Reichenbach and Killertal between Hechingen and Burladingen

FFH area "Reichenbach and Killertal between Hechingen and Burladingen"
Killer valley
location	Zollernalbkreis , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier	DE-7620-311
WDPA ID	555623525
Natura 2000 ID	DE7620311
FFH area	18.49 km²
Geographical location	48 ° 20 '  N , 9 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 '37 "  N , 9 ° 2' 56"  E
Setup date	January 1, 2015
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The FFH area Reichenbach and Killertal between Hechingen and Burladingen is located in the middle of Baden-Württemberg and is part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas . It was designated in 2015 by merging the two FFH areas Reichenbach and Killertal, which had already existed since 2005, and areas near Burladingen by the Tübingen regional council.

location

The Reichenbach and Killertal protected area between Hechingen and Burladingen, around 1849 hectares (acres) in size, is located in the natural areas of the Southwestern Alb foreland , Middle Kuppenalb and High Swabian Alb . The seven sub-areas are located in the municipalities of Burladingen , Hechingen and Jungingen in the Zollernalb district .

description

The nature of the landscape of the protected area is essentially shaped by the deeply cut valley of the Starzel and its tributaries (including the Reichenbach ) as well as numerous juniper heaths.

history

The protected area was created by merging the original FFH areas 7720-341 “Areas near Burladingen” and 7620-342 “Reichenbach and Killertal”. These have existed since 2005.

Protection purpose

Habitat types

The following habitat types according to Annex I of the Habitats Directive occur in the area:

EU code	*	Habitat type (official name)	Short name
3150		Natural eutrophic lakes with magnopotamion or hydrocharition vegetation	Natural nutrient-rich lakes
3260		Rivers of the planar to montane level with vegetation of the Ranunculion fluitantis and the Callitricho-Batrachion	Running waters with flooding aquatic vegetation
4030		Dry European heaths	Dry heaths
5130		Formations of Juniperus communis on limestone heaths and lawns	Juniper Heath
6110	*	Gap basophilic or lime pioneer lawn (Alysso-Sedion albi)	Lime pioneer lawn
6210		Near-natural dry lime lawns and their stages of shrubbery (Festuco-Brometalia)	Lime grassland
6410		Pipe grass meadows on lime-rich soil, peaty and clayey-silty soils (Molinion caeruleae)	Pipe grass meadows
6430		Moist tall herbaceous vegetation of the planar and montane to alpine level	Moist tall herbaceous vegetation
6510		Lean lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)	Lean, lowland hay meadows
7220	*	Tufa springs (cratoneurion)	Tufa springs
7230		Lime-rich fens	Lime-rich fens
8160	*	Calcareous debris heaps of the colline to montane level of Central Europe	Lime debris heaps
8210		Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation	Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation
8310		Caves that are not open to tourists	Caves and balms
9130		Woodruff beech forest (Asperulo-Fagetum)	Woodruff beech forest
9150		Central European orchid-lime-beech forest (Cephalanthero-Fagion)	Orchid beech forests
9180	*	Mixed ravine and hillside forests (Tilio-Acerion)	Mixed ravine and hillside forests
91E0	*	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)	Alluvial forests with alder, ash, willow

Species inventory

The following types of community interest exist in the area:

image	EU code	*	Art	scientific name	Species group
	1014		Narrow diaper snail	Vertigo angustior	Snails
	1078	*	Spanish flag	Callimorpha quadripunctaria	Butterflies
	1093	*	Stone cancer	Austropotamobius torrentium	Crayfish
	1163		Bullhead	Cottus gobio	Fish and round mouths
	1193		Yellow-bellied toad	Bombina variegata	Amphibians
	1323		Bechstein's bat	Myotis bechsteinii	Mammals
	1324		Great mouse ear	Myotis myotis	Mammals
	1902		Yellow lady's slipper	Cypripedium calceolus	plants

Contiguous protected areas

The following nature reserves are part of the FFH area:

• Bürgle
• Sewing mountain
• Beurener Heide
• Oberberg-Köpfle
• Juniper bush
• Scharlenbachtal-Hofwald

See also

• List of FFH areas in Baden-Württemberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Tübingen regional council (ed.): Management plan for the Natura 2000 area 7620-311 "Reichenbach and Killertal between Hechingen and Burladingen" . edited by INA Südwest (W. HERTER, M. BRÄUNICKE, M. KOLTZENBURG, TH LIMMEROTH, K.-J. MAIER, R. STEINER, R. STRAUB, J. TRAUTNER, J. TREITLER, H. TURNI). April 29, 2014 (228 pp., Baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).

Web links

Commons : FFH area Reichenbach and Killertal between Hechingen and Burladingen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Standard data sheet for the FFH area "Reichenbach and Killertal between Hechingen and Burladingen"
• Profile of the FFH area in the LUBW's list of protected areas
• Regional Council Tübingen (Ed.): Management plan for the Natura 2000 area 7620-311 "Reichenbach and Killertal between Hechingen and Burladingen" . edited by INA Südwest (W. HERTER, M. BRÄUNICKE, M. KOLTZENBURG, TH LIMMEROTH, K.-J. MAIER, R. STEINER, R. STRAUB, J. TRAUTNER, J. TREITLER, H. TURNI). April 29, 2014 (228 pp., Baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).