Upper Ammertal with the side valley Merkental

Landscape protection area "Upper Ammertal with the Merkental valley" IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
Landscaper at work
location	Ammerbuch in the district of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	20.2 ha
Identifier	4.16.011
WDPA ID	323357
Geographical location	48 ° 32 '  N , 8 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '18 "  N , 8 ° 55' 47"  E
Setup date	June 21, 1982
administration	Tübingen district

Upper Ammertal with the Merkental side valley is a protected landscape area (protected area number 4.16.011) in the Tübingen district .

Location and description

The protected area is located in the Ammer Valley between the Ammerbuch districts of Reusten and Poltringen . It belongs to the natural area 104- Schönbuch and Glemswald within the natural spatial main unit 10- Swabian Keuper-Lias-Land .

Protection purpose

According to the Protected Area Ordinance, the main protection purpose is the preservation of the Ammer Valley between Reusten and Poltringen with its still near-natural stream, the valley floodplains managed as grassland, the differently shaped slopes including geological outcrops from the shell limestone and the water areas created by mining, as well as the botanical protection of the slopes facing south and zoologically species-rich steppe heath , semi -arid grassland, dry grassland and rock communities.

See also

• List of landscape protection areas in the Tübingen district

literature

• Nature conservation in the Tübingen district, published by the Tübingen district in collaboration with the State Institute for Environmental Protection Baden-Württemberg 1985, pp. 60–61

Web links

Commons : Landscape protection area Upper Ammertal with the side valley Merkental  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Profile of the landscape protection area in the protected area directory of the LUBW