Neckarwasen

Neckarwasen nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Germany , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Esslingen district , Wendlingen am Neckar , Koengen
surface	13.3 ha
Identifier	1184
WDPA ID	164770
Geographical location	48 ° 41 '  N , 9 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 41 '11 "  N , 9 ° 23' 27"  E
Setup date	March 23, 1992
administration	Regional Council Stuttgart

The area Neckar Wasen is a with Regulation of 23 March 1992 the Regional Council Stuttgart been instructed Nature Reserve (NSG number 1184) near the town Wendlingen and the community Köngen in Baden-Württemberg district of Esslingen in Germany .

Location and purpose of protection

The 13.3 hectare (ha) nature reserve is directly adjacent to the NSG Wernauer Baggerseen and extends it to the west. It belongs to the natural area 106 Filder in the Swabian Keuper-Lias-Land and also to the FFH area 7321-341 Filder .

The main protection purpose is the maintenance of an ecological compensation area in the heavily polluted congestion area of ​​the Neckar valley. It is a nationally important resting area for birds. Air purification and renewal as well as water retention and groundwater recharge are also important functions.

See also

• List of nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg
• List of nature reserves in the Esslingen district

literature

• Reinhard Wolf , Ulrike Kreh (Hrsg.): The nature reserves in the Stuttgart administrative region . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-5176-2 , pp. 470-472

Web links

Commons : Neckarwasen nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas
• Location and extent of the nature reserve in OpenStreetMap