Neckar valley between Rottweil and Sulz

	FFH area "Neckar Valley between Rottweil and Sulz"
	NSG Neckarburg near Rottweil
location	Rottweil district , Zollernalbkreis , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
WDPA ID	555522000
Natura 2000 ID	DE-7717-341
FFH area	21.96 km²
Geographical location	48 ° 16 ' N , 8 ° 36' E Coordinates: 48 ° 15 '49 " N , 8 ° 36' 14" E
Setup date	January 1, 2005
administration	Regional council Freiburg

The Neckartal FFH area between Rottweil and Sulz is located in the south of Baden-Württemberg and is part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas . It was designated in 2005 by the Freiburg Regional Council.

location

The 2197 hectare Neckar Valley nature reserve between Rottweil and Sulz is located in the natural areas of the Obere Gäue and the southwestern Alb foreland . The area is located in the Rottweil district with the communities of Bösingen , Dietingen , Epfendorf , Oberndorf am Neckar , Rottweil , Sulz am Neckar , Villingendorf and Vöhringen and in the Zollernalb district with the Rosenfeld community .

Protection purpose

Habitat types

The following habitat types according to Annex I of the Habitats Directive occur in the area:

EU code	*	Habitat type (official name)	Short name
3260		Rivers of the planar to montane level with vegetation of the Ranunculion fluitantis and the Callitricho-Batrachion	Running waters with flooding aquatic vegetation
5130		Formations of Juniperus communis on limestone heaths and lawns	Juniper Heath
6110	*	Gap basophilic or lime pioneer lawn (Alysso-Sedion albi)	Lime pioneer lawn
6210	*	Near-natural dry lime lawns and their stages of shrubbery (Festuco-Brometalia) (* special stands with remarkable orchids)	Lime grassland - orchid-rich stands *
6230	*	Species-rich montane grass grass (and submontane on mainland Europe) on silicate soils	Species-rich bristle grass lawn
6430		Moist tall herbaceous vegetation of the planar and montane to alpine level	Moist tall herbaceous vegetation
6510		Lean lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)	Lean, lowland hay meadows
7220	*	Tufa springs (cratoneurion)	Tufa springs
7230		Lime-rich fens	Lime-rich fens
8160	*	Calcareous debris heaps of the colline to montane level of Central Europe	Lime debris heaps
8210		Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation	Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation
8310		Caves that are not open to tourists	Caves and balms
9130		Woodruff beech forest (Asperulo-Fagetum)	Woodruff beech forest
9180	*	Tilio-Acerion canyon and slope mixed forests	Mixed ravine and hillside forests
91E0	*	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)	Alluvial forests with alder, ash, willow

Species inventory

The following types of community interest exist in the area:

EU code	Art	scientific name	Species group
1032	Small river mussel	Unio crassus	Shellfish
1163	Bullhead	Cottus gobio	Fish and round mouths
1323	Bechstein's bat	Myotis bechsteinii	Mammals
1324	Great mouse ear	Myotis myotis	Mammals

Contiguous protected areas

The following nature reserves are part of the FFH area:

Web links

Commons : FFH area Neckartal between Rottweil and Sulz - collection of images, videos and audio files

Profile of the FFH area Neckartal between Rottweil and Sulz in the protected area directory of the LUBW
Standard data sheet for the FFH area "Neckar Valley between Rottweil and Sulz"
Regional Council Freiburg (Ed.): Maintenance and development plan for the FFH area 7717-341 “Neckar valley between Rottweil and Sulz” and the bird protection areas 7617-401 “Brandhalde” and 7717-401 “Schischemtal” . edited by Thomas Breunig - Institute for Botany and Landscape Science. December 1, 2006 (135 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).

Information board at the entrance to Irslenbach