List of nature reserves in Middle Franconia

The list of nature reserves in Central Franconia includes the following lists of nature reserves in Central Franconian counties and cities from the article namespace:

The selection corresponds to the administrative region Middle Franconia . There are 66 nature reserves in the administrative district (as of December 2018). The largest nature reserve in the district is the Tennenloher Forest .

Surname	image	Identifier	circle	details	position	Area hectares	date
Ampfrachsee	BW	NSG-00564.01 WDPA: 318115	Ansbach district	Schnelldorf Structurally rich wetland habitat with extensive meadows.	⊙	36.09	1982
Ellenbach	BW	NSG-00588.01 WDPA: 318338	Ansbach district	Voggendorf Mowing, wet and litter meadows, wet fallow and alder forest.	⊙	27.74	1940
Wet areas at the Hammerschmiedsweiher	BW	NSG-00215.01 WDPA: 163051	Ansbach district	Dambach Vermoort valley area.	⊙	19.34	1993
Großlellenfelder Moor	BW	NSG-00316.01 WDPA: 163384	Ansbach district	Großlellenfeld litter meadows, intermediate moor and swamp forest areas.	⊙	10.77	1987
Heglauer Wasen	BW	NSG-00105.01 WDPA: 81845	Ansbach district	Heglau marshland and pipe grass meadows.	⊙	5.4	1977
Kappelwasen	BW	NSG-00104.01 WDPA: 82040	Ansbach district	Ornbau biotope complex with a spacious wet meadow landscape.	⊙	11.71	1977
Karrachsee	BW	NSG-00370.01 WDPA: 164030	Ansbach district	Windelsbach Diverse complex of wet biotopes with numerous spring outlets.	⊙	19.88	1990
Kühberg near Gastenfelden		NSG-00223.01 WDPA: 164280	Ansbach district	Gastenfelden Magerrasen.	⊙	17.31	1984
Moosteile at the Klarweiher	BW	NSG-00211.01 WDPA: 164691	Ansbach district	Dennenlohe fen soils.	⊙	9.7	1984
Wet meadows Lierenfeld		NSG-00179.01 WDPA: 82207	Ansbach , district of Donau-Ries	Fürnheim Nasswiesen. Ansbach district = 6.61 ha Donau-Ries district = 0.07 ha	⊙	6.68	1983
Sheep herding around Kirnberg	BW	NSG-00446.01 WDPA: 165353	Ansbach district	Kirnberg poor grassland.	⊙	47.54	1993
Schandtauberhöhle	BW	NSG-00205.01 WDPA: 165361	Ansbach district	Bettenfeld Large water-bearing cave.	⊙	11.98	1984
Cadolzhofen dry lawn guard	BW	NSG-00244.01 WDPA: 165963	Ansbach district	Cadolzhofen Dry grass interspersed with trees.	⊙	13.55	1985
Bird sanctuary Großer and Kleiner Lindleinsee		NSG-00378.01 WDPA: 166066	Ansbach district	Schweinsdorf Flat pond banks with a wide reed belt.	⊙	28.58	1990
Wildlife sanctuary and Gais pond	BW	NSG-00204.01 WDPA: 166078	Ansbach district	Dinkelsbühl pond with special importance for the bird world.	⊙	33.9	1984
Scheerweiher area near Schalkhausen		NSG-00368.01 WDPA: 165372	Ansbach	Ansbach Flat pond with surrounding extensive pond rushes, cattails and reeds.	⊙	52.95	1990
Brucker Lache		NSG-00199.01 WDPA: 162592	gain	Acquiring wet forests	⊙	114.17	1964
Parade ground		NSG-00578.01 WDPA: 318380	gain	Achievement change from sandy grasslands, dense grass corridors, open sand areas and groups of trees.	⊙	24.74	2000
Ziegenanger wet meadows near Neuhaus		NSG-00340.01 WDPA: 163088	Erlangen-Höchstadt	Adelsdorf Extensive flat meadow location in the middle of an open agricultural landscape.	⊙	34.83	1988
Chain of ponds north of Bösenbechhofen		NSG-00754.01 WDPA: 555560673	Erlangen-Höchstadt	Höchstadt an der Aisch Diverse pond landscape and alluvial forest. Occurrence of the crested newt and the great moss maiden .	⊙	23.06	2012
Tennenloher Forest		NSG-00483.01 WDPA: 165851	Erlangen , Erlangen-Höchstadt	Forst Tennenlohe Characteristic section of the Sebalder Reichswald.	⊙	955.95	1994
Bird sanctuary pond area near Mohrhof		NSG-00167.01 WDPA: 82807	Erlangen-Höchstadt	Poppenwind Extensive pond complex with almost 100 ponds.	⊙	128.87	1982
Pond area near Krausenbechhofen		NSG-00314.01 WDPA: 166208	Erlangen-Höchstadt	Krausenbechhofen Typical groups of ponds in the Aischgrund.	⊙	26.25	1987
Wilderness on the Rathsberg		NSG-00514.01 WDPA: 166315	Forchheim , Erlangen-Höchstadt	Rathsberg Near-natural deciduous and mixed forests.	⊙	26.60	2015
Chain of ponds near Oberreichenbach	BW	NSG-00396.01 WDPA: 166211	Fürth district	Oberreichenbach pond chain.	⊙	9.67	1992
