List of nature reserves in Lower Franconia

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

The selection corresponds to the administrative region of Lower Franconia . There are 138 nature reserves in the administrative district (as of November 2015). Together they cover an area of 18,894 hectares. The largest nature reserve in the district is the Lange Rhön.

Surname	image	Identifier	circle	details	position	Area hectares	date
Alzenau sands		NSG-00439.01 WDPA: 162136	Aschaffenburg district		⊙	95.44	1993
Summer ground amphibious reserve		NSG-00232.01 WDPA: 162205	Aschaffenburg district		⊙	24.44	1999
Speckkahl amphibian sanctuary		NSG-00187.01 WDPA: 81307	Aschaffenburg district		⊙	43.44	1985
Alluvial forest near Erlenfurt	BW	NSG-00562.01 WDPA: 318128	Aschaffenburg district		⊙	10.9	1991
Dörngraben near Haibach		NSG-00339.01 WDPA: 162787	Aschaffenburg district , Aschaffenburg	Aschaffenburg district : 3.76 ha Aschaffenburg : 2.63 ha	⊙	6.39	1986
Hafenlohrtal		NSG-00333.01 WDPA: 163472	Aschaffenburg district		⊙	71.94	1988
Metzgergraben - Krone		NSG-00414.01 WDPA: 81688	Aschaffenburg district		⊙	7.46	1992
Eichhall natural forest reserve		NSG-00740.01 WDPA: 378133	Aschaffenburg district		⊙	72.06	2005
High Knuck natural forest reserve	BW	NSG-00596.01 WDPA: 318833	Aschaffenburg district		⊙	121.85	1952
Kreuzbuckel natural forest reserve		NSG-00597.01 WDPA: 318834	Aschaffenburg district		⊙	66.38	2001
Rohrberg		NSG-00116.01 WDPA: 82434	Aschaffenburg district		⊙	9.86	1979
Gustavsee bird sanctuary		NSG-00382.01 WDPA: 166085	Aschaffenburg district		⊙	18.19	1991
Former training area Aschaffenburg and Altenbachgrund		NSG-00748.01 WDPA: 555546333	Aschaffenburg , Miltenberg district	Aschaffenburg : 288.58 ha Miltenberg district : 4.89 ha	⊙	293.47	2010
Feuerbachmoor		NSG-00479.01 WDPA: 81659	Bad Kissingen district		⊙	25.22	1988
Grundwiese (Hornwiese)	BW	NSG-00024.01 WDPA: 318479	Bad Kissingen district		⊙	2.33	1939
Haarberg	BW	NSG-00354.01 WDPA: 163420	Bad Kissingen district		⊙	23.8	1989
Buchwald natural forest island	BW	NSG-00709.01 WDPA: 344596	Bad Kissingen district		⊙	4.13	2003
Dachsbau natural forest reserve	BW	NSG-00601.01 WDPA: 318829	Bad Kissingen district		⊙	27.01	2001
Dianensruh natural forest reserve	BW	NSG-00600.01 WDPA: 318830	Bad Kissingen district		⊙	21.33	2001
Reiterswiesener Höhe-house teal grove	BW	NSG-00571.01 WDPA: 318973	Bad Kissingen district		⊙	405.59	2000
Chess flower meadows near Zeitlofs	BW	NSG-00100.01 WDPA: 82503	Bad Kissingen district		⊙	19.26	1975
Black mountains		NSG-00440.01 WDPA: 64699	Bad Kissingen district		⊙	3,170.67	1993
Sodenberg goose		NSG-00540.01 WDPA: 319116	Bad Kissingen district , the district of Main-Spessart	Bad Kissingen district : 442.8 ha Main-Spessart district : 50.06 ha	⊙	492.86	1998
Arid areas near Machtilshausen	BW	NSG-00409.01 WDPA: 165952	Bad Kissingen district		⊙	252.31	1992
Juniper heaths south of Münnerstadt		NSG-00363.01 WDPA: 166115	Bad Kissingen district		⊙	100.85	1989
Forest meadows in the Neuwirtshauser forest	BW	NSG-00428.01 WDPA: 166155	Bad Kissingen district		⊙	158.41	1992
Wurmberg-Possenberg	BW	NSG-00042.01 WDPA: 82949	Bad Kissingen district		⊙	201.8	1941
