Schischemtal

Bird sanctuary (SPA) "Schischemtal"
Schlichenklamm between Dietingen and Epfendorf
location	Dietingen and Epfendorf in the Rottweil district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
WDPA ID	555537917
Natura 2000 ID	DE-7717-401
Bird sanctuary	217,953 ha
Geographical location	48 ° 15 '  N , 8 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '33 "  N , 8 ° 37' 22"  E
Setup date	November 20, 2007
administration	Regional council Freiburg

"Schischemtal" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Dietingen and Epfendorf in the Rottweil district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	216.6 ha
Identifier	3194
WDPA ID	165413
Natura 2000 ID	DE7717401
Geographical location	48 ° 15 '  N , 8 ° 37'  E
Setup date	October 13, 1993
administration	Regional council Freiburg

The Schischemtal area is a nature and bird sanctuary designated by the Freiburg Regional Council in the Baden-Württemberg district of Rottweil in Germany .

location

The approximately 218 hectare (ha) large nature and bird sanctuary “Schischemtal” extends along the Schischem , between the federal highway 81 in the east and the mouth of the Schlicher in the Neckar in the west. The areas are congruent. They are distributed to 9.65% (= 21.03 ha) in Dietinger and 90.34% (= 196.92 ha) in Epfendorfer municipality area.

description

The area "Schischemtal" is described as a "richly structured valley with a surrounding mountain and a gorge-like Schischemklamm cut into the limestone, rock formations, steppe heaths, sheep pastures, grasslands, wet meadows and various types of forest".

meaning

The “Schischemtal” bird sanctuary is an important breeding area for peregrine falcons in Baden-Württemberg.

Habitat classes

Non-forest areas with wooden plants, scrub, etc.			4%
Mixed forest			32%
Coniferous forest			43%
Reclaimed grassland			11%
Inland rocks, rubble and rubble heaps, sandy areas			1 %
Different farmland			8th %
Other (cities, roads, landfills, pits, industrial areas)			1 %

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose of the nature reserve is the preservation of the Schischem valley with its circulating mountain and the gorge-like dug into the layers of shell limestone as a unique geological and landscape-historical document of special character and beauty and as a richly structured area with rock formations, steppe heather, sheep pastures, grasslands, wet meadows and different forest types, which are the habitat for a multitude of rare and endangered animal and plant species.

The area-related conservation objectives of the bird sanctuary are described differently depending on the species :

Breeding birds

Breeding bird species that are listed in Appendix I of the Birds Directive and for which special measures are to be applied across Europe. A total of 39 species fall into this category in Baden-Württemberg , only one species in the “Schischemtal” protected area.

Peregrine falcon ( Falco peregrinus )

Peregrine falcon

Preservation of the open rock walls and quarries with caves, niches and ledges, preservation of habitats without sources of danger such as non-bird-safe overhead lines and unsecured chimneys as well as preservation of undisturbed or at least undisturbed breeding sites during reproduction in the period from February 15 to July 30.

Migratory birds

Other migratory bird species not listed in Appendix I that breed in the country and have been selected for the protected areas. A total of 36 species fall into this category in Baden-Württemberg, none of which are recorded in the “Schischemtal” protected area.

Contiguous protected areas

The nature reserve and the bird sanctuary are congruent. The 2,203 hectare FFH area “ Neckar Valley between Rottweil and Sulz ” and the landscape protection area “ Neckar Valley with side valleys from Rottweil to Aistaig ”, which is 1,598 hectares in size , are designated as contiguous protected areas .

See also

• List of EU bird sanctuaries in Baden-Württemberg
• List of nature reserves in the Rottweil district

literature

• District Office for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Freiburg: Nature reserves in the administrative district of Freiburg . Ed .: Regional Council Freiburg. 2nd Edition. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 978-3-7995-5174-8 . Pp. 520-522

Web links

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

• Ordinance, data evaluation sheet and map in the profile of the SPA area in the LUBW's protected area directory
• Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ordinance of the Ministry of Food and Rural Areas establishing European Bird Protection Areas (VSG-VO) of February 5, 2010
2. ↑ Profile of the SPA area in the protected area directory of the LUBW , with "Bird Protection Area Ordinance Annex 1"