List of nature reserves in Saxony

This sortable list contains 218 nature reserves in Saxony . Names and key numbers correspond to the official designations.

The periodically updated list of protected areas of the Free State of Saxony currently (as of May 2019) lists 220 designated nature reserves, which together with 54,832 hectares make up around 3% of the state's area.

list

Name of the area	image	Identifier	WDPA	District / City	Description / remarks	Location	Area in hectares	Date of regulation
Old Elbe Kathewitz	more pictures	L 54	162084	Northern Saxony district		position	465	1990
Alte Halde - Dolomitgebiet Ostrau		C 97	389572	Central Saxony district		position	26.5	2007
Old leader		C 07	162093	Erzgebirgskreis		position	32.67	1981
Alte See - Ruhmberg	more pictures	L 18	162096	District of Leipzig		position	266	2015
Old grinder pond area	more pictures	D 85	162123	Goerlitz district		position	67.57	1992
At the old raft ditch		C 57	162138	Vogtland district		position	92	1994
At the gallows pond Altenberg		D 90	162150	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	13.7	1989
At the northern siskin forest	more pictures	C 100	555560772	Chemnitz		position	36	2013
At the Riedert	more pictures	C 22	162179	Erzgebirgskreis		position	18.5	1986
At the Rümpfwald	more pictures	C 87	318109	Zwickau district		position	88	1998
At the Schusterstein	more pictures	C 54	162183	Central Saxony district, Chemnitz		position	13.32	1990
At the Spitzberg	more pictures	L 55	318110	District of Leipzig		position	160	2001
On the baptismal day	more pictures	C 29	162188	Erzgebirgskreis		position	36.64	1988
At the monastery meadow	more pictures	L 15	162212	Northern Saxony district		position	75	1990
At the Ullitz		C 66	162220	Vogtland district		position	89	1989
Aschbachtal		C 60	162247	Central Saxony district		position	682	1988
Alluvial forest Laske	more pictures	D 07	162267	Bautzen district		position	29.11	1967
Auwald and Eisenberg Guttau (share)		D 10	162307	Bautzen district		position	4.08	1990
Bärenbach		C 08	162338	Erzgebirgskreis		position	67.24	1984
Bockautal		C 20	162473	Erzgebirgskreis		position	33.34	1967
Bockwitz	more pictures	L 60	318212	District of Leipzig		position	545.4	1999
Brauhauspöhl		C 41	162539	Vogtland district		position	3.74	1996
Burgaue	more pictures	L 09	162642	Leipzig		position	240.6	1993
Callenberg North II	more pictures	C 59	162671	Zwickau district		position	22.5	1990
Caßlauer meadow ponds	more pictures	D 09	162673	Bautzen district		position	40.16	1989
Chemnitzaue near Draisdorf	more pictures	C 103	555595847	Chemnitz		position	83.8	2015
Conradswiese		C 18	162683	Erzgebirgskreis		position	38.97	1967
Dippelsdorf pond	more pictures	D 32	162762	Meißen district		position	44.39	1961
Döben forest		L 17	14518	District of Leipzig		position	190	1961
Dornreichenbacher Berg		L 13	162789	District of Leipzig		position	39.04	1984
Threefold	more pictures	C 49	162796	Vogtland district		position	14.72	1981
Tri-border region		C 74	162801	Vogtland district		position	134.94	1992
Dresden Elbe valley slopes	more pictures	D 104	378065	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains, Dresden		position	203.6	2007
Dubrauker Horken		D 60	162809	Bautzen district		position	3.7	1988
Dubringer Moor	more pictures	D 78	14426	Bautzen district		position	1700	1995
Eichberg	more pictures	C 94	389586	Central Saxony district		position	17.39	2009
Elbe islands Pillnitz and Gauernitz	more pictures	D 35	165003	District of Meissen, Dresden		position	23.5	2006
Elbe valley slopes between Rottewitz and Zadel	more pictures	D 102	318337	Meißen district		position	31.1	1999
Elster and Pleiße Auewald	more pictures	L 10	318343	Leipzig		position	66.06	2001
Elsterhang near Pirk		C 39	162935	Vogtland district		position	37.97	1961
Elsterhang near Röttis		C 36	162936	Vogtland district		position	42.72	1990
Erlenbruch-Oberbusch Grüngräbchen	more pictures	D 06	318363	Bautzen district		position	146.55	1999
Eschefelder ponds	more pictures	L 29	9352	District of Leipzig		position	267.03	1967
