Sand grass heaths at Elgersheimer Hof

Sand grass heaths at Elgersheimer Hof IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Volkach - Fahr , Lower Franconia , Bavaria , Germany
surface	3,464 ha (in two sub-areas)
Identifier	NSG-00285.01
WDPA ID	165305
Natura 2000 ID	DE6027471
FFH area	3,464 ha
Bird sanctuary	3,464 ha
Geographical location	49 ° 52 '  N , 10 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '17 "  N , 10 ° 10' 14"  E
Setup date	December 1, 1999

The sandy grass Heiden on Elgersheimer Hof is a nature reserve within the boundaries of the Volkacher hamlet of driving in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen .

location

The area is located in the south of the driver district between the village of Fahr and the wasteland of Elgersheim with the Elgersheimer Hof . It is divided into two parts that line up south of the street Am Sportplatz. The western part is located between fields and meadows on the Main , the eastern part is surrounded by forests.

description

In 1986 the natural monument Flugsande near Fahr was converted into a protected area. On December 1, 1999, the nature reserve was expanded so that two sub-areas of around 1.8 and 1.5 hectares were created. The area is a designated nature reserve with the cadastral number NSG-00285.01. It is part of the Natura 2000 network and registered as part of the protected area DE6027471, Maintal between Schweinfurt and Dettelbach . In addition, the area was recorded as a bird sanctuary and a flora-fauna habitat.

The purpose of the nature reserve is to preserve the European endangered species of silver loin (lat. Jurinea cyanoides ). In addition, the area is a relict site of the sandy grass heaths, which have some rare flowering plants, mosses, mushrooms and various types of lichen .

See also : Astheimer Dürringswasen

literature

• Andreas Pampuch: Natural monuments, nature and landscape protection areas . In: District Administrator and District Council of the District of Kitzingen (ed.): District of Kitzingen , Münsterschwarzach 1984

Web links

Commons : Sandgrasheiden am Elgersheimer Hof  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bund Naturschutz Volkach: Sandgrasheiden am Elgersheimer Hof , accessed on February 17, 2015
2. ↑ Location and extent of the NSG in OpenStreetMap (accessed on February 22, 2015)
3. ^ Pampuch, Andreas: Natural monuments, nature and landscape protection areas , p. 51
4. ↑ Natura-2000: Map , accessed on February 17, 2015
5. ^ Institute for Vegetation Science and Landscape Ecology : Presentation jurinea cyanoides , accessed on February 17, 2015