Leidenrain

Leidenrain nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
View from the NSG Leidenrain over the Mainschleife to the Kingdom of Heaven (2011)
location	Wertheim , Main-Tauber-Kreis , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	29.7 ha
Identifier	1,041
WDPA ID	82083
Geographical location	49 ° 45 '  N , 9 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 45 '12 "  N , 9 ° 33' 2"  E
Setup date	May 8, 1942
administration	Regional Council Stuttgart

The Leidenrain is a nature reserve in Wertheim in the Main-Tauber district in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

The nature reserve lies within the boundaries of the city of Wertheim.

history

With an ordinance of the regional council of Stuttgart on the nature reserve Leidenrain from May 8th 1942 the reserve was designated. This makes it the oldest nature reserve in the Main-Tauber district .

Protection purpose

With the protection status, eyrie trees for gray herons are to be protected. In addition, the remaining high forest remains are to be preserved for re-colonization by the gray heron. In this area, the floristically and ecologically important forest communities are also in need of protection (regional council Stuttgart).

description

The Main between Urphar and Eichel / Hofgarten , on the left side of the slope the Leidenrain nature reserve (2010)

flora

Leiden Rain is characterized by a melic - Buchwald with 100-year-old oak and a small-leaved lime-rich Niederwalddenkmal . The area lies on a steep eastern slope to the Main .

fauna

There used to be a colony of gray herons in the area.

See also

• List of nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg
• List of nature reserves in the Main-Tauber district
• List of landscape protection areas in the Main-Tauber district
• List of natural spatial units in Baden-Württemberg

literature

• Reinhard Wolf , Ulrike Kreh (Hrsg.): The nature reserves in the Stuttgart administrative region. Updated new edition. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-5176-2 , p. 350 f. (Leidenrain).

Web links

Commons : Leidenrain Nature Reserve  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve Leidenrain: Profile of the nature reserve in the protected area directory of the LUBW

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Reinhard Wolf, Ulrike Kreh (ed.): The nature reserves in the Stuttgart administrative region. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007, p. 350 f. (Leidenrain).
2. ↑ ^{a b} State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg : 1.041 Leidenrain. In: lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de, accessed on January 3, 2018.