Feilebach		C 70	163036	Vogtland district		position	93	1993
Fichtelberg	more pictures	C 98	389590	Erzgebirgskreis		position	209	2007
Moritzburg women's pond	more pictures	D 31	14509	Meißen district		position	202	1954
Friedrichsheider high moor	more pictures	C 21	163152	Erzgebirgskreis		position	19.01	1994
Fuchspöhl		C 65	163165	Vogtland district		position	46	1986
Geierswalder Heide		D 110	555588707	Bautzen district		position	128.94	2014
Geisingberg	more pictures	D 98	163218	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	314	1981
Georgenfelder Hochmoor	more pictures	D 46	9363	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	13.55	1961
Georgewitzer scale	more pictures	D 22	163228	Goerlitz district		position	35.23	1961
Gimmlitzwiesen	more pictures	D 67	163248	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	1.58	1961
Bullfinch catch	more pictures	D 56	163249	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	10.29	1983
Gohrischheide and Elbe Lower Terrace Zeithain	more pictures	D 95	318447	Meißen district		position	2846.99	2000
Goldberg		C 44	163272	Vogtland district		position	21.5	1993
Gottesberg		C 43	163292	Vogtland district		position	16.16	1961
Border meadows Fürstenau and Fürstenauer Heide	more pictures	D 105	378090	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	507	2006
Gröditzer scale	more pictures	D 11	163326	Bautzen district		position	43.29	1986
Big crane lake	more pictures	C 48	14531	Erzgebirgskreis, Vogtlandkreis		position	611	1961
Big pond Torgau	more pictures	L 48	163362	Northern Saxony district		position	532	1992
Big willow pond	more pictures	C 58	163366	Vogtland district		position	334.92	1990
Großhartmannsdorfer large pond	more pictures	C 02	14521	Central Saxony district		position	155	1997
Large wood		D 28	163383	Meißen district		position	14.65	1961
Gruna	more pictures	L 05	163397	Northern Saxony district		position	28.86	1995
Grünheider high moor		C 17	163403	Vogtland district		position	11.4	1994
Half-mile meadows	more pictures	C 50	163496	Erzgebirgskreis		position	17.49	1985
Hammerlugk		D 87	163514	Goerlitz district		position	74	1995
Hartenstein Forest	more pictures	C 04	163533	Zwickau district		position	89	1993
Haselberg street pond	more pictures	L 49	163540	District of Leipzig		position	39	1991
Hasenreuth		C 68	163545	Vogtland district		position	19th	1994
Heath and moor forest at the Filzteich	more pictures	C 72	163939	Zwickau district		position	314	1941
Holy halls	more pictures	D 55	163599	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	32.78	1992
Stumbling block		D 47	14513	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	253.28	1961
Stallion Mountain		D 24	163638	Goerlitz district		position	23.4	1989
Hermannsdorf	more pictures	D 84	14425	Goerlitz district		position	21.5	1967
Hermannsdorf meadows	more pictures	C 26	14526	Erzgebirgskreis		position	185	1967
Heaven		C 67	163679	Vogtland district		position	47	1967
Rear floor	more pictures	L 31	163690	District of Leipzig		position	31.13	1997
Hirschberg		C 81	163697	Vogtland district		position	32.3	1995
Hirschberg - Seiffener Grund		C 09	14522	Erzgebirgskreis		position	172.57	1961
Hochstein		D 19	163714	Goerlitz district		position	69.6	1974
Hochstein - Karlsleite		D 69	163715	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	21.52	1985
Hochweitzschen forest		C 92	389602	Central Saxony district		position	19.24	1978
Hofehübel Bärenfels		D 40	163727	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	71.8	1984
High Dubrau		D 16	14537	Goerlitz district		position	363	1961
Cave pond	more pictures	C 77	163755	Erzgebirgskreis		position	37.1	1995
Hormersdorfer Hochmoor	more pictures	C 05	163793	Erzgebirgskreis		position	10.63	1986
Huettenbach		C 46	163836	Vogtland district		position	42.9	1994
Inside dump Nochten	more pictures	D 101	318604	Goerlitz district		position	62.51	2002
Jägersgrüner high moor		C 42	163935	Vogtland district		position	13.2	1961
Jahna floodplain forests		D 01	163938	Meißen district		position	34.24	1961
