Pechgraben near Klein-Krotzenburg

NSG Pechgraben near Klein-Krotzenburg IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Pechgraben near Klein-Krotzenburg
location	Seligenstadt and Klein-Krotzenburg , Hesse , Germany
surface	34.05 hectares
Identifier	1438022
WDPA ID	164981
Geographical location	50 ° 3 '  N , 8 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '27 "  N , 8 ° 57' 25"  E
Setup date	1998
administration	Lower nature conservation authority in the Offenbach district

The nature reserve Pechgraben near Klein-Krotzenburg (NSG identification 1438022) is located in the Hessian district of Offenbach . It comprises around 34.04 hectares of forest in the urban area of Seligenstadt .

Area description

The nature reserve lies between Seligenstadt and Klein-Krotzenburg . It is made up of semi-natural deciduous forests, wet grassland, reed beds and great sedge beds and is traversed by the eponymous pitch moat, a last relic of a post-glacial flood channel of the Main .

Protection purpose

The purpose of the protection is to preserve and develop a part of the Holocene Main floodplain that is particularly rich in species and structure with semi-natural deciduous forests, valuable wet grassland, reeds and sedge beds as a habitat for numerous endangered animal and plant species.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Offenbach district

Web links

Commons : Pechgraben bei Klein-Krotzenburg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See community and land boundaries in the BürgerGIS of the Offenbach district
2. ↑ nature reserves. In: Kreis-offenbach.de. Retrieved September 20, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Cf. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fledermaus: Pechgraben near Klein-Krotzenburg. Retrieved September 23, 2018 .