Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park

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The Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park is a cross-border nature park in Switzerland and Germany . In the first operating phase 2018–27, the park comprises 13 Schaffhausen communities and two communities from the state of Baden-Württemberg on an area of ​​209 km² .

Key figures for the operating phase 2018–27

15th Municipalities (2 German and 13 Swiss municipalities)
209 km² surface
approx. 26,000 Residents in the park area
900 m. ü. M. highest point in the park area, " Langer Hagen " between Schleitheim and Siblingen
10 Sites of national importance
6th Townscapes of regional importance
16 Cultural goods of national importance
233 Cultural assets of regional importance plus 9 cultural assets of regional importance in the German park communities
3 Areas of the federal inventory of landscapes and natural monuments of national importance: Randen, Wangen and Osterfingertal as well as parts of the BLN area Untersee-Hochrhein

(As of April 2020 expansion)

location

The geographical name Schaffhausen describes the region around Schaffhausen in a narrower sense. Typical of the Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park are the scenic regions of Randen , Südranden, Hochrhein , Klettgau and Reiat .

The Schaffhausen Nature Park comprises communities from Klettgau, Randen, Reiat, the southern part of the canton of Schaffhausen and two German communities. With the start of the operational phase, the following municipalities are members of the Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park:

The area of ​​the Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park extends over a total area of ​​209 km². The highest point in the park area is the 900 m above sea level "long Randen" between Schleitheim and Siblingen .

history

From 2009 to 2011 a suitability test, a feasibility study and a management plan were drawn up by the Schaffhausen agglomeration association, ZHAW and bioforum. The contribution of new project ideas by actors from the region is ongoing.

In March 2012, municipalities and organizations founded a sponsorship (Association Regional Nature Park Schaffhausen). The management plan was then consulted by the sponsorship. Approval took place in autumn of the same year.

On October 4, 2012, the two German municipalities Jestetten and Lottstetten joined the association and turned the project into a cross-border nature park. In Jestetten, the cooperation agreement was signed by the state minister Alexander Bonde for the state of Baden-Württemberg and the government councilor Reto Dubach for the canton of Schaffhausen.

The management plan was submitted to the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) in January 2013 . In August 2013, the Regional Nature Park Schaffhausen received the status of "Candidate Regional Nature Park" from the FOEN and was recognized by the federal government. This was the starting signal for the four-year construction phase from January 2014.

Until December 2016, the municipal assemblies of the park communities had to coordinate the operating concept and the start of the operating phase. The municipality of Merishausen has decided to leave the regional nature park. Since the community of Bargen was cut off from the other park communities, it has also been removed from the Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park.

With the approval of the application and the award of the label “Park of National Importance” by the Federal Office for the Environment in August 2017, the Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park can start the ten-year operating phase in January 2018.

On November 17, 2019, the electorate of the canton of Schaffhausen approved the “Law on parks of national importance in the canton of Schaffhausen (Cantonal Park Act)”. This is about the canton's financial participation in the nature park. From 2020 the canton will contribute around 300,000 francs until 2027. The money will flow into projects in the areas of nature and cultural landscape, regional small businesses, tourism and agricultural products. Appropriate participation by the canton is a prerequisite for the federal government to support the park financially.

Part of the rural Buchthalens

In April 2020 it became known that the federal government had approved the adaptation of the nature park perimeter of the city of Schaffhausen. The rural areas of Schaffhausen-Buchthalen and the Herblingertal are also new to the nature park . This means that all urban farmers can benefit from the support of the nature park. Thanks to the inclusion of the Herblinger Valley, the local companies GVS Weinkellerei and Falken Brewery can also produce special nature park park products. The expansion is particularly important for the promotion of species in agriculture, the preservation of the orchards around Buchthalen, the oak and forest edge promotion and the preservation of the population of the little glow worm in the Buchthaler forest . The Upper Rhine in the section Rheinhalde to the German border near the Büsingen enclave will also be part of the nature park, which means that the touristic and busy cycle route from Lake Constance to the Rhine Falls ( Rhine route ) will also be in the park. In addition, the perimeter at the Lahnbuck at the entrance to Eschheimertal was slightly corrected so that the entire agricultural zone is in the park area.

