List of nature reserves in the Ostalb district

In Ostalbkreis there are 42 nature reserves, which together covers an area of 1,900 ha have. This corresponds to about 1.2% of the area of ​​the district. 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), 2,049.35 hectares of the district area are under nature protection, that is 1.36 percent.

Nature reserves in the Ostalbkreis

Surname	image	Identifier	details	position	Area hectares	date
Volkmarsberg		1.007 WDPA:  7059	Oberkochen plateau of a hilltop. Former sheep pasture, which was partially reclaimed by the forest.	⊙	68.1	1938-07-29
Bargauer Horn		1.009 WDPA:  81363	Schwäbisch Gmünd Steep southwest slope on the Albrand on the Weißes Jura Beta and Gamma. Dry forest, juniper sheep pasture and groups of bushes.	⊙	25.2	1939-05-09
Dent pale		1,023 WDPA:  81510	Neresheim , Aalen sheep pasture with juniper and Hudewald with old willow oaks.	⊙	24.1	1969-08-19
Goldberg		1,034 WDPA:  81739	Bopfingen , Kirchheim am Ries , Riesbürg Landscape- defining hill with heather vegetation in the edge of the Ries area with a beautiful view over the Ries . Geologically significant. Characteristic formation of the tertiary whirlpool limestone due to the way in which it is formed. Fossilized guano deposits with rich fossil fauna are still preserved in pockets on the hot spring lime. In the cracks of the soda lime ice age animal remains of wild horses , giant deer, etc. a. The prehistoric settlement site from the 3rd – 1st centuries is of great importance. Millennium BC Chr.	⊙	32.4	1972-02-08
Tierstein with hillside forest and Eger spring		1,037 WDPA:  82716	Bopfingen The Tierstein near Aufhausen on the hiking trail from Kapfenburg to Bopfingen is a much-visited lookout point in the eastern Alb. Noteworthy in terms of vegetation because of the diversity of plant communities. On the rock steppe heather alternating with steppe heather bushes and forests. On the flanks of the rock slope forest with a largely natural character. At the foot of the rock, scree slopes with subsequent ravine forest. Geomorphologically a particularly beautiful example of a spring basin with the Eger spring , one of the most important karst springs in the Eastern Alb.	⊙	2.9	1972-08-14
Rough meadow		1,050 WDPA:  82371	Bartholomä Borstgrasheide over flint loam in the Albuch with floristic rarities for the Swabian Alb.	⊙	5.0	1975-06-12
Pond meadows		1,059 WDPA:  166215	Essingen Grazed wetlands and heather as a habitat for valuable flora and fauna that are rare in the Eastern Alb area. The area is of cultural and historical importance as the center of a previously widespread sheep breeding.	⊙	27.9	1978-03-13
Litter meadow near Rötenbach		1,083 WDPA:  82658	Bartholomä Floristically valuable litter meadow with its fauna.	⊙	5.6	1980-05-14
Rosenstein		1,086 WDPA:  82440	Heubach Distinctive eastern rock of the Rosenstein on the eaves of the Ostalb; abundant rare plants and animal communities.	⊙	22.0	1981-01-30
Lorcher quarry ponds		1,094 WDPA:  82113	Lorch Former quarry ponds in the Remstal with softwood floodplains and a development to hardwood floodplain on the dry sites. as a habitat for highly endangered animals and plants and an ecological compensation area for heavily used areas of the Rems Valley. Abundant bird population.	⊙	18.5	1981-11-05
Quarry terraces in the Egautal		1,099 WDPA:  82629	Dischingen , Neresheim Lean lime grass on the terraces of an abandoned quarry with a large number of rare and threatened plants and areas that are left to natural succession .	⊙	10.7	1982-03-12
Great Wimbach Gorge		1,102 WDPA:  82532	Sulzbach-Laufen , Gschwend From a natural history point of view, an extremely valuable gorge in the Keuperbergland with near-natural gorge forest vegetation.	⊙	3.1	1982-07-01
Ipf		1,111 WDPA:  82002	Bopfingen Scenic and culturally significant, mostly covered with juniper heather witness mountain of the Eastern Alb.	⊙	71.0	1982-12-30
Birch pond with upper and lower wood ponds		1,115 WDPA:  81407	Wört Weiherkette with extensive shallow water and silting zones, litter meadows and wet areas in the forest as a habitat for a multitude of rare and endangered animal and plant species.	⊙	22.5	1983-08-15
Dossinger Valley		1,124 WDPA:  162790	Neresheim Impressive, rugged dry valley with rare rock formations and valuable drought, light, warmth and lime-loving flora.	⊙	22.6	1984-08-31
Gromberger Heath		1130 WDPA:  163328	Lauchheim Typical juniper heath with a large number and sometimes a mass occurrence of rare plant species and diverse fauna.	⊙	18.0	1984-12-04
Chain of ponds at the Spitalhof		1,132 WDPA:  166212	Wört Weiherkette with large flat water zones, silting areas and litter meadows as a habitat for a multitude of rare and endangered plant and animal species.	⊙	23.2	1985-02-14
