Schenkenwald

"Schenkenwald" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Baindt , Fronreute , Ravensburg district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	68 ha
Identifier	4,040
WDPA ID	82518
Geographical location	47 ° 51 '  N , 9 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 51 '16 "  N , 9 ° 37' 52"  E
Setup date	2nd August 1967
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The area Schenkenwald is a decree dated August 2, 1967 by the Regional Council of South Württemberg-Hohenzollern been instructed Nature Reserve (NSG number 4040) in the region of Württemberg, Baden- communities Baindt and Fronreute in the district of Ravensburg in Germany .

location

The approximately 68  hectare , two-part nature reserve Schenkenwald naturally belongs to the Lake Constance basin . It is located around 2.7 kilometers northwest of Baindt, west and east of the Südbahn route, at an altitude of 441 to 453  m above sea level. NN .

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation of the only larger forest complexes ( Upper and Lower Schenkenwald ) in the Schussental on alluvial soil with their mostly oak-hornbeam mixed forests, in hollows and gullies also alder-ash floodplain forests, and the species-rich bird world.

Flora and fauna

flora

The Schenkenwald is a well-known experimental and teaching area beyond the borders of the Federal Republic of Germany: Many tree species are harvested here for seed production . The following species (selection) from the flora worthy of protection are to be named:

• Amaryllis family
  • Wild garlic ( Allium ursinum )
• Arum family
  • Arum maculatum ( Arum maculatum ), often referred to as Ronen herb or Zehrwurz referred
• Birch plants
  • Common hazel ( Corylus avellana ), also called hazel bush or hazelnut bush
  • Hornbeam ( Carpinus betulus ), also called white beech or hornbeam referred
  • Black Alder ( Alnus glutinosa )
• Beech family
  • Common beech ( Fagus sylvatica )
  • English oak ( Quercus robur ), including English oak or German oak called
• Umbelliferae
  • Ground elder ( Aegopodium podagraria )
• Germergewächse
  • One berry ( paris quadrifolia )
• Buttercups
  • Yellow anemone ( Anemone ranunculoides )
  • Common clematis ( Clematis vitalba )
  • Lesser celandine ( Ranunculus ficaria ), also Feigwurz or lesser celandine called
  • Marsh marigold ( Caltha palustris )
  • Woolly buttercup ( Ranunculus lanuginosus )
• Dogwood family
  • Blood-red dogwood ( Cornus sanguinea )
• Daisy family
  • Cabbage thistle ( Cirsium oleraceum )
• Mint family
  • Spotted dead nettle ( Lamium maculatum )
  • Forest ziest ( Stachys sylvatica )
• Mallow family
  • Large-leaved lime ( Tilia platyphyllos ), also Moreton Bay Linde called
  • Winter lime or stone linden ( Tilia cordata )
• Musk plants
  • Common snowball ( Viburnum opulus )
  • Black Elderberry ( Sambucus nigra ), also known as Holderbusch or Holler
• Evening primrose family
  • Great witchweed ( Circaea lutetiana )
• Olive plants
  • Common ash , also common ash or tall ash ( Fraxinus excelsior )
• Primrose family
  • High cowslip ( Primula elatior )
• Predatory plants
  • Dark lungwort ( Pulmonaria obscura )
• Rose plants
  • Brook avens ( Geum rivale )
  • Meadowsweet ( Filipendula ulmaria )
  • Field rose ( rosa arvensis )
  • Common bird cherry ( Prunus padus )
  • Bird cherry ( Prunus avium )
  • Double fluted hawthorn ( Crataegus laevigata )
• Sourgrass family
  • Swamp sedge ( Carex acutiformis )
  • Eyelash Sedge ( Carex pilosa )
  • Quaking sedge ( Carex brizoides ), also alpine grass , sea grass sedge , Forest hair or quickly called
• Iris family
  • Pseudacorus ( Iris pseudacorus ), and Yellow Iris called
• Daphne family
  • Real daphne ( Daphne mezereum ), also called Common daphne or Kellerhals referred
• Soap tree plants
  • Sycamore maple ( Acer pseudoplatanus )
  • Norway maple ( Acer platanoides ), also Spitzblättriger maple called
• Summer root plants
  • Common Schuppenwurz , also upright Schuppenwurz ( Lathraea squamaria )
• Spindle trees
  • Euonymus europaeus ( Euonymus europaeus ), also European spindle tree called
• Sweet grasses
  • Lawn Schmiele ( Deschampsia cespitosa )
• Elm family
  • Mountain elm ( Ulmus glabra )

fauna

The following species should be mentioned from the list of bird species (selection): treecreeper , blue tit , stock dove , nuthatch , great tit , robin and swamp tit .

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Ravensburg district
• List of nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg

literature

• Erich Rexer: The Schenkenwald nature reserve in the Ravensburg district. The largest historical deciduous forest complex in southern Upper Swabia . State Institute for Environmental Protection Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe 1994, ISBN 3-88251-203-2 (= supplements to the publications for nature conservation and landscape management in Baden-Württemberg; 79)

Web links

Commons : Schenkenwald nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas
• Weblink of the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg (LUBW)
• BUND local association Schenkenwald (Blitzenreute-Fronhofen-Mochenwangen-Wolpertswende)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ordinance of the regional council of Südwürttemberg-Hohenzollern on the nature reserve »Schenkenwald« in the districts of Baindt and Blitzenreute, district of Ravensburg of August 2nd, 1967 (Journal of Laws of September 22nd, 1967, p. 212)