Core zones in the Bavarian part of the Rhön Biosphere Reserve	BW	NSG-00751.01	Bad Kissingen district , the district of Rhön-grave field	Bad Kissingen district : 2106.848 hectares Rhön-Grabfeld district : 1,377.57 hectares	⊙	3,484,427	2013
Altmain and sandy grassland near Limbach		NSG-00408.01 WDPA: 162127	Haßberge district		⊙	273.5	1992
Ebelsberg		NSG-00122.01 WDPA: 81568	Haßberge district		⊙	49.1	1982
Galgenberg-Goßberg	BW	NSG-00265.01 WDPA: 163191	Haßberge district		⊙	45.52	1985
High when		NSG-00517.01 WDPA: 163738	Haßberge district		⊙	1,029.69	1996
Mainaue near Augsfeld		NSG-00595.01 WDPA: 318762	Haßberge district		⊙	616.23	2001
Mordgrund natural forest reserve	BW	NSG-00604.01 WDPA: 318835	Haßberge district		⊙	24.76	2002
Stachel natural forest reserve		NSG-00605.01 WDPA: 318839	Haßberge district		⊙	23.28	2002
Pfaffenberg		NSG-00289.01 WDPA: 164988	Haßberge district		⊙	20.14	1986
Shoulderbachtal		NSG-00375.01 WDPA: 165471	Haßberge district		⊙	34.08	1990
Simonsberg-Fuchsrangen	BW	NSG-00334.01 WDPA: 165578	Haßberge district		⊙	14.32	1988
Tretzendorfer Weiher		NSG-00455.01 WDPA: 165945	Haßberge district		⊙	202.58	1993
Urlesbachtal		NSG-00565.01 WDPA: 319251	Haßberge district		⊙	24.32	2000
Dry slopes and primeval meadow near Junkersdorf		NSG-00376.01 WDPA: 165957	Haßberge district		⊙	132.34	1990
Gray heron colony near Dippach am Main		NSG-00542.01 WDPA: 82794	Haßberge district	Dippach parts of the Altmain, Mainaue and Mainprall slope.	⊙	143.84	1998
Weilersbachtal		NSG-00499.01 WDPA: 166218	County Haßberge , district of Schweinfurt	Haßberge district : 57.15 ha Schweinfurt district : 36.6 ha	⊙	93.75	1995
Alter Main near Volkach		NSG-00350.01 WDPA: 162115	Kitzingen district	Volkach , Nordheim am Main Original flowing water of the Main, including the river terraces rich in small reliefs, which are used as hay meadows and willow trees.	⊙	63.66	1989
Astheimer Dürringswasen		NSG-00574.01 WDPA: 81320	Kitzingen district		⊙	10.89	1999
Belkers near Großlangheim	BW	NSG-00403.01 WDPA: 162367	Kitzingen district		⊙	31.25	1983
Semi-dry lawn on the Schwanberg		NSG-00393.01 WDPA: 163498	Kitzingen district	Iphofen Magerwiese, semi-arid grassland and old vineyards as a habitat for insects.	⊙	9.28	1991
Kranzer	BW	NSG-00222.01 WDPA: 164238	Kitzingen district		⊙	7.7	1984
Mainaue between Sommerach and Koehler		NSG-00500.01 WDPA: 164554	Kitzingen district		⊙	93.31	1995
Marktstefter Tännig	BW	NSG-00516.01 WDPA: 164573	Kitzingen district		⊙	74.11	1996
Wolfsee natural forest reserve		NSG-00603.01 WDPA: 318843	Kitzingen district		⊙	75.99	2001
Right bank of the Main near Sommerach		NSG-00372.01 WDPA: 165118	Kitzingen district	Sommerach groyne fields of the various stages of siltation in their interlinking with willow bushes, remains of alluvial forest, herbaceous hillside forests and meadows.	⊙	19.45	1990
Sands on the fir bush near Kleinlangheim	BW	NSG-00498.01 WDPA: 165303	Kitzingen district		⊙	37.92	1995
Sand corridors near Volkach, Schwarzach a.Main and Sommerach		NSG-00543.01 WDPA: 319044	Kitzingen district	Volkach lean sand lawns and sand grass heaths in their interlocking with forest edges, meadows, arable land, orchards, wetlands and watercourses as well as the protection of sand dunes and drifting sand areas.	⊙	105.36	1998