Anterior book		1,166 WDPA:  166095	Westhausen , Rainau A damp biotope created by compensatory measures as a habitat for diverse flora and fauna, especially as a breeding, resting and feeding area for many bird species.	⊙	11.2	1990-07-30
Valley of the Blind Red		1,169 WDPA:  165810	Abtsgmünd , Neuler Charming, natural valley landscape with naturally meandering brook, small-scale mosaic with rare and particularly protected vegetation.	⊙	60.7	1990-10-09
Auweiher		1,171 WDPA:  162308	Ellenberg , Wört A pond created by the damming of the Rotach with large areas of shallow water and siltation, extensive reed areas and reed beds, breeding habitat for endangered bird species.	⊙	22.8	1990-11-05
Riegelberg		1,172 WDPA:  165179	Riesbürg Distinctive, historically significant ridge on the edge of the Ries with typical heather flora; extensive use is to be retained.	⊙	21.3	1990-11-13
Breitweiher with Hilsenweiher		1,174 WDPA:  162556	Stödtlen pond with large areas of shallow water and siltation and smaller wetlands in the forest as a habitat for a multitude of rare and endangered plant and animal species.	⊙	14.3	1990-12-04
Blasienberg		1,179 WDPA:  162446	Kirchheim am Ries Open, undisturbed, grazed, semi-arid grassland and adjacent fields with specific wild herb flora; diverse habitat of endangered species.	⊙	41.8	1991-06-04
Compulsion		1,188 WDPA:  166433	Dischingen , Nattheim , Neresheim Coherent , extensive juniper heaths and limestone meadows, near-natural limestone beech forests, steppe heaths and fringes alternating with the open landscape; Habitat for a large number of communities with a large number of rare and specially protected animal and plant species; z. T. Schonwald (LWaldG § 32).	⊙	102.0	1992-10-26
Meadow valleys at the Menzlesmühle		1,196 WDPA:  166306	Alfdorf ( Rems-Murr-Kreis ), Kaisersbach ( Rems-Murr-Kreis ), Gschwend Charming open meadow valleys with extensively used wet meadows of various types, alternating with small sedge swamps, large sedge meadows and tall herbaceous meadows; the Hagensee with silting zones, natural streams; Habitat for endangered plant and animal species; indigenous fish populations in the trout region; culturally and historically interesting valley sections.	⊙	62.8	1993-11-02
Lindenfeld		1,202 WDPA:  164464	Schwäbisch Gmünd At the foot of the northern eaves of the Swabian Alb, large-scale meadow slopes used extensively as sheep pastures with low-base grasslands in close interlinking with moist and alternately moist locations over the entire area; former military training area.	⊙	75.0	1994-07-29
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
Ton mountain, Käsbühl, Karkstein		1,209 WDPA:  165922	Bopfingen , Lauchheim Diverse, species-rich habitat complex with forest, hedges, borders, fields, meadows, limestone grasslands, ledges and wetlands; typical relic of a cultural landscape.	⊙	173.4	1995-04-21
Orbachtal with litter meadows		1,217 WDPA:  164947	Rosenberg Varied landscape mosaic with littered meadows, wet meadows rich in sedge and rushes, reed stands and a near-natural swamp forest; Habitat of a species-rich flora with z. T. very rare species.	⊙	5.9	1978-06-29
Mountain slide fir forest		1.219 WDPA:  162385	Waldstetten Example of current relocation processes on the eaves of the Swabian Alb for largely unaffected repopulation of the slide area by plants and animals as an outstanding natural event of geological, geomorphological, cultural and biological importance.	⊙	10.9	1996-10-07
Kapf near Trochtelfingen		1221 WDPA:  164021	Bopfingen For the crater rim zone of the Ries, typical regional, species-rich habitat complex consisting of beech forest, dry, warm edges, heather areas and shabby limestone fields with a large number of, in some cases very rare, plant and animal species.	⊙	61.1	1996-11-05
Stockmühle reservoir		1,222 WDPA:  165652	Westhausen reservoir with richly structured bank areas as well as adjacent forest and meadow areas as a feeding, resting and breeding place for numerous endangered or endangered bird species; as a stepping stone biotope, a resting area of ​​national importance for water-bound migratory birds. The Stockmühle reservoir is located north of Lippach (municipality of Westhausen, Ostalbkreis) and forms the last link in a system of storage and retention basins in the upper Jagst valley.	⊙	44.1	1997-02-10
Scheuelberg		1,232 WDPA:  319062	Heubach , Schwäbisch Gmünd Diverse landscape with near-natural beech forest and steppe heather communities, juniper heaths, grasslands, fields and field hedges in their mixture, which is representative of the Northeast Alb, but has become rare, which should be preserved, promoted and restored. In their combination, these parts of the landscape are one living space A multitude of animal and plant communities that are in decline elsewhere and are therefore threatened today.	⊙	119.0	1998-09-03
