Schergenbuck with Neidstein Castle

NSG Schergenbuck with Neidstein Castle IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Castle rocks in the nature reserve
location	Etzelwang , Amberg-Sulzbach district , Bavaria
surface	17.65 ha
Identifier	NSG-00096.01
WDPA ID	82519
Geographical location	49 ° 32 '  N , 11 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 32 '4 "  N , 11 ° 36' 25"  E
Setup date	1973

The Vogelloch karst cave in the nature reserve

The Schergenbuck with Neidstein Castle is a nature reserve in Etzelwang in the Upper Palatinate district of Amberg-Sulzbach in Bavaria .

The nature reserve is located 1.5 kilometers northwest of Neukirchen . It is located in the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park and is part of the LSG landscape protection area within the Franconian Switzerland Nature Park - Veldenstein Forest (formerly a protection zone).

The approximately 18-hectare area with Neidstein Castle is a high ridge that is significant in terms of national culture. The Schergenbuck has a species-rich deciduous forest with natural occurrences of the yew, which has largely been exterminated because of its toxicity .

The area was placed under nature protection on July 16, 1973.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach

Web links

Commons : NSG Schergenbuck with Neidstein Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• www.regierung.oberpfalz.bayern.de, brief information
• Location and extent of the nature reserve in OpenStreetMap

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Location of the nature reserve in the Bavaria Atlas (accessed on March 4, 2017).
2. ↑ 'LSG within the Franconian Switzerland Nature Park - Veldensteiner Forest (formerly protection zone)' at protectedplanet.net (accessed on March 4, 2017)
3. ↑ www.regierung.oberpfalz.bayern.de, ordinance of the nature reserve (accessed on March 4, 2017)