Obermarchtal (landscape protection area)

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Landscape protection area "Obermarchtal"

IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape

Danube at the level of the Obermarchtal monastery

Danube at the level of the Obermarchtal monastery

location Obermarchtal in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
surface 5.003 km²
Identifier 4.25.129
WDPA ID 323413
Geographical location 48 ° 13 '  N , 9 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '52 "  N , 9 ° 35' 21"  E
Obermarchtal (landscape protection area) (Baden-Württemberg)
Obermarchtal (landscape protection area)
Setup date July 30, 2004
administration Alb-Danube district

The Obermarchtal landscape protection area is a protected landscape area (LSG number 4.25.129) in the area of ​​the municipality of Obermarchtal , which was designated by the Lower Nature Conservation Authority at the Alb-Donau District District Office of July 30, 2004 .

Location and description

The 500.3 hectare protected area is located southeast of Obermarchtal and north of Reutlingendorf . Distinctive components are the Marchbachtal, the upper part of the side valley and the Guckenberg near Reutlingendorf as well as the adjacent wooded Molasse hills. It belongs to the natural area 042 - hill country of the lower crack within the natural spatial main unit 04 - Danube-Iller-Lech-Platte .

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is according to the Protected Area Ordinance

  • to preserve the diversity, uniqueness and beauty of the tertiary hilly landscape with its stream valleys and adjacent molasse hills south of Obermarchtal and Reutlingendorf due to the richly structured landscape and the balanced natural balance;
  • to preserve the typical, landscape-defining and ecologically valuable cultural landscape elements such as orchards, field hedges, individual trees, riparian trees, moats, reeds, tall herbaceous vegetation and field edges,
  • To preserve unspoilt and aesthetically valuable parts of the tertiary hilly landscape as a locally and regionally important recreational area.

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