Jonsdorf rock town		D 27	163952	Goerlitz district		position	65.4	1990
Keulaer Tiergarten	more pictures	D 81	164060	Goerlitz district		position	32.64	1987
Kirstenmühle-Schanzenbachtal	more pictures	C 93	389615	Central Saxony district, Leipzig district		position	277	1961
Small mountain Hohburg		L 39	164118	District of Leipzig		position	40.6	1961
Kleiner Kranichsee, Butterwegmoor and Henneberger Slope	more pictures	C 25	164124	Erzgebirgskreis		position	103.8	1996
Kohlbachtal	more pictures	L 53	164184	District of Leipzig		position	244	1991
Königsbrücker Heide	more pictures	D 89	164201	Bautzen district, Meissen district		position	7000	1988
Cross base		L 51	164256	Northern Saxony district		position	16.9	1986
Kulkwitzer laugh	more pictures	L 43	164294	District of Leipzig		position	35.67	1961
Carriage pond Moritzburg	more pictures	D 100	318700	Meißen district		position	14.14	2001
Kuttenbach		C 85	164309	Erzgebirgskreis		position	65	1986
State municipality		C 47	164333	Vogtland district		position	8.68	1961
National crown	more pictures	D 20	164334	Goerlitz district		position	83	1987
Long wood - Radeland	more pictures	L 14	164367	Northern Saxony district		position	49.4	1987
Listen		D 26	164402	Goerlitz district		position	13.39	1939
Lausker scale		D 12	164404	Bautzen district		position	32.31	1991
Lauer puddle of clay	more pictures	L 56	318722	Leipzig		position	49	2003
Linz water	more pictures	D 107	555514066	Meißen district		position	162.6	2010
Linzenteich		D 70	164494	Bautzen district		position	29.28	1993
Lohenbachtal	more pictures	C 86	318745	Erzgebirgskreis		position	20.5	2002
Loose		D 18	164507	Goerlitz district		position	16.59	1988
Luchberg		D 39	164512	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	20.1	1992
Lug pond near Grüngräbchen	more pictures	D 05	164523	Bautzen district		position	53	1995
Luppeaue	more pictures	L 45	164527	District of North Saxony, Leipzig		position	598	1993
Märzenbecherwiese	more pictures	D 53	164578	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	7.89	1994
Maylust		C 95	389623	Central Saxony district		position	26.98	2008
Low mountain range around Oelsen	more pictures	D 50	164924	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	515	1990
Middle Seidewitztal		D 92	164642	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	187	1988
Whey boron ponds tölpchen	more pictures	D 76	164653	Meißen district		position	160.75	1983
Monument hill		D 17	164660	Goerlitz district		position	34.64	1967
Moor on the Pfahlberg		C 31	164663	Erzgebirgskreis		position	21.58	1967
Bog at the red puddle	more pictures	C 27	164664	Erzgebirgskreis		position	15.16	1988
Moors south of Schönheide	more pictures	C 101	555560773	Erzgebirgskreis		position	27.83	2013
Moor forest on the Pech River near Medingen	more pictures	D 97	318804	Bautzen district, Meissen district		position	84	1999
Mothhäuser heather	more pictures	C 13	14525	Erzgebirgskreis		position	414.1	1961
Müglitzhang near Schlottwitz	more pictures	D 64	164715	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	77.87	1996
Muldenwiesen		C 83	164729	Vogtland district		position	94.39	1985
Neuteich	more pictures	D 65	164801	Meißen district		position	10.45	1974
Niederspreer pond area and Kleine Heide Hähnichen		D 13	14536	Goerlitz district		position	2014	1961
Upper Altenteich	more pictures	D 66	164869	Meißen district		position	11.51	1974
Upper Lusatian heather and pond landscape	more pictures	D 93	318902	Bautzen district, Görlitz district		position	13000	1998
Paupitzscher See		L 46	164979	Northern Saxony district		position	143	1996
Pausaer pasture		C 73	164980	Vogtland district		position	32.8	1995
Pfaffenstein	more pictures	D 91	164990	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	39.5	1961
Pfarrholz Groitzsch	more pictures	L 27	164992	District of Leipzig		position	41.6	1995
Parish meadow		C 69	164993	Vogtland district		position	50	1991
Polenzwald	more pictures	L 12	165019	District of Leipzig		position	111.4	1991