Hainberg		NSG-00493.01 WDPA: 163484	Nuremberg , Fürth district	Oberasbach Largest contiguous sandy grassland area in Northern Bavaria. Fürth district = 196.73 ha Nuremberg = 14.8 ha	⊙	211.53	1995
Gypsum cave Höllern and gypsum hill "Seven Buckles"		NSG-00278.01 WDPA: 163252	Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district	Markt Nordheim Two extensive cave systems and special flora and fauna.	⊙	10.16	1986
Graefholz and Dachsberge		NSG-00299.01 WDPA: 163300	Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district	Bad Windsheim In terms of regional history, particularly valuable forest in Bavaria.	⊙	350.36	1986
Holzöd near Ippesheim	BW	NSG-00224.01 WDPA: 163783	Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district	Ippesheim Species-rich semi-arid grassland.	⊙	5.88	1984
Guard at Gigert	BW	NSG-00420.01 WDPA: 163841	Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district	Seenheim Striking juniper heaths.	⊙	39.47	1992
Külsheim gypsum hill		NSG-00181.01 WDPA: 164297	Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district	Kühlsheim gypsum hills and extensively used rough meadows.	⊙	8.37	1983
Rammelsee and Kleiner Schimmelsteig	BW	NSG-00183.01 WDPA: 82364	Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district	Uttenhofen mixed oak forests with a historical form of forest use.	⊙	39.53	1983
Weiherboden near Anfelden	BW	NSG-00457.01 WDPA: 166207	District Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim , Ansbach	Oberdachstetten Abandoned pond with surrounding meadows. Neustadt an der Aisch district = 7.24 ha Ansbach district = 1.37 ha	⊙	8.62	1993
Sand pits at Föhrenbuck		NSG-00407.01 WDPA: 165316	Nuremberg	Nuremberg Former sand pits.	⊙	21.93	1992
Pegnitztal East		NSG-00758.01	Nuremberg	Nuremberg Near-natural section of the Pegnitz Valley with sandy grassland, extensive grassland, floodplain and other forests.	⊙	221	2018
Lichen and pine forests south of Leinburg		NSG-00570.01 WDPA: 318401	District of Nürnberger Land	Leinburg Unique natural area with sand dunes, lichen and pine forests characterized by drought.	⊙	834.0803	1950
Schwarzach breakthrough		NSG-00300.01 WDPA: 165487	District of Nürnberger Land , District of Roth	Schwarzenbruck Räthsandsteinschlucht with surf caves, abundance of mosses, alder - alluvial forests and on the slopes mixed forests of beech, pine and spruce trees. Area distribution: District of Nürnberger Land = 25.04ha District of Roth = 13.23	⊙	38.27	1936
Schwarzenbrucker Moor		NSG-00415.01 WDPA: 165504	District of Nürnberger Land	Schwarzenbruck One of the few moors in Middle Franconia. Silting complex of near-natural ponds with floating leaf and underwater vegetation.	⊙	9.8906	1982
Upper Molsberg Valley		NSG-00227.01 WDPA: 164884	District of Nürnberger Land	Happurg Natural canyon forests with spring slopes, grazed grasslands, juniper bushes, meadows, tall herbaceous vegetation and calcareous debris fields.	⊙	17.4252	1984-12-04
Rinntal near Alfeld		NSG-00579.01 WDPA: 318994	District of Nürnberger Land	Alfeld Typical Jura rock valley on the Alb plateau.	⊙	32.8211	2000-09-08
Schottental near Heldmannsberg		NSG-00579.01 WDPA: 318994	District of Nürnberger Land	Pommelsbrunn valley floor with the typical character of a Hutanger .	⊙	42.0441	1996-09-25
Wetland and sandy grasslands near Speikern	BW	NSG-00242.01 WDPA: 163062	District of Nürnberger Land	Ottensoos Varied habitat made up of dry sand and wet biotopes.	⊙	10.4915	1996
Pegnitzau between Ranna and Michelfeld		NSG-00548.01 WDPA: 318939	District of Nürnberger Land , District of Amberg-Sulzbach , District of Bayreuth	Neuhaus , Auerbach , Pegnitz valley meadows. Area distribution: District of Nürnberger Land = 99.34ha District Amberg-Sulzbach = 79.83ha District Bayreuth = 19.24ha	⊙	198.71	1998
Stream and gorge forest near Untermässing		NSG-00447.01 WDPA: 162312	District of Roth	Undermässing spring outflows with tufa formations	⊙	12.2	1987
Kuhbachtal near Hausen		NSG-00502.01 WDPA: 164278	District of Roth	Röckenhofen Typical landscape section of the Albtrauf	⊙	48.8	1995
Northwest bank of the Rothsee main dam		NSG-00541.01 WDPA: 318868	District of Roth	Roth silting area with shallow water zones and several islands	⊙	47.24	1998
