List of nature reserves in the Neckar-Odenwald district

In Neckar-Odenwald there are 27 nature reserves . The Karlsruhe Regional Council is responsible for the designation of nature reserves .

Nature reserves in the Neckar-Odenwald district

Surname	image	Identifier	details	position	Area hectares	date
Schwanne Forest	BW	2.004 WDPA: 82562	Limbach , Waldbrunn A forest in the Odenwald on Upper Buntsandstein that has been partially degraded by forest pasture and litter use. Today unfortunately partly afforested with spruce.	⊙	12.5	1940-12-30
Henschelberg	BW	2.007 WDPA: 81869	Mosbach 3 sub-areas, biologically diverse habitats of the Henschelberg with almost vegetation-free foam limestone banks, juniper heaths, dry and semi-dry lawns on skeletal slopes and thermophilic fringing communities.	⊙	45.7	1990-12-19
Margaret Gorge		2.008 WDPA: 82139	Neckargerach Gorge in the Odenwald, traversed by the Flursbach, on the steep slopes of the main red sandstone. Canyon forest with montane species.	⊙	5.1	1940-01-26
Zwerrenberg	BW	2.009 WDPA: 82965	Neunkirchen (Baden) , Zwingenberg (Baden) Steep, wooded eastern slope to the Neckar in the middle red sandstone, partly covered with loess; large colony of herons.	⊙	59.5	1978-12-14
Neckar high bank		2,047 WDPA: 82224	Haßmersheim Neckarteilufer in the Lower Muschelkalk with Klebwald.	⊙	5.4	1979-12-21
Lower Heimental		2,048 WDPA: 82754	Schefflenz , Elztal Moist meadow valley with dry and semi-dry grass on the valley slopes in the building land.	⊙	42.0	1979-12-21
Geisrain	BW	2,053 WDPA: 163220	Elztal dry and semi-arid grassland as a habitat for endangered plants and animals, especially large butterflies.	⊙	6.4	1981-06-25
Fair heroes	BW	2,068 WDPA: 82548	Rosenberg Lights mixed forest with heat-loving fringing communities and one of the last occurrences of highly endangered plant species in building land.	⊙	10.1	1983-11-30
Juniper heather Wurmberg and Brücklein		2,091 WDPA: 166114	Hardheim Grazed juniper heather, semi-arid grassland, former vineyards with typical flora in the building land.	⊙	51.5	1986-07-31
Klingheumatte Schloßau	BW	2,105 WDPA: 164140	Mudau In terms of regional studies, cultural history and forest history, significant forest, flat moor and birch quarry, charming forest (NR: Sandstone Odenwald).	⊙	6.5	1987-09-15
Rear lake	BW	2.114 WDPA: 163688	Aglasterhausen , Neunkirchen Wetland with great biological diversity, through small biotopes such as: ponds, brook banks, reeds, large sedge meadows, tall herbaceous meadows, wet meadows, broken willows and hedges in the drier peripheral areas.	⊙	5.8	1988-12-14
Roberner See	BW	2.116 WDPA: 165191	Fahrbach , Mosbach Richly structured wet meadow complex and dammed water surface with regional and supra-regional importance as a breeding and resting place for rare and endangered bird species.	⊙	22.8	1988-12-23
Waldstetter valley		2,135 WDPA: 166153	Höpfingen dry slope as a landscape-defining element of the building land; Small-scale diversity, different stages of succession of the limestone grassland communities.	⊙	33.6	1990-12-19
Wengert	BW	2.136 WDPA: 166242	Aglasterhausen Extremely richly structured slope between intensively used farmland, large forest areas and a busy main road; Refuge for endangered and characteristic plants and animals of the semi-arid grassland communities.	⊙	10.9	1990-12-19
Laubertal	BW	2.137 WDPA: 164389	Hardheim Ecological link between the dry, warm habitats of the Tauberland and its western foothills; Small-scale, varied area with various stages of succession of semi-arid grasslands, mixed with bushes, orchards and sparse pine stands on the valley slopes.	⊙	25.1	1990-12-19
Hamberg	BW	2.139 WDPA: 163508	Mosbach Diverse structured dry area with open foam limestone banks, dry and semi-dry lawns and warmth-loving fringes.	⊙	13.6	1990-12-19
Seckachtal	BW	2.152 WDPA: 165534	Buchen (Odenwald) , Seckach Valuable mosaic of different habitats, brook with good water quality as habitat for diverse aquatic flora and fauna; Woods accompanying the river as remnants of near-natural alluvial forest communities and moist valley meadows.	⊙	61.5	1992-08-25
High-rise vineyards		2.158 WDPA: 163705	Haßmersheim Former vineyards with the last stone bars, as a remarkable cultural testimony; Semi-arid lawns, thermophilic fringes and meadows with sage and oat grass, bushes, hedges and mixed deciduous forests; Structurally rich habitat for numerous endangered, highly endangered animal species, especially butterflies, moths and reptile species.	⊙	23.1	1992-12-28