Pressel heather forest and moorland	more pictures	L 44	64696	Northern Saxony district		position	4095	1990
Priessnitz	more pictures	L 28	165039	District of Leipzig		position	59.77	1967
Prudel Döhlen		L 52	165048	Northern Saxony district		position	157	1994
Rabenauer reason	more pictures	D 37	165070	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	97.68	1988
Radener Runze		D.		Meißen district		position	26.7	2017
Rauenstein		C 06	165110	Erzgebirgskreis		position	13.94	1991
Rauner- and Haarbachtal		C 90	378345	Vogtland district		position	260	1993
Rauschenbachtal	more pictures	C 64	165113	Erzgebirgskreis		position	40.93	1961
Reudnitz	more pictures	L 38	165147	Northern Saxony district		position	157.5	1992
Röderauwald Zabeltitz	more pictures	D 103	318996	Meißen district		position	283	1997
Rohrbacher ponds	more pictures	L 19	165207	District of Leipzig		position	77.87	1990
Roitzsch		L 07	165215	Northern Saxony district		position	8.69	1997
Rotstein	more pictures	D 21	165235	Goerlitz district		position	81.63	1984
Retention basin Stöhna		L 57	319013	District of Leipzig		position	293.4	1992
Rungstock		C 10	14523	Erzgebirgskreis		position	179.86	1961
Landslide p		D 106	378353	Goerlitz district		position	112	2007
Sachsenwiese		C 71	165281	Vogtland district		position	56	1941
Sandberg Wiederau and Klinkholz	more pictures	C 79	165301	Central Saxony district		position	60	1992
Penna sand pit		C 82	165315	Central Saxony district		position	91.7	1992
Sand pit pond		C 75	165317	Vogtland district		position	48.7	1994
Sheep oak	more pictures	C 84	165355	Zwickau district		position	30.8	1988
Scheergrund		C 91	389971	Central Saxony district		position	58.05	2009
Schieferbach	more pictures	C 24	165385	Erzgebirgskreis		position	16.8	1997
loop	more pictures	D 79	165408	Goerlitz district		position	52	1985
Schmielteich Polenz	more pictures	L 58	319083	District of Leipzig		position	37.7	1999
Schönbrunn mountain		D 25	165458	Goerlitz district		position	30.43	1984
Schwarzbachtal		D 72	165491	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	13.75	1961
Black heather - war meadow		C 14	165499	Erzgebirgskreis		position	83.83	1995
Schwarzwassertal	more pictures	C 12	14524	Erzgebirgskreis		position	186	1967
Seifersdorfer Valley	more pictures	D 33	165549	Bautzen district, Dresden		position	58.55	1982
Seusslitzer and Gauernitzer grounds	more pictures	D 02	14532	Meißen district		position	357	1961
Sohrwiesen		C 63	165591	Vogtland district		position	12.4	1990
Spanich Knappenrode	more pictures	D 77	14423	Bautzen district		position	138.3	1981
Reasons to save at Dohna	more pictures	D 68	165607	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	56.79	1939
Brittle		L 36	165629	Northern Saxony district		position	27.63	1961
Staupenbachtal		C 96	389977	Central Saxony district		position	11.52	2007
Steinbach		C 28	14527	Erzgebirgskreis		position	440.6	1961
Steinberg		C 16	165678	Vogtland district		position	52.61	1981
Steinicht	more pictures	C 76	165721	Vogtland district		position	73	1994
Stone meadows		C 61	165725	Vogtland district		position	22.23	1986
Streitwald		L 30	16794	District of Leipzig		position	73.67	1961
Braunsteich southern area		D 96	319173	Goerlitz district		position	124	1996
Syrau-Kauschwitzer Heide	more pictures	C 88	319190	Vogtland district		position	187	1999
Quitzdorf dam		D 71	165824	Goerlitz district		position	112.77	1978
Biehla-Weißig pond area	more pictures	D 94	319202	Bautzen district		position	824.6	2003
Tiefental near Königsbrück	more pictures	D 08	165889	Bautzen district		position	85.99	1990
Trebendorfer Tiergarten		D 88	165939	Goerlitz district		position	201	1961
Trebnitzgrund	more pictures	D 49	165940	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	47.42	1994
Triebal	more pictures	C 35	14530	Vogtland district		position	108.34	1938
Dry slopes southeast of Lommatzsch	more pictures	D 108	555546383	Meißen district		position	140	1999
Consolation ground		C 51	165966	Central Saxony district		position	26.09	1987
