Obersäckingen (landscape protection area)

Landscape protection area "Obersäckingen" IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
location	Bad Säckingen in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
surface	34 ha
Identifier	3.37.011
WDPA ID	378653
Geographical location	47 ° 34 '  N , 7 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '50 "  N , 7 ° 58' 25"  E
Setup date	January 20, 2004
administration	District Office Waldshut

Obersäckingen is a protected landscape area in the Waldshut district in Baden-Württemberg .

Location and description

The approximately 34 hectare landscape protection area was created by ordinance of the Waldshut District Office of January 20, 2004. It is located northeast of Obersäckingen and belongs to the natural area 155- Southern Black Forest within the main natural unit 15- Black Forest . The area is almost entirely in FFH area No. 8413-341 Murg zum Hochrhein . It is also located in the Southern Black Forest Nature Park .

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation of the landscape, which is characterized by the change of forest, field trees, hedges and wide grassland areas with their sometimes species-rich, flower-colored oat meadows. With its closeness to nature, diversity as well as the peculiarity and beauty of the existing landscape structures, the landscape fulfills its recreational function for the general public to a particular extent. The protected area also serves to protect and maintain the habitats of the FFH area Murg to the Upper Rhine, especially in the open area of ​​the lean, lowland hay meadows there.

See also

• List of landscape protection areas in the Waldshut district

Web links

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