Vineyards and waters at Mengen and Pfullendorf

FFH area "Riede und Gewässer bei Mengen and Pfullendorf"
Im Taubenried (June 2015)
location	District of Sigmaringen , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	5.4 km²
Identifier	DE-8021-311
WDPA ID	555623532
Natura 2000 ID	DE8021311
Geographical location	47 ° 56 '  N , 9 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 55 '56 "  N , 9 ° 17' 27"  E
Setup date	May 31, 2015
administration	Regional Council Tübingen
particularities	nine sub-areas

The FFH area Riede und Gewässer bei Mengen and Pfullendorf is located in the south of Baden-Württemberg and is part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas . It was designated in 2015 through the amalgamation of three already existing FFH areas by the Tübingen regional council.

location

The approximately 540 hectares (ha) large reserve "Riede and water in quantities and Pfullendorf" is one of the natural area of Upper Swabian hills and the Danube Ablach plates . The nine sub-areas are spread across the eight cities and communities Herdwangen-Schönach , Hohentengen , Mengen , Meßkirch , Ostrach , Pfullendorf , Sigmaringen and Wald .

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation of several low moor complexes , mainly used as grassland , small-scale transitional moors and litter meadows partly planted with forest, as well as three caves between Sigmaringen and Meßkirch, a wooded valley with rocks, three ponds surrounded by forest, the locality of Menningen, a former gravel pit and a silted-up dead ice hole .

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
3130		Oligo- to mesotrophic standing water with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and / or the Isoëto-Nanojuncetea	Nutrient-poor to moderately nutrient-rich still waters
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
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
7140		Transitional and swinging lawn bogs	Transitional and swinging lawn bogs
7230		Lime-rich fens	Lime-rich fens
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
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

Habitat classes

Non-forest areas with wooden plants, scrub, etc.			1 %
Deciduous forest			5%
Mixed forest			17%
Coniferous forest			13%
moist and mesophilic grassland			27%
Inland waters, flowing and standing			1 %
Bogs, swamps, vegetation on the banks			21%
Dry grassland			4%
Heath, steppe, dry grass			5%
Inland rocks, rubble and rubble heaps, sandy areas			3%
Different farmland			3%

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
	1059		Light blue ant bluebird	Maculinea teleius	Butterflies
	1163		Bullhead	Cottus gobio	Fish and round mouths
	1166		Crested newt	Triturus cristatus	Amphibians
	1193		Yellow-bellied toad	Bombina variegata	Amphibians
	1324		Great mouse ear	Myotis myotis	Mammals
	1337		beaver	Castor fiber	Mammals
	1381		Green broom moss	Dicranum viride	Mosses
	1903		Marsh glosswort	Liparis loeselii	plants

meaning

The sub-areas are evidence of the Ice Age and post-Ice Age landscape development in the upcoming White Jura on the southernmost edge of the Swabian Alb with the last Jura foothills in the midst of glacial deposits. Characteristic are today predominantly agricultural areas with relics of fen habitats, such as moor grass meadows, and occurrence of Hellen Burnet Ant Bläulings , the Green broom moss , the greater mouse-ear , the great crested newt and the yellow-bellied toad .

history

The protected area was created in 2014/2015 by combining the three FFH areas originally reported to the European Union: "Enzkofer Ried and Mengener Riedle" (7922-341), " Areas between Sigmaringen and Meßkirch " (7920-341) and "Ruhestätter Ried, Egelseeried and Taubenried ”(8121-341).

Connection with other protected areas

With the FFH area "Riede und Gewässer bei Mengen and Pfullendorf", the " Obere Donau Nature Park ", the nature reserves " Egelsee-Ried " (4,110), " Ruhestetter Ried " (4,271) and " Taubenried " (4,288) are landscape conservation areas “ Enzkofer Ried ” (4.37.037), “Ruhestetter Ried” (4.37.005 and 4.37.040) and “Taubenried” (4.37.041) as well as the bird sanctuary “ Baggerseen Krauchenwies / Zielfingen ” (7921-401) are designated as contiguous protected areas .

See also

• List of FFH areas in Baden-Württemberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile of the protected area
2. ↑ ^{a b} Freiburg Regional Council (ed.): Management plan for the FFH area 8021-311 "Riede and waters near Mengen and Pfullendorf" and for the bird sanctuary 7921-401 "Baggerseen Krauchenwies / Zielfingen" - . edited by the Institute for Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation (ILN) Singen. July 13, 2016 (274 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).
3. ^ List of the State Institute for Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg (LUBW): Consolidated FFH areas , Karlsruhe , January 2016; accessed on February 8, 2016

Web links

Commons : FFH area Riede and Gewässer near Mengen and Pfullendorf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Standard data sheet for the FFH area "Riede und Gewässer bei Mengen and Pfullendorf"
• Profile of the FFH area  Riede und Gewässer bei Mengen and Pfullendorf in the protected area directory of the LUBW
• Regional Council Tübingen (Hrsg.): Management plan for the FFH area 8021-311 "Riede und Gewässer bei Mengen and Pfullendorf" and for the bird sanctuary 7921-401 "Baggerseen Krauchenwies / Zielfingen" - . edited by the Institute for Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation (ILN) Singen. July 13, 2016 (274 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).