Around the Eibsee	more pictures	C 89	319236	Chemnitz		position	39	2001
Around the Rochsburg	more pictures	C 01	14520	Central Saxony district		position	259.6	1961, 2019
Unger		D 54	165989	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	48.23	1996
Lower Kemnitztal		C 40	166021	Vogtland district		position	27.16	1990
United Mulde Eilenburg - Bad Düben	more pictures	L 59	319254	Northern Saxony district		position	1453	1997
Vierteich Freitelsdorf	more pictures	D 111		Meißen district		position	59.79	2017
Burgteich bird sanctuary		C 37	166068	Vogtland district		position	65.55	1985
Front floodplain	more pictures	C 52	166097	Erzgebirgskreis		position	46.4	1991
Wachtelberg-Mühlbachtal	more pictures	L 47	166121	District of Leipzig		position	23.1	1985
Forest moors near Großdittmannsdorf	more pictures	D 99	319279	Bautzen district, Meissen district		position	93.5	2000
Wartberg Thossen		C 38	166176	Vogtland district		position	18.1	1988
Reuth wash pond		C 03	166180	Vogtland district		position	21.16	1995
Weicholdswald		D 41	14512	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	103.7	1961
Weißeritztal slopes	more pictures	D 38	14511	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	448.64	1961
Werbeliner See		D ??	555632897	Northern Saxony district		position	1506.3	2019
Wesenitzhang near Zatzschke		D 63	166261	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	8.78	1989
Weather fir meadow	more pictures	C 62	166280	Erzgebirgskreis		position	7.45	1985
Windberg Freital	more pictures	D 36	14510	District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains		position	104.3	1967
Winzerwiese and Gosebruch	more pictures	D 03	166334	Meißen district		position	11.6	1967
Wollschank and Zschark	more pictures	D 75	163177	Bautzen district		position	94.82	1989
Wölperner peat meadows	more pictures	L 40	166358	Northern Saxony district		position	46.25	1989
Magic forest		C 45	166391	Vogtland district		position	15.2	1991
Zeidelweide and Pfaffenloh	more pictures	C 56	166395	Vogtland district		position	33	1967
Brickworks Prohlis and Torna	more pictures	D 109	555588706	Dresden		position	12.49	2014
Goat bush slopes near Oberau	more pictures	D 29	166416	Meißen district		position	20th	2014
Zschopautal slopes near Lichtenwalde		C 55	166428	Central Saxony district		position	34.25	1985
Zschorna pond area	more pictures	D 04	14533	Meißen district		position	314.74	1954
Zweach		C 30	14528	Erzgebirgskreis		position	106.76	1961
Zwiebrandwiesen		C 78	166431	Vogtland district		position	7.2	1984
Zwönitzer Moosheide		C 99	555552617	Erzgebirgskreis		position	19.04	2012
Gimmlitztal		C 102	555595846	Central Saxony district, Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district		position	257.8	2015

See also

• List of landscape protection areas in Saxony
• List of FFH areas in Saxony
• List of bird sanctuaries in Saxony
• List of natural forest reserves in Saxony
• List of nature parks in Saxony

swell

• Saxon State Ministry for Environment and Agriculture (Ed.): Nature reserves in Saxony. Central brochure dispatch of the Saxon state government, Dresden 2008, ISBN 978-3-932627-17-0 , link to the abridged version for preview
• F. Klenke: Changes in the existence of the nature reserves in Saxony 2010. In: Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology (Ed.): Nature conservation work in Saxony. 52nd year, 2010.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nature reserves in Saxony. (XLS; 82 KB) In: Sachsen.de . Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology, January 1, 2018, accessed on May 30, 2019 . 
2. ^ Ordinance on the NSG Radener Runze
3. ↑ Ordinance of February 15, 2019 (PDF)
4. ↑ ordinance for NSG Four pond Freitelsdorf

Web links

Commons : Nature reserves in Saxony  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the nature reserves in Saxony at www.umwelt.sachsen.de
• Research of the natural areas and natural area potentials of the Free State of Saxony (interactive map)

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