Kortenbach near Froschhausen

Kortenbach nature reserve near Froschhausen IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Kortenbach near Froschhausen
location	Seligenstadt and Froschhausen , Hessen , Germany
surface	40.5 ha
Identifier	1438029
WDPA ID	318680
Geographical location	50 ° 3 '  N , 8 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 2 '47 "  N , 8 ° 56' 27"  E
Setup date	1998
administration	Lower nature conservation authority in the Offenbach district

The nature reserve Kortenbach near Froschhausen (NSG identification 1438029) is located in the Hessian district of Offenbach . It covers around 40.5 hectares of forest in the urban area of Seligenstadt .

Area description

The nature reserve Kortenbach bei Froschhausen is located between Seligenstadt and Froschhausen and in the south between the A3 motorway , the L 2310 state road and a golf course. In the NSG there are deciduous forests that are fresh to the ground and hardwood floodplain relic forests with valuable old stands; the area is traversed by the Werniggraben . The old white elms ( Ulmus laevis ) in the NSG are endangered by lowering of the groundwater.

Protection purpose

The purpose of the protection is to preserve and develop a forest consisting of freshly ground deciduous forests and hardwood floodplain relict forests with valuable old stands and the Werniggraben with adjacent agriculturally used areas as a habitat for numerous endangered animal and plant species.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Offenbach district

Web links

Commons : Kortenbach bei Froschhausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See community and land boundaries in the BürgerGIS of the Offenbach district
2. ↑ nature reserves. In: Kreis-offenbach.de. Retrieved September 20, 2018 . 
3. ↑ cf. Working group bat: Kortenbach near Froschhausen. Retrieved September 23, 2018 .