List of nature reserves in the district of Göppingen

In Göppingen district there are 20 nature reserves. The Stuttgart Regional Council is responsible for the designation of nature reserves . According to the protected area statistics of the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg (LUBW), 2,887.55 hectares of the district area are under nature protection, that is 4.50 percent.

Nature reserves in the district of Göppingen

Surname	image	Identifier	details	position	Area hectares	date
Hausener wall		1,031 WDPA: 81839	Bad Überkingen Old landslide area of geological importance due to the natural exposure of the White Jura strata. Rich steppe heather and rock band flora with a rare fauna.	⊙	77.6	1971-11-08
Sterneck	BW	1,070 WDPA: 82641	Mühlhausen im Täle , Wiesensteig Scenically very attractive juniper heather; Habitat of rare heat-loving plants and animal species.	⊙	5.4	1979-02-22
Heide am Hillenwang	BW	1,074 WDPA: 81846	Gruibingen Heide am Albrand with rare flora rich in species.	⊙	19.0	1979-05-16
Upper mountain	BW	1,092 WDPA: 82267	Bad Ditzenbach , Deggingen Steppenheideverband in the area of a large, landscape-defining rock formation with debris heaps, a juniper heather and steppe heather forest with species-rich, characteristic flora and fauna.	⊙	18.1	1981-08-06
Autal		1,100 WDPA: 81342	Bad Überkingen Excellent canyon forest community on the northern slopes of the Autales, karst cave, karst springs with tuff formation and waterfalls; Schonwald (LWaldG § 32).	⊙	45.0	1982-03-19
Rohrachtal		1.105 WDPA: 82432	Geislingen an der Steige A nationally important wetland with a particularly high ornithological value.	⊙	12.8	1982-09-24
Northern Alb slopes: Ottenwang-Ungerhalde-Sommerberg		1,113 WDPA: 82254	Deggingen Particularly diverse community with wet areas with reed beds, tuff formations, limestone grasslands, steppe heather forest, ravine forest and diverse rock formations with correspondingly different plant and animal communities.	⊙	95.0	1983-03-29
Bärentobel		1,116 WDPA: 81361	Uhingen Very valuable gorge with side blades in the Schurwald with species-rich, near-natural flora, rock formations.	⊙	9.8	1983-10-10
Dalisberg	BW	1.170 WDPA: 162695	Bad Überkingen Diverse, richly structured landscape with heather, shrubbery zones, hedges, succession areas, meadows and steppe heather forest.	⊙	30.5	1990-10-24
Haarberg water mountain		1,175 WDPA: 163421	Deggingen Diverse, small-structured landscape with steppe heather forest, juniper heaths with limestone grasslands, dry grasslands, slope debris heaps, extensively used, species-rich meadows, sticky forest-like stands with spring areas and beech slope forest.	⊙	109.6	1990-12-04
Teufelsloch-Kaltenwang	BW	1,193 WDPA: 165865	Bad Boll , Gruibingen Ancient gorge system in the Lower Brown Jura with geological outcrops, natural deciduous forests, meadow meadows, streams, rocks, wetlands and springs with typical flora and fauna; Refuge for many threatened species; z. T. Bannwald (LWaldG § 32).	⊙	121.7	1993-04-08
Heldenberg	BW	1,198 WDPA: 163618	Donzdorf , Lauterstein Diverse, ecologically valuable landscape with heaths, hillside spring moor, wet and dry meadows, orchards, hedges, forest fringes and natural forest types - from ravine forests to forests on dry, warm locations; networked habitats of a large number of threatened animal and plant species.	⊙	213.5	1993-12-29
Play castle		1,204 WDPA: 165611	Göppingen Geologically interesting area with diverse, ecologically valuable and networked biotope types, such as - the only one in the area around Göppingen - larger limestone grasslands; Rocks, rubble heaps, rough lawns, woods, hedges, wetlands, deciduous forests and orchards; The diversity of biotopes results in a high diversity of flora and fauna.	⊙	31.2	1994-09-23
Cold field with Hornberg, Galgenberg and Eierberg		1.205 WDPA: 164010	Lauterstein , Schwäbisch Gmünd , Waldstetten (Ostalbkreis) Particularly diverse landscape with extensive juniper heaths, small heather areas, near-natural forest areas and meadows; high quality biotope network for warmth and drought-loving plant and animal species; Habitat for large numbers of threatened species.	⊙	634.4	1994-12-23
Eybtal with parts of the Längen- and Rohrachtal		1.212 WDPA: 163016	Böhmenkirch , Donzdorf , Geislingen an der Steige Extremely diverse, ecologically high quality landscape with various natural forest types, numerous canyon forests and blades, springs, streams, caves and rocks, forest fringes, hedges, orchards and wet meadows; natural, attractive landscape; networked habitats of a multitude of animal and plant species, especially a large number of threatened species.	⊙	1,331.0	1995-12-21
Gallows Mountain		1,241 WDPA: 318420	Bad Ditzenbach , Deggingen Typical section of the Alb landscape; Mosaic of juniper heaths with borders and succession stages, rock sites with steppe heather elements, near-natural forest communities, e.g. Partly in a culture-related form, forest fringes, field trees and hedges as well as extensively used farm meadows and pastures; Habitat of extremely diverse flora and fauna with numerous protected and endangered species; A recreation room with a high level of experience.	⊙	88.0	2000-11-14
Vögelestal and Oberes Lontal	BW	1,248 WDPA: 319258	Geislingen an der Steige Typical dry valley system with diverse hedge structures and field trees, species-rich juniper heaths, extensive meadows with areas of poor grass, stone bars and open rock formations; diverse community of the Middle Kuppenalb with numerous biotope-typical, rare, endangered and protected animal and plant species; varied and attractive landscape in an area important for recreation	⊙	89.5	2001-09-13
Rufstein slopes and surroundings		1,261 WDPA: 329602	Gruibingen , Mühlhausen im Täle A varied, attractive landscape section typical of the Swabian Alb; According to the Habitats Directive, the following habitats occur in the protected area: 5130 juniper heaths, 6210 limestone grasslands, 6510/6520 lean flatland hay meadows / mountain hay meadows, 9150 orchid beech forests. In the south of the nature reserve there is the priority appendix II - the Spanish flag butterfly species (Callimorpha quadripunctaria).	⊙	247.3	2004-07-15
Kornberg		1,262 WDPA: 329494	Gruibingen Particularly varied, charming and typical of the Swabian Alb landscape; serves in particular to preserve natural habitats and wild animals and plants according to the Habitats Directive such as 5130 juniper heaths, 6510/6520 lean lowland hay meadows / mountain hay meadows, 9130 woodruff beech forests, 9150 orchid beech forests.	⊙	189.8	2004-07-15
Kutschenberg-Heuschlaufenberg-Stürzelberg		1,281	Böhmenkirch Extensively grazed grasslands, the formation, interlocking and transitions of which are particularly diverse.	⊙	76.3	2017-12-15
Legend for nature reserve

literature

Reinhard Wolf , Ulrike Kreh (Hrsg.): The nature reserves in the Stuttgart administrative region . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-5176-2 , pp. 508-553 (Göppingen district).