Sand grass heaths at Elgersheimer Hof		NSG-00285.01 WDPA: 165305	Kitzingen district	Volkach's purpose is to preserve the silver loin, which is endangered throughout Europe. Relic site of the sandy grass heaths, which have some rare flowering plants, mosses, mushrooms and various types of lichen.	⊙	3.39	1986
Schloßbergsattel near Markt Einersheim		NSG-00612.01 WDPA: 165422	Kitzingen district	Markt Einersheim Complex open land area.	⊙	78.47	2002
Forest at the Hallburg		NSG-00383.01 WDPA: 166135	Kitzingen district	Volkach Rare expression of a hillside forest with its biodiversity, especially spring geophytes, mixed deciduous forest with transitions to hardwood floodplain and light forest structure.	⊙	9.61	1991
Gable (NSG)		NSG-00544.01 WDPA: 318438	Main-Spessart district		⊙	26.88	1998
Grainberg-Kalbenstein and Saupurzel		NSG-00743.01 WDPA: 378088	Main-Spessart district	Karlstadt , Eußenheim Complex dry area network	⊙	301.91	2005
Gray heron colony on the Salzberg	BW	NSG-00101.01 WDPA: 81753	Main-Spessart district		⊙	158.32	1976
Kallmuth		NSG-00349.01 WDPA: 164007	Main-Spessart district		⊙	18.14	1989
Kreuzberg near Marktheidenfeld		NSG-00587.01 WDPA: 318690	Main-Spessart district		⊙	36.64	2001
Mäusberg-Rammersberg-Ständelberg		NSG-00613.01 WDPA: 318771	Main-Spessart district		⊙	273.85	2002
Gansbrunn natural forest reserve	BW	NSG-00598.01 WDPA: 318832	Main-Spessart district		⊙	32.31	2001
Schubertswald natural forest reserve	BW	NSG-00599.01 WDPA: 318838	Main-Spessart district		⊙	19.49	2001
Romberg		NSG-00536.01 WDPA: 165216	Main-Spessart district		⊙	55.74	1997
Homburg ruins		NSG-00581.01 WDPA: 344832	Main-Spessart district		⊙	613.15	2000
Reason		NSG-00559.01 WDPA: 319114	Main-Spessart district		⊙	379.76	1999
Spessart meadows		NSG-00586.01 WDPA: 319123	Main Spessart district , Aschaffenburg	Main-Spessart district : 277.5 ha Aschaffenburg district : 76.15 ha	⊙	353.65	2000
Lower Schondratal	BW	NSG-00195.01 WDPA: 82756	Main Spessart district , the district of Bad Kissingen	Main-Spessart district : 108.24 ha Bad Kissingen district : 71.03 ha	⊙	179.27	1983
Weihersgrund		NSG-00550.01 WDPA: 319300	Main-Spessart district		⊙	42.59	1998
Aubachtal near Wildensee	BW	NSG-00380.01 WDPA: 162257	Miltenberg district		⊙	62.98	1977
Red sand quarry Reistenhausen	BW	NSG-00172.01 WDPA: 318268	Miltenberg district		⊙	15.37	1987
Red sand quarries near Bürgstadt		NSG-00173.01 WDPA: 81491	Miltenberg district		⊙	24.59	1983
Red sand quarries near Dorfprozelten		NSG-00297.01 WDPA: 162638	Miltenberg district		⊙	16.48	1983
Udder bottom at Bullau	BW	NSG-00326.01 WDPA: 163012	Miltenberg district		⊙	3.97	1982
Wet meadows in the Sulzbachtal		NSG-00262.01 WDPA: 163085	Miltenberg district		⊙	25.39	1984
Grohberg		NSG-00290.01 WDPA: 163327	Miltenberg district		⊙	38.68	1986
Main meadows near Sulzbach and Kleinwallstadt		NSG-00476.01 WDPA: 164553	Miltenberg district		⊙	89.21	1994
Forest on the Busigberg near Großheubach	BW	NSG-00606.01 WDPA: 319271	Miltenberg district		⊙	27.69	2002
Forest at the Mainhölle near Großheubach	BW	NSG-00607.01 WDPA: 319272	Miltenberg district		⊙	17.38	2002
Altenburg near Trappstadt	BW	NSG-00387.01 WDPA: 162109	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	253.29	1991
Dünsberg		NSG-00537.01 WDPA: 162824	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	75.39	1942
Wet areas on the Steizbrunn-Graben	BW	NSG-00505.01 WDPA: 163050	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	99.06	2000
Gangolfsberg		NSG-00065.01 WDPA: 81711	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	182.6	1952
Hubholz near Mühlfeld	BW	NSG-00390.01 WDPA: 163808	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	86.25	1991
Long Rhön		NSG-00152.01 WDPA: 7005	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	3,292.25	1982
Mühlwiesen in the Elsbach valley	BW	NSG-00459.01 WDPA: 164728	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	70.55	1993
Eisgraben natural forest reserve	BW	NSG-00590.01 WDPA: 318831	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	29.93	2001
Natural forest reserve Nesselsee	BW	NSG-00592.01 WDPA: 318836	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	51.5	2001
Schloßberg natural forest reserve	BW	NSG-00591.01 WDPA: 318837	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	28.74	2001
Nettle bottom	BW	NSG-00248.01 WDPA: 164776	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	9.88	1985
Poppenholz	BW	NSG-00386.01 WDPA: 165021	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	210.36	1991
Saalewiesen between Bad Neustadt and Salz		NSG-00567.01 WDPA: 319032	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	152.9	1999
Sinnquellgebiet and Arnsbergsüdhang	BW	NSG-00352.01 WDPA: 165580	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	161.24	1989
Steinberg and Wein-Berg	BW	NSG-00342.01 WDPA: 165681	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	302.77	1989
Dry areas northwest of Mittelstreu	BW	NSG-00744.01	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	268.54	2010
Dry slopes near Unsleben		NSG-00336.01 WDPA: 165954	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	40.89	1988
Dry grass on the Kapellenberg	BW	NSG-00388.01 WDPA: 165958	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	26.88	1991
Weyhershauk		NSG-00249.01 WDPA: 166281	District of Rhön-Grabfeld		⊙	26.3	1985
Alter Main near Bergrheinfeld and Grafenrheinfeld		NSG-00367.01 WDPA: 162114	Schweinfurt district	Bergrheinfeld , Grafenrheinfeld	⊙	20.98	1990
Sinkholes in the millwood	BW	NSG-00405.01 WDPA: 162770	Schweinfurt district	Gerolzhofen	⊙	31.39	1980
Elmuss		NSG-00121.01 WDPA: 81602	Schweinfurt district	Grafenrheinfeld	⊙	44.71	2001
Extension of the Garstadt bird sanctuary		NSG-00608.01 WDPA: 318373	Schweinfurt district	Röthlein , Grafenrheinfeld , Bergrheinfeld	⊙	83.19	2001
Garstadter wood	BW	NSG-00165.01 WDPA: 81714	Schweinfurt district		⊙	51.65	1982
Hausener valley slopes		NSG-00625.01 WDPA: 318512	Schweinfurt district		⊙	145.72	2002
Hörnau Forest	BW	NSG-00464.01 WDPA: 163796	Schweinfurt district	Frankenwinheim , Sulzheim , Gerolzhofen	⊙	180.52	1994
Wildacker natural forest reserve	BW	NSG-00602.01 WDPA: 318842	Schweinfurt district		⊙	15.48	2001
Zwerchstück natural forest reserve	BW	NSG-00545.01 WDPA: 318871	Schweinfurt district		⊙	28.46	1998
Riedholz and Grettstädter Meadows		NSG-00576.01 WDPA: 82413	Schweinfurt district	Schwebheim , Kolitzheim , Grettstadt	⊙	119.12	2000
Schleifwiesen and Nußloch near Lindach	BW	NSG-00264.01 WDPA: 165409	Schweinfurt district		⊙	15.54	1985
Spitalgrund-Oberes Volkachtal	BW	NSG-00260.01 WDPA: 165614	Schweinfurt district	Michelau im Steigerwald , Hundelshausen (unincorporated area)	⊙	41.89	1985
Sulzheimer gypsum hill		NSG-00118.01 WDPA: 82676	Schweinfurt district	Sulzheim	⊙	8.31	1979
Lauer valley slopes near Stadtlauringen	BW	NSG-00410.01 WDPA: 165820	Schweinfurt district	Stadtlauringen	⊙	93.33	1992
Spitalholz near Gochsheim	BW	NSG-00553.01 WDPA: 319125	Schweinfurt district	Gochsheim	⊙	25.88	1998
Bird sanctuary Alter and Neuer See	BW	NSG-00192.01 WDPA: 82816	Schweinfurt district		⊙	38.47	1983
Garstadt bird sanctuary		NSG-00329.01 WDPA: 166084	Schweinfurt district		⊙	48.42	1988
Wernaue near Ettleben	BW	NSG-00307.01 WDPA: 166249	Schweinfurt district		⊙	7.57	1987
Wipfelder Mainaue near St. Ludwig		NSG-00485.01 WDPA: 166335	Schweinfurt district		⊙	72.84	1994
Saumain in the city of Schweinfurt		NSG-00458.01 WDPA: 165338	Schweinfurt		⊙	11.58	1993
Bärnthal-Hüttenthal	BW	NSG-00186.01 WDPA: 81367	Würzburg district		⊙	15.16	1992
Berg near Unterleinach	BW	NSG-00385.01 WDPA: 162375	Würzburg district		⊙	9.48	1966
Piles of blue grass	BW	NSG-00041.01 WDPA: 81418	Würzburg district		⊙	9.44	1984
Blutsee-Moor		NSG-00556.01 WDPA: 318208	Würzburg district	Box	⊙	5.8	1941
Noble forest	BW	NSG-00040.01 WDPA: 81572	Würzburg district		⊙	18.87	1942
Höhfeldplatte and Scharlachberg		NSG-00610.01 WDPA: 318561	Würzburg district		⊙	34.3	2002
Main slope at the Vogelsburg		NSG-00454.01 WDPA: 164556	District of Würzburg , District of Kitzingen	District of Würzburg : 26.66 ha District of Kitzingen : 26.31 ha	⊙	52.97	1993
Main valley slope Kleinochsenfurter Berg	BW	NSG-00241.01 WDPA: 164557	Würzburg district		⊙	28.71	1985
Marsberg-Wachtelberg	BW	NSG-00225.01 WDPA: 164574	Würzburg district		⊙	67.2	1984
Waldkugel natural forest reserve	BW	NSG-00609.01 WDPA: 318841	Würzburg district , Würzburg	Würzburg district : 49.58 ha Würzburg : 24.26 ha	⊙	73.84	2002
Dry slopes near Böttigheim		NSG-00742.01 WDPA: 349943	Würzburg district		⊙	2.89	1999
Dry slopes near Böttigheim		NSG-00742.06 WDPA: 389981	Würzburg district		⊙	67.25	1999
Dry slopes near Böttigheim	BW	NSG-00742.02 WDPA: 389982	Würzburg district		⊙	7.46	1999
Dry slopes near Böttigheim	BW	NSG-00742.03 WDPA: 389983	Würzburg district		⊙	14.98	1999
Dry slopes near Böttigheim	BW	NSG-00742.04 WDPA: 389984	Würzburg district		⊙	27.08	1999
Dry slopes near Böttigheim	BW	NSG-00742.05 WDPA: 389985	Würzburg district		⊙	31.36	1999
Zeubelried Moor	BW	NSG-00064.01 WDPA: 82957	Würzburg district		⊙	5.29	1952
Bromberg rose garden	BW	NSG-00569.01 WDPA: 162571	Würzburg , Würzburg district	Würzburg : 35.49 ha Würzburg district : 1.27 ha	⊙	36.76	1983
Legend for nature reserve

Individual evidence

↑ Green list of nature reserves in Lower Franconia. (PDF; 134 kB) Bavarian State Office for the Environment, December 31, 2014, accessed on May 23, 2016 .