Kuppenalb near Laichingen and Lonetal

	FFH area "Kuppenalb near Laichingen and Lonetal"
	Laichinger Eichberg
location	Alb-Donau-Kreis , Reutlingen District , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier	DE-7425-311
WDPA ID	555623521
FFH area	17.94 km²
Geographical location	48 ° 31 ' N , 9 ° 54' E Coordinates: 48 ° 30 '58 " N , 9 ° 53' 40" E
Setup date	January 1, 2015
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The FFH area Kuppenalb near Laichingen and Lonetal is located in the east of Baden-Württemberg and is part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas . It was designated in 2015 through the amalgamation of four already existing FFH areas by the Tübingen regional council.

location

The Kuppenalb protected area near Laichingen and Lonetal, around 1794 hectares (ha) in size, is located in the natural areas of Mittlere Kuppenalb , Mittlereflächealb , Albuch and Härtsfeld and Lonetal -flächenalb . The 39 sub-areas are located in the communities of Amstetten , Beimerstetten , Bernstadt , Blaustein , Börslingen , Dornstadt , Laichingen , Langenau , Lonsee , Merklingen , Nellingen , Nerenstetten , Weidenstetten , Westerheim and Westerstetten in the Alb-Danube district and Römerstein in the Reutlingen district.

description

The area is strongly divided by a large number of small sub-areas and has a total extension of approx. 40 kilometers in a west-east direction. The nature of the landscape of the protected area is essentially determined by the numerous knolls, dry valleys and hollows of the Kuppenalb. Here you will mainly find poor, lowland hay meadows and grasslands, but also rocks.

history

By merging the original FFH areas 7423-343 "Areas between Laichingen and Donnstetten", 7524-342 "Alb around Nellingen / Merklingen", 7425-341 "Lonetal Kuppenalb", and 7526-341 "Western Lonetal-Area Alb", the protected area is now established “Originated. These have existed since 2005.

Protection purpose

Habitat types

The following habitat types according to Annex I of the Habitats Directive occur in the area:

EU code	*	Habitat type (official name)	Short name
3150		Natural eutrophic lakes with magnopotamion or hydrocharition vegetation	Natural nutrient-rich lakes
3260		Rivers of the planar to montane level with vegetation of the Ranunculion fluitantis and the Callitricho-Batrachion	Running waters with flooding aquatic vegetation
5130		Formations of Juniperus communis on limestone heaths and lawns	Juniper Heath
6110	*	Gap basophilic or lime pioneer lawn (Alysso-Sedion albi)	Lime pioneer lawn
6210		Near-natural dry lime lawns and their stages of shrubbery (Festuco-Brometalia)	Lime grassland
6230	*	Species-rich montane grass grass (and submontane on mainland Europe) on silicate soils	Species-rich bristle grass lawn
6510		Lean lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)	Lean, lowland hay meadows
6520		Mountain hay meadows	Mountain hay meadows
8210		Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation	Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation
8310		Caves that are not open to tourists	Caves and balms
9130		Woodruff beech forest (Asperulo-Fagetum)	Woodruff beech forest
9180	*	Mixed ravine and hillside forests (Tilio-Acerion)	Mixed ravine and hillside forests

Species inventory

The following types of community interest exist in the area:

EU code	Art	scientific name	Species group
1166	Crested newt	Triturus cristatus	Amphibians
1193	Yellow-bellied toad	Bombina variegata	Amphibians
1323	Bechstein's bat	Myotis bechsteinii	Mammals
1324	Great mouse ear	Myotis myotis	Mammals
1337	beaver	Castor fiber	Mammals
1381	Green broom moss	Dicranum viride	Mosses
1902	Yellow lady's slipper	Cypripedium calceolus	plants

Contiguous protected areas

The following nature reserves are part of the FFH area:

The Salenberg bird sanctuary is almost entirely within the FFH area.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Tübingen ^regional council (ed.): Management plan for the FFH area 7425-311 "Kuppenalb near Laichingen and Lonetal" and the bird sanctuary 7425-401 "Salenberg" . edited by Büro LANGE. July 17, 2015 (161 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).

Web links

Commons : FFH area Kuppenalb near Laichingen and Lonetal - collection of images, videos and audio files

Standard data sheet for the FFH area "Kuppenalb bei Laichingen and Lonetal"
Profile of the FFH area Kuppenalb near Laichingen and Lonetal in the protected area directory of the LUBW
Regional Council Tübingen (publisher): Management plan for the FFH area 7425-311 "Kuppenalb bei Laichingen and Lonetal" and the bird sanctuary 7425-401 "Salenberg" . edited by Büro LANGE. July 17, 2015 (161 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).

[MaP-1] Tübingen ^regional council (ed.): Management plan for the FFH area 7425-311 "Kuppenalb near Laichingen and Lonetal" and the bird sanctuary 7425-401 "Salenberg" . edited by Büro LANGE. July 17, 2015 (161 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).