Reußenberg (nature reserve)
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Reußenberg nature reserve
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| location | Crailsheim , Schwäbisch Hall district , Baden-Württemberg | |
| surface | 182.6 ha | |
| Identifier | 1001 | |
| WDPA ID | 82398 | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 9 ′ N , 10 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| Setup date | 08/23/1937 | |
| administration | Regional Council Stuttgart | |
| particularities | Oldest nature reserve in the Stuttgart administrative region | |
Reußenberg is a nature reserve (NSG number 1.001) in the area of the city of Crailsheim in the Schwäbisch Hall district of Baden-Württemberg . On August 23, 1937, the Reußenberg was placed under nature protection. With an ordinance of December 23, 1975, the Stuttgart Regional Council established the area in its current shape and size. The area is officially listed under the name Reusenberg , but the spelling Reussenberg has become established in natural history writings . In the older literature, the NSG is also known under the name Reisenberg or Reißenberg.
location
The 182.6 hectare nature reserve is located northwest of Crailsheim between the districts of Roßfeld and Triensbach and thus in the natural area 127- Hohenloher and Haller Ebene in the natural main unit 12- Gäuplatten in Neckar and Tauberland . The area can be reached on the road from Crailsheim-Maulach. If you follow the "Reußenberg" sign, you will reach the edge of the forest about 700 meters north of the end of the village, where the nature reserve begins, and after another 400 meters of forest path you will be between the two still waters of the Upper and Lower Reußenbergweiher.
Protection purpose
The purpose of protection is the preservation of the gypsum doline landscape with ponds, silting societies, swinging lawns, broken alder and oak-hornbeam forests.
Geology, flora, fauna
The restless landscape relief is already noticeable outside the forest. The banky basic gypsum layers in the subsurface of the gypsum keuper ( Grabfeld Formation ), which can be seen well at an open gypsum quarry about one kilometer east of the Crailsheim hamlet Hagenhof, are attacked by water and dissolved over time, this process is known as subrosion . The resulting underground cavities can collapse gradually or suddenly, creating sinkholes . If the clayey gypsum marl that is still overlying slides into the sinkhole and seals it off, ponds and lakes are created that are known as pools. If these pools exist for longer periods of time, they usually silt up with subsequent bog formation. This can be seen in the NSG Reußenberg especially in the area of the Black Lache, which, according to older maps, has existed since 1828. Today a swamp birch forest with compact peat moss hills (bulte) has settled here. In the younger pools, such as the Grüner Lache (collapsed in 1911) and the even younger Neue Lache, large sedge reeds made up of swamp, beak or stiff sedge still predominate in the riparian zones. During the summer, the water surface of the Green Lache is almost covered by a green carpet of duckweed (here: Lemna minor ).
One of the botanical treasures of the area is the rare swamp blood-eye , which is only sparsely widespread in northern Württemberg. Just as noteworthy are the swamp hairline , water hemlock , common water hose and the bog bedstraw in the damp areas and the tuberous scrub thistle , the round leek and the silver thistle in the lean meadows and pastures on the edge of the reserve. The large number of service berries is pleasing . Of the areas used for agriculture, the flowery oat or cabbage thistle meadows are particularly valuable habitats.
Amphibians find valuable habitats in the numerous small bodies of water. Including common toad and tree and sea frog . Several species of dragonflies, like black-tailed skimmer , Common somatochlora , Great damselfly or migrant hawker , live there. Chub and pike are at home in the larger waters .
See also
- List of nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg
- List of nature reserves in the Schwäbisch Hall district
literature
- Reinhard Wolf , Ulrike Kreh (Hrsg.): The nature reserves in the Stuttgart administrative region . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-5176-2
Web links
- Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas
- NSG Reußenberg in the theme park environment
- Map of the Reußenberg nature reserve and its surroundings on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( Notes )
- Geotope profile of the Reußenberg (PDF, 796 kByte), also on: Mapserver of the State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining (LGRB) ( information )