List of landscape protection areas in the Rhein-Neckar district

In the Rhein-Neckar region there are 39 protected landscape areas. According to the protected area statistics of the State Agency for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg (LUBW), 40,625.59 hectares of the district area are under landscape protection, that is 38.26 percent.

Surname	image	Identifier	details	position	Area hectares	date
Dusk forest	BW	2.26.001 WDPA: 320271	Wiesloch alluvial forest.	⊙	56.0	1938-05-25
Koller Island		2.26.010 WDPA: 322264	Brühl Rheininsel.	⊙	264.0	1938-10-24
Schwetzingen meadows		2.26.012 WDPA: 324508	Brühl , Ketsch , Schwetzingen , Edingen-Neckarhausen Ecologically necessary supplementary room for the nature reserves "Schwetzinger Wiesen-Edinger Ried" and "Ofen-Riedwiesen".	⊙	354.3	1984-11-16
Schwetzingen palace gardens and surroundings		2.26.013 WDPA: 324506	Ketsch , Schwetzingen Well-known, historically important park from the time of the Elector, including the western foreland and historic hunting grounds on the Stern.	⊙	190.0	1952-08-08
Oftersheim dunes		2.26.014 WDPA: 323479	Sandhausen dune train, which continues the Sandhausen dunes.	⊙	7.2	1952-10-20
Eichtersheim Castle Park		2.26.015 WDPA: 324204	Angelbachtal castle garden with old trees.	⊙	6.4	1940-02-20
Steinsberg		2.26.016 WDPA: 324828	Sinsheim Section of a Kraichgau landscape with the highest mountain in the Kraichgau and a great wealth of morphological forms, which, in combination with the diverse, historically grown cultural landscape, creates a striking, attractive appearance. Extensive orchards, meadows, corridors, vineyards and arable land offer the local flora and fauna diverse habitats.	⊙	315.5	1959-06-16
Bergstrasse-Mitte		2.26.017 WDPA: 319892	Dossenheim Foothills of the Odenwald on the lower Neckar.	⊙	618.0	1973-01-15
Neckarhausen Castle Park		2.26.018 WDPA: 324207	Edingen-Neckarhausen Preservation of the park with its distinctive old trees	⊙	3.9	1979-04-20
Sandhausener dune, care Schönau-Galgenbuckel		2.26.019 WDPA: 324094	Sandhausen Typical post-glacial dune morphology, habitat of strongly threatened plant communities, rare flowering plants, fungi and rare insect fauna.	⊙	42.1	1979-12-11
Malscher Aue		2.26.020 WDPA: 322889	Malsch , Mühlhausen Additional room necessary for the NSG of the same name with z. Partly moist meadows and wooded areas.	⊙	47.0	1985-06-13
Neckar Valley II-Eberbach	BW	2.26.021 WDPA: 323145	Eberbach Attractive landscape of the Neckar valley with varied manifestations; excellent natural recreational fitness.	⊙	6,371.0	1983-04-14
Waibstädter Schwarzbachaue	BW	2.26.022 WDPA: 325503	Waibstadt 2 areas. Ecologically necessary supplementary room for the NSG of the same name; diversely structured valley landscape.	⊙	22.3	1984-07-27
Lower Neckar: Between Heidelberg and Ladenburg	BW	2.26.023 WDPA: 325328	Dossenheim , Ladenburg , Edingen-Neckarhausen Buffer and supplementary zone for the NSG "Unterer Neckar".	⊙	109.7	1986-12-17
Lower Neckar: northwest of the Ilvesheim loop	BW	2.26.024 WDPA: 325323	Ilvesheim , Ladenburg Buffer and supplementary zone for the NSG "Unterer Neckar".	⊙	38.2	1986-12-17
Lower Neckar: southeast of the Ilvesheim loop	BW	2.26.025 WDPA: 325324	Ilvesheim , Edingen-Neckarhausen Buffer and supplementary zone for the NSG "Unterer Neckar".	⊙	139.1	1986-12-17
Lower Neckar: West of the Ilvesheim loop	BW	2.26.026 WDPA: 325326	Ilvesheim buffer and supplementary zone for the NSG "Unterer Neckar".	⊙	15.7	1986-12-17
Walldorf meadows	BW	2.26.027 WDPA: 325636	Walldorf Extensive meadow areas, valuable biotope and evidence of a form of cultivation that is culturally and historically significant; Landscape with special recreational value in a heavily polluted area.	⊙	36.0	1987-03-31
