Kochertal between Westheim and Steinbach including Klingenbach and goat and donkey blades

Kochertal between Westheim and Steinbach including Klingenbach and goat and donkey blades IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Kochertal between Westheim and Steinbach including Klingenbach and goat and donkey blades (August 2008)
location	Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
surface	221 ha
Identifier	1,218
WDPA ID	164174
Geographical location	49 ° 4 ′  N , 9 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 4 ′ 20 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 25"  E
Setup date	1996

The nature reserve Kochertal between Westheim and Steinbach including Klingenbach as well as Geiß- and Eselsklinge lies on the territory of the communities Michelbach an der Bilz and Rosengarten and the city of Schwäbisch Hall in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg .

location

The area extends about ten kilometers west of the core town of Michelbach an der Bilz along the Kocher , which passes through the wide loops of its notched and notched valley in the Upper Muschelkalk, past old valley terraces and surrounding mountains, and also includes lower valley sections of some tributaries. The upper part of the valley is crossed by a county road, at the very bottom another county road runs from Tullau , otherwise there are only farm roads in the valley, some of which end on steep slopes and in front of damp valley meadows. In the west, the B 19 and the state road L 1055 in the east run over the valley, some of which are quite far apart.

meaning

The 221.0 ha area has been registered under the NSG no. 1.218 designated as a nature reserve. It is an “open, attractive, mostly agriculturally used floodplain with diverse flora and fauna,” a “locally important breeding and resting area for endangered and protected bird species.” There are “often very steep, mostly forested valley slopes and blades with z . T. very rare species in need of protection. The return of agriculturally used arable land in the Kocher floodplain in grassland and the conversion of non-site-appropriate conifer populations into natural, site-appropriate mixed deciduous forests are aimed for. "

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Schwäbisch Hall district

Web links

Commons : Kochertal between Westheim and Steinbach including Klingenbach as well as Geiß- and Eselsklinge  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• 1.218 Kochertal between Westheim and Steinbach including Klingenbach as well as Geiß- and Eselsklinge on lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de
• World Database on Protected Areas - Kochertal between Westheim and Steinbach including Klingenbach and goat and donkey blades (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas