List of nature reserves in the Donau-Ries district

In the district of Donau-Ries , there are six nature reserves . The largest nature reserve is the Mertinger Hölle nature reserve established in 1984.

Surname	Identifier	details	position	Area hectares	date
Old Danube water near Leitheim	NSG-00471.01 WDPA: 162777	Kaisheim Groundwater-fed oxbow lake of the Danube under the steep slope of the Danube side near Schloss Leitheim with rich silting and water vegetation.	⊙	57.96	1992
Donaualtwasser Schnödhof	NSG-00468.01 WDPA: 162778	Marxheim Large oxbow lake / bank complex on the Danube with wide silting zones, remains of alluvial forest and poor meadow meadows. LK Neuburg-Schrobenhausen 58.62 ha, LK Donau-Ries 23.84 ha	⊙	82.46	1994
Mertinger hell	NSG-00208.01 WDPA: 164612	Mertingen Extensive remnants of the Donauried that used to reach here.	⊙	143.28	1984
Ofnet caves near Holheim	NSG-00207.01 WDPA: 82277	Holheim Dwelling cave of early humans in the Malmkalkfels.	⊙	7.61	1984
Creek	NSG-00283.01 WDPA: 165037	Harburg Largest Jura karst spring in Swabia in the Wörnitzschleife near Ebermergen with surrounding wet meadows along with reeds and bushes.	⊙	5.73	1986
Feldheim reservoir bird sanctuary	NSG-00159.01 WDPA: 82791	Niederönenfeld reservoir of the Lech just above its confluence with the Danube.	⊙	99.68	1982
Wet meadows Lierenfeld	NSG-00179.01 WDPA: 82207	Fürnheim Nasswiesen. Ansbach district = 6.61 ha Donau-Ries district = 0.07 ha	⊙	6.68	1983
Legend for nature reserve

Individual evidence

↑ Green list of nature reserves in Swabia. (PDF; 84 kB) Bavarian State Office for the Environment, December 31, 2014, accessed on May 23, 2016 .
^ Government of Swabia: Nature Reserves , accessed on October 5, 2015.