Hockenheimer Rheinbogen		2.26.028 WDPA: 321656	Altlußheim , Hockenheim , Ketsch , Neulußheim Ecologically necessary supplementary area for the nature reserve of the same name; internationally important resting and feeding area for wintering bird species; important recreational area in the metropolitan area.	⊙	1,869.9	1990-01-29
Rohrwiesen and Gänswiesen	BW	2.26.029 WDPA: 323937	Hemsbach , Laudenbach Remnants of what was once a typical meadow and orchard landscape, as a climate protection zone, connecting area for amphibian migration; good suitability for relaxation and nature observation.	⊙	9.5	1988-10-24
Sand pit on the Grafenrain	BW	2.26.030 WDPA: 324092	Bammental , Mauer Well-structured agriculturally used areas such as orchards, meadows, pastures and bushes; landscape shaped by the prehistoric course of the Neckar; Buffer zone for the NSG of the same name.	⊙	15.2	1988-12-23
Gauangelbachtal	BW	2.26.031 WDPA: 320961	Dielheim , Wiesloch Deeply incised, meandering stream, valley with an alternately moist valley floor, steep valley flank; Woods along the banks, economic grassland, poor grassland, Großseggenried, orchards; Buffer and network function for 4 extensive natural monuments.	⊙	29.0	1989-03-02
Hilsbacher Bruchwiesen	BW	2.26.032 WDPA: 321613	Sinsheim Small-parceled, agriculturally used remains of the Bruchgrabenaue; the meadows, the moat, the creeks and ravines should be promoted in their function for recreation and nature observation.	⊙	22.0	1989-12-29
Neckarbischofsheimer heights	BW	2.26.033 WDPA: 323142	Neckarbischofsheim , Sinsheim , Helmstadt-Bargen Typical landscape of the Kraichgau hill country, characterized by valleys, cuts, gullies, hollows, rounded ridges and knolls with extensive mixed deciduous forests and corridors interspersed with orchards and bushes.	⊙	2,022.0	1990-05-14
Hochholz-Kapellenbruch		2.26.034 WDPA: 321641	Malsch , Rauenberg , Walldorf , Wiesloch For the NSG of the same name as a buffer and supplementary zone.	⊙	276.6	1993-11-27
Hoffenheim blade	BW	2.26.035 WDPA: 321675	Sinsheim buffer zone for the NSG of the same name and networking element between the parts of the NSG.	⊙	26.0	1992-12-21
Oftersheim dunes		2.26.036 WDPA: 323478	Oftersheim living space and retreat in the fields, in secondary biotopes and in the pine forests typical of the Hardt; Buffer function for the NSG of the same name.	⊙	164.7	1992-12-23
Nußloch meadows	BW	2.26.037 WDPA: 323324	Leimen , Nußloch , Walldorf , Wiesloch buffer and supplementary room for the NSG of the same name; Orchards and arable land; Recreation area.	⊙	51.7	1993-08-27
Gräbenwiesen, Spechbach, Weidichberg and Birkenwald		2.26.038 WDPA: 321139	Mühlhausen , Angelbachtal Buffer and supplementary room for the NSG of the same name; essential component of a biotope network with the NSG; Hedge trains, step borders and grassland - from semi-arid grass to wet meadows and sedge stands.	⊙	98.8	1993-12-15
Hirschacker and Dossenwald		2.26.039 WDPA: 321627	Schwetzingen Buffer and supplementary room for the NSG of the same name; The diversity and character of the forest in a densely populated area with regard to a good suitability for recreation - also to reduce the visitor pressure on the NSG - should be preserved and promoted.	⊙	51.4	1993-12-16
Damper	BW	2.26.040 WDPA: 320274	Nussloch buffer for the NSG of the same name and - especially through the grassland areas - networking between the sub-areas of the NSG.	⊙	13.3	1993-12-23
Odenwald		2.26.041 WDPA: 323445	Eberbach , Heddesbach , Heiligkreuzsteinach , Schönau Typical Odenwald landscape with deeply cut valleys, narrow floodplains, basins, blades, pronounced ridges, knolls, richly varied slopes, small terrain structures rich in shapes, wet areas such as springs, flowing waters with floodplains; Recreation area.	⊙	6,082.0	1996-11-26
