Upper Argen and side valleys

	FFH area ; "Obere Argen and side valleys"
	Small Staudacher pond in Eglofs
location	Argenbühl and Wangen im Allgäu in the district of Ravensburg , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
WDPA ID	555522217
Natura 2000 ID	DE-8324-342
FFH area	9.335 km²
Geographical location	47 ° 40 ' N , 9 ° 50' E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 '3 " N , 9 ° 49' 53" E
Setup date	January 1, 2005
administration	Regional Council Tübingen
particularities	fourteen sub-areas

The area Upper Argen and valleys is with regulation from 1 January 2005 by the Regierungspräsidium Tübingen after Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna and Habitats Directive) be trained reserve (reserve identifier DE-8324-342) of the southeastern German State of Baden-Württemberg .

location

The nature reserve of the Obere Argen and side valleys , around 930 hectares in size, is part of the Westallgäu hill country . Its fourteen sub-areas are around Argenbühl and Wangen in the Allgäu , along the Upper Argen in the Ravensburg district .

description

The protected area Obere Argen and Seitentäler is described as an "alpine-influenced river landscape with high dynamics, deeply cut side valleys and adjacent natural slope and alluvial forests, source areas, as well as lakes, ponds and litter meadows in extensively used low moor areas".

Habitats

The diversity of dry and moist habitat types in the protected area is illustrated by, among other things, "natural nutrient-rich lakes", "flowing waters with flooding water vegetation", "whistle grass meadows", "humid tall herbaceous meadows", "lean lowland hay meadows", "lime-rich swamps with Schneidried", " Lime-rich fens ”,“ bog forests ”,“ floodplain forests with alders, ash trees, willows ”,“ alpine rivers with lavender-willow trees ”and“ damaged raised bogs ”.

Habitat classes



Deciduous forest			5%
Mixed forest			16%
Coniferous forest			25%
Moist and mesophilic grassland			24%
Inland waters, standing and flowing			6%
Bogs, swamps and vegetation on the banks			11%
Heath, scrub, meliorated grassland			11%
Different farmland			3%
Other (cities, roads, landfills, pits, industrial areas)			2%

Contiguous protected areas

With the FFH area "Obere Argen und Seitentäler", the following areas are designated as contiguous protected areas:

Identifier	Surname	Places	Area share [%]
NSG 4.066	Hangquellmoor Epplings Lime-rich spring moor on the valley slope of the upper Argental with a particularly beautifully developed and species-rich Kleinseggenried .	Wangen in the Allgäu	1
NSG 4.194	Gießenmoos (two sub-areas) Valuable residual areas of a once extensive flat and spring moor area with important ecological compensation functions such as water retention and purification.	Argenbühl , Wangen im Allgäu	1
NSG 4.216	Staudacher Weiher Two bodies of water and siltation zones and subsequent wet meadows; important stepping stone in the habitat network in the Württemberg Allgäu.	Argenbühl	2
NSG 4.222	Rotasweiher-Degermoos Extremely richly structured moor complex with interspersed mineral grasslands; important part of the wetland community in the Württemberg Allgäu.	Wangen in the Allgäu	5
NSG 4.282	Argen Largely natural or near-natural river course with bank areas and valley slopes as a testimony to the history of the earth and landscape.	Wangen in the Allgäu	1
NSG 4.298	Neuravensburger Weiher Weiher with silting area as a breeding and resting place for rare and endangered bird species, some of which are of European importance.	Wangen im Allgäu - Neuravensburg	4th
LSG 4.36.023	Bog and hill country south of Wangen in the Allgäu	Wangen in the Allgäu	21st
LSG 4.36.033	Blue lake	Wangen in the Allgäu	1
SPA 8324441	Schwarzensee and Kolbenmoos Natural eutrophic lake with silting vegetation and reed belt and an adjacent moor complex with wet bushes, small sedge, litter meadows and wet meadows.	Wangen in the Allgäu