Reservoir root of the Rothsee		NSG-00404.01 WDPA: 165657	District of Roth	Allersberg alluvial forests, open water areas, inaccessible islands and siltation area	⊙	45.19	1992
Thalach meadows	BW	NSG-00426.01 WDPA: 165872	District of Roth	Thalmässing Near-natural stream course and abandoned, well-kept areas	⊙	12.64	1992
Kauerlacher Weiher bird sanctuary	BW	NSG-00276.01 WDPA: 166073	District of Roth	Karm Still water close to nature	⊙	40.69	1986
Schwarzachwiesen bird sanctuary near Freystadt	BW	NSG-00331.01 WDPA: 166077	District of Roth , District of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate	Ebenried , Freystadt Large meadow complex with partially extensively used meadows, which provides an important habitat for sensitive, meadow-breeding bird species. District of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate : 20.83 ha, District of Roth : 21.41 ha	⊙	42.24	1988
Dredging pond between Bechhofen and Gauchsdorf	BW	NSG-00757.01	District of Roth	Abenberg , Büchenbach Abandoned sand mining sites. Habitats of a species-rich flora and fauna.	⊙	35.54	2017
Alluvial forest near Westheim	BW	NSG-00475.01 WDPA: 162305	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Westheim (Middle Franconia) Wet forest area, which is characterized by black alder and ash swamp forests.	⊙	50.33	1979
Brombachmoor	BW	NSG-00194.01 WDPA: 81462	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Langlau Moor in a hollow valley covered by alder forests, alluvial forests and small ponds.	⊙	3.94	1995
Bookkeeping at Markt Berolzheim		NSG-00465.01 WDPA: 162621	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Berolzheim market semi-dry grassland with grazing sheep.	⊙	31.13	1986
Oak-hornbeam forest Laubenbuch near Rothenstein		NSG-00266.01 WDPA: 162883	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Rothenstein Historical forest management in the form of a medium forest.	⊙	20.38	1985
Grafenmühle		NSG-00577.01 WDPA: 318456	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Langlau Open water areas and dry spruce and pine forests.	⊙	88.52	2000
Peninsula in the Kleiner Brombachsee		NSG-00344.01 WDPA: 163494	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Langlau Species-rich, poor meadows surrounded by different biotopes.	⊙	42.06	1989
Dry Jura slope with the rock group "Twelve Apostles"		NSG-00216.01 WDPA: 163959	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Solnhofen series of rock towers.	⊙	15.12	1984
Märzenbecherwald near Ettenstatt		NSG-00337.01 WDPA: 164577	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Ettenstatt Largest occurrence of the spring knot flower in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district.	⊙	11.82	1988
Spring horizons and grasslands on the Albtrauf near Niederhofen		NSG-00275.01 WDPA: 165066	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Niederhofen spring outlets and fens.	⊙	44.59	1986
Sawmill		NSG-00580.01 WDPA: 319037	District of Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen , district Roth	Absberg , Enderndorf , Kalbensteinberg flat water zone and adjacent open water areas. Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district = 19.44 ha Roth district = 12.92 ha	⊙	32.35	2000
Schambachried		NSG-00099.01 WDPA: 82506	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Schambach Rare limestone flat moor.	⊙	6.88	1973
Reservoir root of the Igelsbachsee		NSG-00345.01 WDPA: 165656	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Absberg biotope complex made up of silting societies, alder forest remains and fallow land.	⊙	25.25	1989
Stone channel near Wolfsbronn		NSG-00213.01 WDPA: 82630	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Meinheim Moss-covered limestone turf channel.	⊙	6.53	1984
Bird sanctuary shallow water and island zone in the Altmühlsee		NSG-00311.01 WDPA: 166070	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Gunzenhausen , Muhr am See "Vogelinsel" with flat islands, mud banks and long shorelines	⊙	201.54	1987
Legend for nature reserve

Individual evidence

↑ Green list of nature reserves in Middle Franconia. (PDF; 87 kB) Bavarian State Office for the Environment, December 31, 2014, accessed on May 23, 2016 .