Clay pit on Heulenberg

	Nature reserve "Lehmgrube am Heulenberg" IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Pfinztal in the district of Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	9.1 ha
Identifier	2132
WDPA ID	164413
Geographical location	49 ° 0 ′ N , 8 ° 33 ′ E Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N , 8 ° 33 ′ 1 ″ E
Setup date	November 29, 1990
administration	Karlsruhe Regional Council

Lehmgrube am Heulenberg is a nature reserve in the municipality of Pfinztal in Baden-Württemberg .

Characteristics

The nature reserve was designated by ordinance of the Karlsruhe Regional Council of November 29, 1990 and has a size of around 9.1 hectares. It is listed under the protected area number 2.132. The CDDA code for the nature reserve is 164413 and corresponds to the WDPA ID .

Location and description

The protected area is roughly halfway between the Pfinztal districts of Wöschbach and Söllingen . It is located in the natural area 125- Kraichgau within the natural spatial main unit 12- Gäuplatten in the Neckar and Tauberland . It is largely enclosed by the landscape protection area No. 2.15.056 Pfinzgau .

Protection purpose

According to the Protected Area Ordinance, the main protection purpose is the preservation and design of the secondary biotope with wet areas, steep walls, raw soil areas, dry and ruderal locations, hedges and ecologically valuable forest eaves areas as a habitat for native animals and plants, in particular

as a spawning ground for endangered amphibians;
as a habitat for reptiles;
as the habitat of a species-rich insect world;
as breeding and feeding space for bird species that have become rare and
as an area of study for scientific research.

literature

District Office for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Karlsruhe (Ed.): The nature reserves in the administrative district of Karlsruhe . Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-7995-5172-7

Web links

Commons : Lehmgrube am Heulenberg nature reserve - collection of images, videos and audio files

Ordinance, data evaluation sheet and map in the profile of the nature reserve in the protected area directory of the LUBW

Individual evidence

↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

[DE_BFN-Karten-1] Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )