Mindersbach Valley

	Mindersbacher Tal nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Mindersbacher Tal - looking northeast
location	Ebhausen and Nagold in the district of Calw , Baden-Württemberg
surface	51.6 ha
Identifier	2,085
WDPA ID	164627
Geographical location	48 ° 35 ' N , 8 ° 42' E Coordinates: 48 ° 35 '11 " N , 8 ° 41' 52" E
Sea level	from 430 m to 555 m
Setup date	October 24, 1985
administration	Karlsruhe Regional Council

Mindersbacher Tal is a nature reserve designated by the Karlsruhe Regional Council of October 24, 1985 with the number 2.085.

location

The nature reserve is located in the Obere Gäue and Schwarzwald-Randplatten natural areas . It lies between the communities of Ebhausen and Mindersbach . The nature reserve is part of the FFH area No. 7418-341 Nagolder Heckengäu and is flanked in the west and south-east by landscape protection area No. 2.35.037 Nagoldtal .

Protection purpose

According to the ordinance, the protective purpose is the preservation of a meadow valley in the geologically and geologically significant border area between the Upper Buntsandstein of the Black Forest and the layers of shell limestone of the Upper Gau, in particular:

the maintenance and development of wetlands such as ponds, watercourses, reed beds, floodplains and wet meadows with their woody plants;
the maintenance and care of the dry grassland and orchards;
the maintenance, care and development of deciduous forest communities appropriate to the location;
the conservation and sustainable promotion of the diverse plant and animal communities linked to the different habitats with a number of endangered species.

Flora and fauna

The protected area is characterized by a variety of biotopes. The wet meadows in the valley floor turn into semi-arid grass on the slopes. In the semi-arid grassland you can find: German fringed gentian , common fringed gentian , spring gentian , silver thistle and donkey thistle . The endangered sail butterfly stands out among the large butterflies . In the wet meadows many specially protected amphibian species are present: Fire Salamander , palmate newt , smooth newt , alpine newt , yellow-bellied toad and green toad .

literature

District Office for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Karlsruhe (Ed.): The nature reserves in the administrative district of Karlsruhe . Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-7995-5172-7 , pp. 138-141

Web links

Commons : Nature reserve Mindersbacher Tal - collection of images, videos and audio files

Profile of the nature reserve in the protected area directory of the LUBW with protected area ordinance and map