Attractions

aims

The Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park is characterized by the intact cultural landscape and typical villages. He is committed to the following goals:

  • Increase in regional added value in agriculture, trade and tourism
  • Landscape, nature and the environment: care and ecological upgrading, conservation of natural resources, promotion of renewable energies
  • Education for sustainable development : bundling and promoting appropriate offers
  • Tourism close to nature and culture: with authentic and resource-saving offers
  • Cultural life and heritage: Preservation and promotion of park-specific traditions and cultural and historical attractions
  • Networking between actors and organizations

organization

The organs of the “Regionaler Naturpark Schaffhausen” association are the general assembly, the board of directors, the business audit commission, the label commission and the advisory board. The office takes on the operational management. The members are made up of representatives of the park communities as well as individual members.

Projects

Business

The Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park strengthens local businesses. Activities in the region trigger orders for local traders. Through this strengthening, jobs and apprenticeships are maintained or new ones are created.

  • Schaffhauser Haus - a house that consists mainly of regional materials and is built by local craftsmen and businesses. A first Schaffhausen house is to be built by 2017.
  • Nature park furniture is made from wood from the Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park by local carpenters.

Agriculture

  • Schaffhausen regional products: The Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park has taken over the management of the association "Joint Marketing for Schaffhausen Regional Products", which was founded in November 2014. Producers, direct marketers and processors from the Schaffhausen region operate under the umbrella brand “Schaffhauser Regioprodukte” and market their products together.

tourism

In terms of sustainable tourism, the Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park supports stakeholders in developing offers. The focus is on non-motorized traffic as well as wine and agritourism. The following projects have already been implemented:

  • Cross-border carriage rides
  • Trilogy Bergkirchen Klettgau
  • Picnic with donkey

The regional nature park Schaffhausen runs the office of the pleasure region Wilchingen Osterfingen Trasadingen. The projects in the pleasure region include a. the Bergtrotte Osterfingen, the adventure trail "Robbers, Romans, Enjoyment" or the country women aperitif group Schaffhausen.

nature

  • Rare species are promoted with funding programs. The programs focus on amphibians (upgrading of bean ore pits ), bats and the middle woodpecker .
  • The Landenergie association supports solar and biogas systems on farms on behalf of the Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park.
  • The cultural landscape is upgraded: Species-rich, light forests are thinned and de-bushed, pine forests are tended and piles of stones are released.
  • The Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park supports and advises farmers and private individuals in the creation and maintenance of standard orchards.

Education and culture

  • Schools are awarded the “Nature Park School” certificate if they focus more on the region of the nature park and locate certain teaching topics locally. The learning content builds on one another and reinforces the learning effect.
  • Nature park excursion guides convey the beauties of the region to the guests in the Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park.
  • The Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park is rich in cultural assets and the living traditions are evidence of this. Existing events are supported and historical heritage can be experienced.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Federal Office for Culture FOC: ISOS - Federal inventory of protected sites in Switzerland of national importance. Retrieved December 6, 2017 .
  2. ^ KSD Schaffhausen: Canton Schaffhausen: GIS - maps and plans. Retrieved December 6, 2017 .
  3. ↑ FOCA staff: A – Objects SH 2018. Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance. In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP
  4. ^ BABS staff: B objects SH 2018. Canton Schaffhausen KGS inventory, B objects, status: 1.1.2018. In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP
  5. ↑ Swiss Geoportal. Retrieved December 6, 2017 .
  6. ^ History , accessed December 6, 2017.
  7. ↑ City of Schaffhausen: Regional nature park around Buchthalen and Herblingertal expanded from April 9, 2020
  8. ↑ What is a nature park. Retrieved August 13, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Schaffhausen House
  10. ↑ Nature park furniture
  11. ↑ Schaffhauser Regio Products

Coordinates: 47 ° 39 '46.6 "  N , 8 ° 29' 34.9"  E ; CH1903:  679 201  /  279678