura pumilio (Small Pechlibelle) Lestes viridis (Weidenjungfer), Libellula depressa (Plattbauch), Libellula quadrimaculata (Vierfleck) Orthetrum albistylum (Eastern blue arrow) Orthetrum brunneum (Southern Blue arrow), Orthetrum cancellatum (Big blue arrow), Orthetrum coerulescens (keeled skimmer) Platycnemis pennipes (white-legged damselfly), Pyrrhosoma nymphula (damselfly) Sympecma fusca (Common winter damsel), Sympetrum danae (Black Darter), Sympetrum fonscolombii (red-veined darter), Sympetrum pedemontanum (Banded Darter ), Sympetrum sanguineum (Blood-Red Darter), Sympetrum striolatum (Great Darter) , Sympetrum vulgatum (common darter)

See also

• List of nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg
• List of nature reserves in the Lörrach district

literature

• Regional Council Freiburg (Ed.): The nature reserves in the Freiburg administrative region . Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-7995-5177-9 , pp. 459-461

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
2. ↑ Data evaluation sheet NSG 3.242 - Weberalten gravel pit LUBW

Web links

Commons : Nature reserve Kiesgrube Weberalten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas
• Map of the nature reserve Kiesgrube Weberalten on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )