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	Nature reserve Oberer Gründel IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	South-eastern part of the NSG Oberer Gründel.
location	Egenhausen and Haiterbach in the Calw district , Baden-Württemberg
surface	29.5 ha
Identifier	2.126
WDPA ID	164871
Geographical location	48 ° 33 ' N , 8 ° 37' E Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '55 " N , 8 ° 37' 6" E
Sea level	from 540 m to 600 m
Setup date	December 29, 1989
administration	Karlsruhe Regional Council

Oberer Gründel is a nature reserve designated by the Karlsruhe Regional Council of December 29, 1989 with the number 2.126.

location

The nature reserve is located in the Black Forest-Randplatten natural area about 1000 meters northwest of the Haiterbach district of Beihingen .

Protection purpose

According to the ordinance, the protection purpose is the preservation and promotion of a typical natural landscape as a site for semi-arid grassland communities with numerous endangered plant species and as a habitat for endangered amphibians, butterflies and birds in particular.

Flora and fauna

In the semi-arid grasslands of the area you can find: German fringed gentian , common fringed gentian , silver thistle , golden thistle , pigeon scabiosa and the stemless scraper . The area's small ponds are important spawning waters for the common frog , common toad and newt .

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. 136-138
Nature conservation in the district of Calw, published by the State Institute for Environmental Protection Baden-Württemberg in cooperation with the district of Calw and the district office for nature conservation and landscape management Karlsruhe 1995, pp. 200–203

Web links

Commons : Naturschutzgebiet Oberer Gründel - 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