Kirnautal		2.177 WDPA: 164101	Osterburken , Rosenberg Biologically diverse habitats; in the valley floodplain - hay meadows with different levels of moisture, tall herbaceous meadows, large sedge areas, reed stands, willow bushes and the beginnings of breakwater and riparian forest communities; on the north-facing slope of the Kirnau gorge forest-like forest; Naturally meandering brook with richly structured bank vegetation.	⊙	87.0	1994-05-19
Landscape around the Heppenstein	BW	2.183 WDPA: 82394	Mosbach , Elztal Biologically valuable and rare habitats of high ecological importance in the transition area from the Odenwald to the building land; vegetation cover created as a result of historical pasture, litter and path use; Mosaic of patchy pine stands and rare, for the natural area unique plant communities of the pipe grass semi-arid lawn, warmth-loving shrub communities, extensively used orchards and semi-arid lawns.	⊙	48.0	1994-12-16
Dallau valley	BW	2,190 WDPA: 162696	Elztal Diverse habitats of the cultural landscape; Richly structured mosaic of different stages of succession, grassland, hedges, step borders, orchards as well as fringing and forest elements.	⊙	103.0	1995-08-17
Old Höpfingen brickworks		2,192 WDPA: 162104	Hardheim , Höpfingen Biologically diverse habitat in an intensively used cultural landscape; Richly structured complex of biotopes of a former clay pit area with a wide variety of locations, ranging from extremely nutrient-poor and dry areas, through alternating damp and moist areas to still waters.	⊙	5.3	1995-09-21
Brünnbachtal	BW	2,194 WDPA: 162596	Adelsheim Diverse valley landscape with near-natural forest communities, semi-arid grassland and warmth-loving fringe communities, stone bars, near-natural brooks, grassland in the floodplain; characteristic section of the building land with hedges, field trees and orchards.	⊙	132.2	1995-12-21
Lappen and Eiderbachgraben	BW	2,204 WDPA: 164378	Beeches (Odenwald) , Walldürn wetland in building land with typical plant and animal communities. High-quality biotope types which, thanks to their wide spectrum, which ranges from extremely wet to moderately dry, serve as a habitat for numerous endangered plant and animal species; in particular a supraregional important resting place for migrating water birds; extensively used agricultural meadows as breeding biotopes; Willow quarry as part of the landscape that shapes the landscape.	⊙	62.6	1996-12-18
Schreckberg	BW	2.223 WDPA: 319088	Mosbach Open land biotopes and small structures created through traditional use; Richly structured habitat mosaic consisting of poor and dry lawns, limestone banks, lean orchid-rich orchards, small bodies of water (tufa spring, near-natural stream), dry stone walls, successional forests, warmth-loving bushes and fringing vegetation and old fruit and oak trees and trees; Arid area as part of the European network of protected areas Natura 2000 (part of the Natura 2000 area “Forests near Mosbach”) with priority natural habitats.	⊙	16.3	2002-07-24
Auweinberge-Fuchsenloch	BW	2.228 WDPA: 555514009	Mosbach , Neckarzimmern Typical, culturally and historically used landscape on a steep, south-facing Neckar slope, characterized by a small-scale mosaic of warmth-loving bushes, lean meadows, semi-arid and dry grassland, orchards and a richly structured forest border. The high diversity of habitats results in a very diverse flora and fauna. The well-preserved old vineyard walls, which are abundant in the area and are more than 5.2 km long, are particularly unique. Numerous reading stone bars have reached a considerable size of up to 50 m in length and 10 m in width.	⊙	30.3	2010-10-27
Nüstenbachtal, Hessental and Masseldorn	Nüstenbachtal	2,240 WDPA: 555595782	Mosbach Characteristic section of the landscape of a stream valley with adjacent ridges in the transition area between sandstone-Odenwald and building land; richly structured mosaic of hay meadows and pastures, semi-arid and dry lawns, orchards, hedges, bushes and forests, foam limestone banks, sinter formations, sinkholes, Nüstenbach with near-natural perennial, reed and woody fringes that accompany the stream, as well as riparian forest strips; Habitat of partially specially adapted, rare and nationally endangered animal and plant species.	⊙	144.1	2016-01-21
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