List of nature reserves in the district of Giessen

In Hesse Gießen district there are the following protected areas :

Surname	image	Identifier	details	position	Area hectares	date
Eberstein	BW	1531001 WDPA: 81569	Biebertal	⊙	3.22	1957
Giessen mining forest		1531002 WDPA: 81727	Linden, pouring	⊙	82.11	1976
Hangelstein		1531003 WDPA: 81820	Giessen-Wieseck	⊙	106.38	1976
Caraway Mountain	BW	1531004 WDPA: 164298	Langgöns	⊙	12.37	1976
Lindenberg near Birklar		1531005 WDPA: 82101	Lich	⊙	4.3	1940
Weirwood		1531007 WDPA: 82873	Langgöns	⊙	27.26	1976
On the Jossoller near Hattenrod	BW	1531008 WDPA: 81309	Reiskirchen	⊙	12.5	1982
At the Wallenberg near Villingen	BW	1531009 WDPA: 162196	Hunger	⊙	7.81	1982
Wood forest near Krofdorf-Gleiberg	BW	1531010 WDPA: 81929	Wettenberg	⊙	9.13	1983
Langsdorf community lake		1531011 WDPA: 163225	Lich	⊙	17.89	1984
Sickler pond near Londorf		1531012 WDPA: 165563	Rabenau	⊙	6.32	1984
Mairied von Rodheim and Gänsweid von Steinheim		1531014 WDPA: 164559	Hunger	⊙	20.96	1985
Eisenkauten von Inheiden	BW	1531015 WDPA: 162901	Hunger	⊙	5.3	1986
At the Kühweide near Steinheim		1531016 WDPA: 162213	Hunger	⊙	2.24	1990
In the Tiefen Ried near Steinheim		1531017 WDPA: 163888	Hunger	⊙	45.06	1990
Silbachtal near Gonterskirchen	BW	1531018 WDPA: 165572	Laubach	⊙	23.97	1993
Lumdatal near Allendorf		1531019 WDPA: 164525	Allendorf (Lumda)	⊙	8.32	1993
Soap meadows and Luchsee	BW	1531020 WDPA: 165548	Lich, hungen	⊙	70.2	1993
At the Oberhof near Großen-Linden		1531021 WDPA: 162174	Linden trees	⊙	22.91	1994
The Mengelshausen ponds		1531022 WDPA: 162743	Lich, Pohlheim	⊙	25.05	1983
Lohhügel near Ruppertsburg	BW	1531023 WDPA: 164506	Laubach	⊙	7.4	1994
High stone near Fernwald		1531024 WDPA: 163749	Fernwald	⊙	10.66	1994
Asselbachtal near Wißmar	BW	1531026 WDPA: 318125	Wettenberg	⊙	11.59	1997
Aschborn and Uderborn near Rödgen		1531027 WDPA: 318122	to water	⊙	50.18	1997
Upper versal	BW	1531028 WDPA: 318895	Biebertal	⊙	85.01	1997
Wirtswiesen near Lich		1531029 WDPA: 319344	Lich	⊙	56.26	1998
High wait at pouring		1531030 WDPA: 329443	to water	⊙	167.86	1999
Steinkaute near Holzheim	BW	1531031 WDPA: 555595787	Pohlheim	⊙	15.86	2015
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Partial areas

Other nature reserves are only part of their area in the district of Giessen.

Surname	Identifier	details	position	Area hectares	date
Middle Horloffaue	1440015 WDPA: 164639	Wölfersheim , Nidda , Hungen open- cast mine (Unterer Knappensee) in the Horloff -Aue; Rest area for waterfowl and breeding area for the curlew .	⊙	188.51	1984
Lahnaue between Atzbach, Dutenhofen and Heuchelheim	1532039 WDPA: 318704	Atzbach, Dutenhofen, Heuchelheim	⊙	215.38	1997
Munzenberg salt marshes	1440006 WDPA: 82480	Munzenberg , Lich inland salt meadows, wet meadows, reeds and sedges, grasslands and alder forest.	⊙	64.25	1977
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Individual evidence

↑ Hessian Nature Conservation Information System (NATUREG) , accessed on July 10, 2019.
↑ WDPA identifier, coordinates and date were taken from the European Nature Information System (EUNIS) of the European Environment Agency , downloaded from the search site on April 9, 2014.

Web links

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District of Giessen: Overview of nature reserves

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

[1] Hessian Nature Conservation Information System (NATUREG) , accessed on July 10, 2019.

[2] WDPA identifier, coordinates and date were taken from the European Nature Information System (EUNIS) of the European Environment Agency , downloaded from the search site on April 9, 2014.