Schmeietal

	FFH area "Schmeietal"
	Haule rock group
location	District of Sigmaringen and Zollernalbkreis , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier	DE-7820-341
WDPA ID	555522031
Natura 2000 ID	DE7820341
FFH area	9.781 km²
Geographical location	48 ° 8 ' N , 9 ° 7' E Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '0 " N , 9 ° 7' 3" E
Setup date	January 1, 2005
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The Schmeietal area is a protected area (protected area identifier DE-7820-341) in the south of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, designated by the Tübingen regional council in accordance with Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive) .

location

The approximately 980 hectares (ha) large reserve "Schmeietal" in the Upper Danube Nature Park is one of the natural spaces High Schwabenalb , Baaralb and Upper Danube Valley and Mid Flächenalb . It extends over four municipalities around the Schmiecha valley - called "Schmeie" from the municipality border to Straßberg , between Albstadt in the north to just before the confluence of the Schmeie with the Danube at Inzigkofen .

District of Sigmaringen (850.9 ha = 87%)
Sigmaringen (410.8 ha = 42%) and Stetten am kalten Markt (440.1 ha = 45%)

Zollernalb district (127.2 ha = 13%)

Albstadt (48.9 ha = 5%) and Straßberg (78.3 ha = 8%)

meaning

The protected area with - especially in the lower reaches - very near-natural flowing water, partially extensive grassland, near-natural forest communities, dry, warm and humid locations, rocky vegetation and limestone debris heaps is rich in cultural and historical sites.

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation of a varied landscape of a side valley of the Danube on the Swabian Alb with twelve caves , near-natural forests on the slopes, rock and lime scree slopes as well as near-natural flowing water.

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
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
5130		Formations of Juniperus communis on limestone heaths and lawns	Juniper Heath
6110	*	Gap basophilic or lime pioneer lawn (Alysso-Sedion albi)	Lime pioneer lawn
6210		Near-natural dry lime lawns and their stages of shrubbery (Festuco-Brometalia)	Lime grassland
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
8160	*	Calcareous debris heaps of the colline to montane level of Central Europe	Lime debris heaps
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
9150		Central European orchid-lime-beech forest (Cephalanthero-Fagion)	Orchid beech forests
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



Deciduous forest			20%
Mixed forest			35%
Coniferous forest			6%
Moist and mesophilic grassland			27%
Inland waters, standing and flowing			1 %
drained terrain			1 %
Heath, steppe, dry grass			6%
other farmland			2%
Other (cities, roads, landfills, pits, industrial areas)			2%

Species inventory

The following types of community interest exist in the area:

EU code	*	Art	scientific name	Species group
1078	*	Spanish flag	Callimorpha quadripunctaria	Butterflies
1087		Alpine buck	Rosalia alpina	Beetle
1096		Brook lamprey	Lampetra planeri	Fish and round mouths
1163		Bullhead	Cottus gobio	Fish and round mouths
1324		Great mouse ear	Myotis myotis	Mammals
1337		beaver	Castor fiber	Mammals
1381		Green broom moss	Dicranum viride	Mosses
1386		Green goblin moss	Buxbaumia viridis	Mosses
1902		Yellow lady's slipper	Cypripedium calceolus	plants

Contiguous protected areas

The FFH area "Schmeietal" includes the " Obere Donau Nature Park ", the FFH areas " Heuberg Military Training Area" (7820-342) and " Upper Danube Valley between Beuron and Sigmaringen " (7920-342), the " Eselmühle " nature reserve ( 4,307), the landscape protection areas “ Albstadt-Bitz ” (4.17.001) and “ Danube and Schmeiental ” (4.37.036) as well as the bird protection area “ Südwestalb and Upper Danube Valley ” (7820-441) are designated as contiguous protected areas.

Web links

Commons : FFH area Schmeietal - collection of images, videos and audio files

Standard data sheet for the FFH area "Schmeietal"
Profile of the FFH area Schmeietal in the protected area directory of the LUBW
Regional Council Tübingen (Ed.): Management plan for the FFH area 7820-341 "Schmeietal" . edited by Büro LANGE. July 17, 2015 (167 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).

Individual evidence

↑ Profile of the FFH area in the LUBW's list of protected areas
^ ^A ^b Tübingen regional council (ed.): Management plan for the FFH area 7820-341 "Schmeietal" . edited by Büro LANGE. July 17, 2015 (167 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).

[1] Profile of the FFH area in the LUBW's list of protected areas

[MaP-2] A ^b Tübingen regional council (ed.): Management plan for the FFH area 7820-341 "Schmeietal" . edited by Büro LANGE. July 17, 2015 (167 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).