Schechinger pond		1.239 WDPA:  319059	Schechingen Regionally important bird resting and feeding place; Pond with historical, cultural and scientific importance; the natural processes such as the development of different biotope types and the settlement of communities should take place without the influence of use and disturbances.	⊙	12.7	1999-12-30
Goldshöfer sands		1,245 WDPA:  318449	Aalen Relatively undisturbed occurrence of the Old Pleistocene Goldshöfer Sands on a hilltop in the foothills of the Alb as a unique testimony to the geological history of regional geological importance; geological and landscape history document with supraregional importance for research, teaching and education; Interlocking of open land with diverse woody structures such as forest edges, field trees, hedges, bushes and individual trees; Breeding and habitat as well as a retreat z. T. endangered bird species.	⊙	46.5	2000-12-19
Beiberg-Buchberg		1,246 WDPA:  318179	Bopfingen A landscape highlighted, diverse and species-rich habitat complex with limestone grasslands, heather areas, rocks, rock faces, scree, meadows, hedges and bushes as habitats for many rare animal and plant species, especially rare rock and dry grass vegetation; typical relic of the historical cultural landscape with its characteristic landscape; Particularly varied, attractive landscape in a space that is valuable for relaxation and in need of protection.	⊙	20.8	2001-08-24
Rot- and Seebach valley		1,247 WDPA:  319006	Gschwend Near-natural meadow valleys in the Welzheimer Wald with species-rich flowing waters, wooded lines, wet meadows, ponds, reed beds, moist tall herbaceous meadows, groups of shrubs, alder-ash riparian forest and a partially preserved historic mill canal, which are preserved and maintained for scientific, ecological, natural history, regional and cultural reasons should be; Life communities and habitats of a species-rich fauna and flora bound to moist locations with rare, threatened species; Meadow valleys and forest areas with traditional recreational functions.	⊙	15.6	2001-09-03
Schlossberg with ruins Flochberg		1,250 WDPA:  165420	Bopfingen A landscape highlighted, diverse, species-rich habitat complex, especially with limestone grasslands, hedges, gravel and rock corridors, meadows and bushes as habitats for many rare animal and plant species, as well as a typical relic of the historical cultural landscape and as a particularly varied, attractive landscape one for the Recreation of high quality and vulnerable space.	⊙	9.4	2002-06-12
Muckental		1,258 WDPA:  318810	Ellenberg , Ellwangen (Jagst) Two historical ponds and wet areas with extensive meadows, sedge meadows, tall herbaceous vegetation, reed beds, shallow water zones, aquatic plants and natural forests. The scenic diversity, character and beauty of the historical ponds and wetlands are to be preserved for scientific, ecological, natural history and regional reasons.	⊙	33.1	2003-12-17
Leintal between Leinecksee and Leinhäusle		1,259 WDPA:  318724	Alfdorf , Durlangen , Spraitbach Moist meadow mosaic with a diverse, poorly developed meadow landscape with flowing water that is still meandering close to nature, oxbow lakes and ponds, wet meadows, reeds and reeds, as well as alder banks and swamp forests.	⊙	202.5	2003-12-17
Ellwanger castle pond and surroundings		1,269 WDPA:  378070	Ellwangen (Jagst) Preservation of the castle ponds as well as preservation and promotion of a characteristic cultural landscape of the Ellwanger hill and lake region with landscapes worthy of protection and habitats with ponds, sheep pastures, orchards, old oaks, avenues, small forests and hedges.	⊙	63.0	2006-10-31
Wental with side valleys and field island Klösterle		1,274 WDPA:  389994	Steinheim am Albuch , Essingen (Württemberg) Preservation and protection of the Wental with its side and side valleys, which are characterized by geological features and are unique for the Swabian Alb.	⊙	288.7	2008-12-29
Legend for nature reserve

See also

• List of landscape protection areas in the Ostalb district

literature

• Reinhard Wolf , Ulrike Kreh (Hrsg.): The nature reserves in the Stuttgart administrative region . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-5176-2 , pp. 668-759 (Ostalbkreis).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Protected area directory of the State Agency for the Environment (select type of area and city or district)
2. ^ Protected area statistics of the LUBW

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