Bergstrasse-North		2.26.043 WDPA: 319894	Dossenheim , Heiligkreuzsteinach , Hemsbach , Laudenbach The landscape of the mountain road as a transition zone between the flat lower route of the Rhine and the Odenwald, which is characterized by strongly moving terrain and extensive forests; meaningful recreational landscape.	⊙	6,500.8	2004-11-22
Altenbachtal and Galgenberg	BW	2.26.044 WDPA: 319526	Mühlhausen , Rauenberg Landscape with special recreational value for the general public; ensuring and restoring the efficiency of a balanced natural environment; the preservation and improvement of the usability of natural assets; the preservation of the diversity, uniqueness and beauty of nature and landscape is sought; serves as a buffer against impairments for the sensitive areas of the nature reserve and as a network of the isolated nature reserve parts.	⊙	44.5	1998-12-21
Neckar Valley I-Little Odenwald		2.26.045 WDPA: 323144	Bammental , Epfenbach , Neckargemünd , Reichartshausen River landscape of the Neckar and the low mountain range of the Little Odenwald, rich in relics, in its beauty, diversity and uniqueness; the maintenance or restoration of the free accessibility of the landscape and the essential maintenance of the forest-field distribution is sought; high recreational value for the general public	⊙	6,325.0	2002-07-12
Western Kraichgau		2.26.046 WDPA: 325840	Dielheim , Mühlhausen , Rauenberg , Angelbachtal Typical section of a Kraichgau landscape in its diversity, uniqueness and beauty with gentle loess hills, distinctive valley system, steep Keuper slopes, small geomorphological terrains such as sunken paths, terraces and embankments, a diverse land use as well as numerous forests interspersed in the corridor, Field trees, hedges, bushes, herbaceous fringes and grasslands as habitats for native wild fauna and flora.	⊙	930.0	2002-09-16
Tall wood	BW	2.26.047 WDPA: 321640	Walldorf , Sankt Leon-Rot Preservation and promotion of the forest area with its natural habitat typical star chickweed oak hornbeam stands, its old wood, its forest edge with the special vegetation of dry and warm locations and trees that characterize the landscape, its still water with reed areas and riparian trees and its ponds as well as the adjacent agriculturally used open spaces .	⊙	249.0	2003-11-26
Bergstrasse-Süd		2.26.048 WDPA: 344853	Bammental , Gaiberg , Leimen , Mauer Protection of the historically grown cultural landscape as well as the recultivated and renatured stone quarrying and post-mining landscape with valuable secondary habitats at the scenic intersection of the Hardtebenen, Bergstrasse, Sandstone-Odenwald and Kraichgau natural spaces.	⊙	2,716.0	2005-05-16
Lower and Middle Elsenz Valley		2.26.049 WDPA: 325358	Bammental , Gaiberg , Mauer , Meckesheim River landscape cut into the surrounding area, consisting of a sequence of narrow valley stretches and valley widenings, with floodplain, valley flanks, side valleys and individual elevations that have a striking effect on the river landscape; Blades, ravines, steep slopes, embankments and terraces; a flowing water system made up of rivers, streams and ditches with herbaceous and wooded borders, arable land interspersed with bushes, hedges, bushes, trees and rows of trees, individual, large-scale meadow areas and fruit trees, mixed deciduous forests on hilltops and steep slopes; ecologically necessary supplementary space for the nature reserves and extensive natural monuments and their fauna, in particular by maintaining the landscape and ecological unity of the Elsenz valley; high recreational value.	⊙	4,863.0	2006-07-21
Legend for landscape protection area