List of nature reserves in the Wetterau district

In the Wetterau district in Hesse there are 40 nature reserves with a total area of ​​1,672.45 hectares. The Upper Nature Conservation Authority Darmstadt is responsible for their administration , the majority of the protected areas are looked after by Hessen-Forst .

Surname	image	Identifier	details	position	Area hectares	date
Break of Heegheim		1440001 WDPA:  81465		⊙	10.58	1976
In the border stick of Gettenau		1440003 WDPA:  81979		⊙	6.41	1979
Ludwigsquelle		1440004 WDPA:  82118		⊙	16.71	1974
Night pasture of Dauernheim		1440005 WDPA:  82200		⊙	78.88	1978
Munzenberg salt marshes		1440006 WDPA:  82480	Munzenberg , Lich inland salt meadows, wet meadows, reeds and sedges, grasslands and alder forest.	⊙	64.25	1977
Nidderauen from Stockheim		1440007 WDPA:  82246	Stockheim , Glauberg and Effolderbach (City of Ortenberg )	⊙	51.06	1981
Bush meadows from Höchst		1440008 WDPA:  81495		⊙	62.34	1982
Salt marshes of Wisselsheim		1440009 WDPA:  82481		⊙	23.06	1982
Selters salt marshes and vineyards		1440010 WDPA:  82479		⊙	32.71	1982
At the Mähried near Staden		1440011 WDPA:  81290		⊙	107.74	1983
Rockenberg Monastery Meadows		1440012 WDPA:  164154		⊙	39.74	1983
Nidder and Hillersbach floodplains near Gedern and Burkhards		1440013 WDPA:  82683		⊙	252.89	1982
In Russia and in the cow pasture near Lindheim		1440014 WDPA:  163882		⊙	235.66	1984
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
Heegheim basalt quarry		1440016 WDPA:  162346		⊙	6.09	1984
Kist from Berstadt		1440017 WDPA:  164103		⊙	8.79	1984
Heissbachgrund from Michelnau		1440018 WDPA:  163617		⊙	59.54	1984
Bingenheimer Ried		1440019 WDPA:  162418		⊙	81.24	1985
At the Hechtgraben near Dorheim		1440020 WDPA:  162158		⊙	11.4	1987
Wingertsberg near Oppershofen		1440021 WDPA:  166329		⊙	2.91	1988
Lean drifts from Ober-Mörlen and Ostheim		1440023 WDPA:  164537		⊙	77.52	1990
Breitwiese near Steinfurth and Oppershofen		1440024 WDPA:  162557		⊙	16.39	1990
Smoldering pond from Echzell		1440025 WDPA:  165529		⊙	9.13	1991
Meadows on the Alteberg near Rodheim		1440026 WDPA:  166291		⊙	16.55	1993
Hell of Rockenberg		1440027 WDPA:  163763		⊙	10.36	1993
In the Metz near Munzenberg		1440028 WDPA:  163909		⊙	21.34	1994
In the bad reed near Wallernhausen		1440029 WDPA:  163889		⊙	37.39	1995
On the Faulenberg near Dauernheim		1440030 WDPA:  162149		⊙	21.45	1995
Seemenbachtal near Rinderbügen		1440032 WDPA:  319103		⊙	8.47	1995
Wittbachtal near Himbach		1440033 WDPA:  166340		⊙	3.56	1995
Castle near Unter-Widdersheim		1440034 WDPA:  162640		⊙	6.44	1995
Bleichenbachtal between Bergheim and Bleichenbach		1440035 WDPA:  162454		⊙	25.2	1996
Pfingstweide and Kloppenheim woods		1440036 WDPA:  318943		⊙	12.38	1997
Teufelsee and Pfaffensee between Echzell and Reichelsheim-Weckesheim		1440037 WDPA:  319206		⊙	93.71	1998
Basalt quarry near glassworks		1440038 WDPA:  318168		⊙	6.98	1998
In the old lake near Gronau		1440039 WDPA:  318587		⊙	40.63	2002
Quartzite quarry near Rosbach		1440040 WDPA:  555514019	Former quartzite quarry	⊙	5.14	2010
Ortenberg kaolin pit		1440041 WDPA:  378106	Ortenberg	⊙	3.24	2005
Eichköppel near Eichelsdorf		1535039 WDPA:  162891		⊙	42	1995
Legend for nature reserve

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wetteraukreis: Nature Reserves (NSG) , accessed on May 11, 2014.
2. ↑ Hessian Nature Conservation Information System (NATUREG) , accessed at the end of April 2014.
3. ↑ 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.
4. ↑ www.naturschutzgebiete-wetterau.de: The nature reserves in the Wetteraukreis , accessed on June 1, 2014.

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