List of natural monuments in the Ennepe-Ruhr district
The list of natural monuments in the Ennepe-Ruhr district is divided into:
- List of natural monuments in Breckerfeld
- List of natural monuments in Ennepetal
- List of natural monuments in Gevelsberg
- List of natural monuments in Hattingen
- List of natural monuments in Herdecke
- List of natural monuments in Schwelm
- List of natural monuments in Sprockhövel
- List of natural monuments in Wetter (Ruhr)
- List of natural monuments in Witten
According to Section 28 of the Federal Nature Conservation Act (BNatschG), natural monuments are legally binding individual creations of nature or corresponding areas of up to five hectares that require special protection
- for scientific, natural history or cultural reasons or
- because of their rarity, peculiarity or beauty.
The removal of the natural monument and all actions that could lead to the destruction, damage or alteration of the natural monument are prohibited in accordance with the more detailed provisions.
For the area of the Ennepe-Ruhr district, four landscape plans were drawn up in accordance with Section 16, Paragraph 3 of the Landscape Act (LG), which cover the entire district:
- Landscape plan for Witten, Wetter, Herdecke (legally valid since November 25, 1984)
- Landscape plan for Breckerfeld (legally valid since June 1, 1990)
- Landscape plan for Hattingen and Sprockhövel (legally valid since August 15, 1998)
- Landscape plan for Ennepetal, Gevelsberg and Schwelm (2010)
See also
- Ennepe-Ruhr district
- List of soil monuments in the Ennepe-Ruhr district
- List of architectural monuments in the Ennepe-Ruhr district
- List of nature reserves in the Ennepe-Ruhr district
- List of landscape protection areas in the Ennepe-Ruhr district
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- List of natural monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia
- List of nature reserves in North Rhine-Westphalia
- List of landscape protection areas in North Rhine-Westphalia
- List of FFH areas in North Rhine-Westphalia
- List of EU bird protection areas in North Rhine-Westphalia
Web links
Commons : Natural monuments in Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- NRW: Landscape plan statistics Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis. Overview of the development of the landscape plans.