List of nature reserves in Heidelberg

There are 5 nature reserves in Heidelberg . The Karlsruhe 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), 85.43 hectares of the urban area are under nature protection, that is 0.78 percent.

Surname	image	Identifier	details	position	Area hectares	date
Felsenmeer, Russenstein, Michelsbrunnen Nature Park		2,021 WDPA: 82209	Heidelberg Block heaps on the northeast slope of the Königstuhl with loose stocks of oak, birch, rowanberry and chestnut (sea of rocks) as well as steep, in places rocky, wooded southern slopes to the Neckar valley on the southern edge of the Odenwald (Russenstein) and wooded slopes on Middle Buntsandstein at Michelsbrunnen with low-lying vegetation types high-montane (Michelsbrunnen Nature Park).	⊙	11.2	1956-05-09
Lower Neckar: Altneckar Heidelberg-Wieblingen		2,097 WDPA: 166006	Heidelberg Preservation of the lower reaches of the Neckar and its river banks, floodplains and foreland, in particular the originally formed, near-natural, non-navigable river sections with wild river character	⊙	45.2	1986-12-17
Lower Neckar: Altneckar Wörth-Weidenstücker		2,098 WDPA: 166007	Heidelberg , Edingen-Neckarhausen Preservation and promotion of the various plant communities that are typical of the river landscape on the lower Neckar and are increasingly endangered, whose vegetation mosaic corresponds to the local diversity	⊙	16.7	1986-12-17
Former red sand quarry on the Neckarhalde	BW	2.155 WDPA: 162862	Heidelberg Abandoned quarry with rock faces, rubble and block heaps that reveal the geological structure of the red sandstone; Near-natural forests with trees with a high proportion of dead wood resulting from historical economic forms; Object of scientific research into the course and dynamics of reforestation on red sandstone.	⊙	13.4	1992-10-19
Leimen quarry		2.191 WDPA: 165700	Heidelberg , Leimen (Baden) shell limestone quarry with tunnel system; Habitat of different bat species occurring in large numbers; temporarily to permanently water-bearing bodies of water as a habitat for rare amphibians threatened with extinction; unique mosaic of different, complementary living spaces on a small area.	⊙	22.0	1995-10-10
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