List of nature reserves in Rhineland-Palatinate

The list of nature reserves in Rhineland-Palatinate lists the 520 (as of April 2015) designated areas in Rhineland-Palatinate. In total they occupy 26,140 hectares, which corresponds to 1.3% of the country's area.

There are nature reserves in all rural districts and in most of the independent cities, only in the districts of the independent cities Frankenthal (Pfalz) , Ludwigshafen am Rhein , Pirmasens and Speyer no nature reserves are designated.

According to Section 17 of the State Nature Conservation Act from 2005, nature reserves can be set up for the following reasons:

1. to maintain, develop or restore biotopes or communities of certain wild animal and plant species,
2. for scientific, natural history or cultural reasons or
3. because of their rarity, particular character or outstanding beauty

Nature reserves are enacted in Rhineland-Palatinate by ordinance of the upper nature conservation authority. Since January 1, 2000, the Structure and Approval Directorate North and the Structure and Approval Directorate South have performed the tasks of the upper nature conservation authority. Previously, the district governments of the respective administrative districts were responsible.

The following links lead directly to the lists of nature reserves in the respective (rural) districts and urban districts.

South of Rhineland-Palatinate ( SGD Süd )	North of Rhineland-Palatinate ( SGD North )
List of nature reserves in ... Alzey-Worms district Bad Dürkheim district Donnersbergkreis District of Germersheim District of Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern District of Kusel Landau in the Palatinate Mainz Mainz-Bingen district Neustadt an der Weinstrasse Rhine-Palatinate District Southern Wine Route district Southwest Palatinate district Worms Zweibrücken	List of nature reserves in ... Ahrweiler district Altenkirchen district (Westerwald) Bad Kreuznach district Bernkastel-Wittlich district Birkenfeld district District of Cochem-Zell Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm Koblenz Mayen-Koblenz district Neuwied district Rhein-Hunsrück district Rhein-Lahn district trier District of Trier-Saarburg Vulkaneifel district Westerwaldkreis

See also

• List of landscape protection areas in Rhineland-Palatinate
• List of FFH areas in Rhineland-Palatinate
• List of EU bird protection areas in Rhineland-Palatinate
• List of natural forest reserves in Rhineland-Palatinate

Web links

Commons : Nature reserves in Rhineland-Palatinate  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• NSG album Rhineland-Palatinate on lfu.rlp.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nature reserves in Rhineland-Palatinate
2. ^ Landesforsten Rheinland-Pfalz: nature reserves .
3. ↑ Communication from the Frankenthal (Palatinate) city administration, regulatory and environmental protection office, lower nature conservation authority, dated September 30, 2013.
4. ^ Communication from the City of Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Area 4-15 / Environment, dated September 30, 2013.
5. ↑ Communication from the Pirmasens city administration, garden and cemetery office, dated September 26, 2013.
6. ^ Communication from the City of Speyer, Department 2, Environment and Forests Dept., Lower Nature Conservation Authority, dated September 26, 2013.
7. ↑ ^{a b} State Nature Conservation Act Rhineland-Palatinate: § 17 nature reserves