Limberg (nature reserve)

"Limberg" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl in the district of Emmendingen , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	29.4 ha
Identifier	3087
WDPA ID	82964
Geographical location	48 ° 9 '  N , 7 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 9 '2 "  N , 7 ° 36' 10"  E
Setup date	16th August 1973
administration	Regional council Freiburg

Limberg is a nature reserve in the Baden-Württemberg community of Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl .

Characteristics

The nature reserve was designated by ordinance of the Freiburg Regional Council of August 16, 1973 and has a size of 29.4 hectares. It is listed under the protected area number 3.087. The CDDA code for the nature reserve is 82096 and corresponds to the WDPA ID .

Location and description

The protected area on the west side of the Limberg is located around one kilometer northwest of Sasbach directly on the Rhine. It is located in the natural area 200 - Markgräfler Rheinebene within the natural spatial main unit 20 - Southern Upper Rhine Lowland . It is part of the FFH area No. 7911-341 Kaiserstuhl and the bird sanctuary No. 7912-442 Kaiserstuhl .

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the protection of the largest and most closed occurrence of the downy oak forest (bush and high forest) in the Kaiserstuhl area and the remnants of the sedge-linden forest, a forest community that is very characteristic of the southern Upper Rhine area . The sedge-linden forest could only survive in those locations where the common beech could not penetrate it during its post-glacial immigration.

See also

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

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

Commons : Limberg 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

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