Kreuzmoos

Kreuzmoos nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Southern area of ​​the Kreuzmoos nature reserve
location	Freiamt , Gutach , Emmendingen District , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	5.6 ha
Identifier	3.159
WDPA ID	164257
Geographical location	48 ° 11 '  N , 7 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '24 "  N , 7 ° 58' 42"  E
Sea level	from 680 m to 720 m
Setup date	October 9, 1986
administration	Regional council Freiburg

Kreuzmoos is the name of a nature reserve , a Gewanns , a neighboring farm, a hikers' home and a stream in the Middle Black Forest . The nature reserve includes wet meadows and a small sedge swamp as the easternmost location of an endangered subatlantic plant species.

geography

The Kreuzmoos nature reserve is located between the Schuttertal and the Elz valley , about 1.7 km south-southeast of the Hünersedel in the area of ​​the communities Freiamt and Gutach in the Emmendingen district in Baden-Württemberg .

geology

Gneiss form the geological subsoil for this area and thus provide the moderately alkaline soils .

Protected area

Characteristics

The area was designated as a nature reserve by nature conservation ordinance on October 9, 1986 and is managed under the protected area number 3.159 at the Freiburg Regional Council. It has a total area of ​​5.4 hectares and consists of two sub-areas. The northern area is in the municipality of Gutach in the Siegelau district , the southern area in the area of ​​the municipality of Freiamt. The protected area is classified in IUCN Category IV, a biotope and species protection area. The WDPA ID is 164257 and corresponds to the European CDDA code and the EUNIS number.

Protection purpose

The protection purpose "is the preservation of strongly declining plant communities with numerous, very rare and sometimes endangered species."

Flora and fauna

Fever clover (Menyanthes trifoliata)

The area is characterized by fens and wet meadow areas . Fens are rich in nutrients and offer ideal conditions for the heart leaf , the flea sedge , which is highly endangered in Germany , the round-leaved sundew and the greenish yellow sedge . The narrow-leaved cotton grass litter the wet meadows in early summer; Furthermore, the fever clover and the summer adonis can be found on particularly moist meadows. In late summer, the inconspicuous moor bells can still be discovered in the protected area , which in Baden-Württemberg has its only remaining habitat due to the abundance of rainfall in the Central Black Forest and the less intensive use of the meadows by mowing.

hike

The Kandelhöhenweg , a long-distance hiking trail run by the Black Forest Association , runs through the area . The Kreuzmoos hiking home is located to the west near the northern protection area.

See also

• List of nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg
• List of nature reserves in the district of Emmendingen
• List of natural spatial units in Baden-Württemberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas
2. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
3. ↑ § 3 Protection Ordinance of the Freiburg Regional Council of October 9, 1986, accessed on March 26, 2013.
4. ^ Department for nature conservation and landscape management: nature reserves in the administrative district of Freiburg . Ed .: Regional Council Freiburg. 3. Edition. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7995-5177-9 , pp. 284-285 .

literature

• Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Unit: Nature reserves in the Freiburg administrative region . Ed .: Regional Council Freiburg. 3. Edition. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7995-5177-9 .

Web links

• Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas