Schussenbecken and Schmalegger Tobel

The area of Schussenbecken and Schmalegger Tobel was a protected area (SG number DE-8323341) in the southeast of Baden-Württemberg designated by the Tübingen regional council in accordance with Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive) . In 2015 it was integrated into the FFH area Schussenbecken with ravine forests south of Blitzenreute .

location

The approximately 908 hectare (hectare) large protected area Schussenbecken and Schmalegger Tobel belonged naturally to the Lake Constance basin and the Upper Swabian hill country . Its partial areas were at an altitude of 398 to 654 m above sea level. NHN and extended to 23 percent (= 208.1 ha) in Bodenseekreis ( Eriskirch , Friedrichshafen , Meckenbeuren , Tettnang ) and 77 percent (= 696.7 ha) in the district of Ravensburg ( Baienfurt , Baindt , mountain , Fronreute , Horgenzell , Ravensburg , Weingarten , Wolpertswende ).

The sub-areas essentially comprised the valley of the Schussen between Mochenwangen in the north and its confluence with Lake Constance between Eriskirch and Langenargen , its tributaries such as Eltishofer Ach , Güllenbach, Schwalbenbach, Schwarzach and Wolfegger Ach and the Schmalegger Tobel .

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose was the preservation of the continuous watercourse system with ditches, near-natural and developed streams, near-natural and developed river sections, two forest areas with beech forest, mixed slope forest and former hardwood alluvial forest, as well as still waters and fens .

Habitats

The diversity of habitat types , with largely natural forests and poor, lowland hay meadows, is mainly characterized by the following habitats: moist and mesophilic grassland (32%), mixed forest (23%) and deciduous forest (17%).

Contiguous protected areas

The following eleven protected areas were part of the FFH area:

No.	Surname	Places	Area share [%]
LSG 4.35.038	Eisrandformen between vine shoots and Knellesberg In the Würm from Rhein glacier in a retreat and standstill phase formed Eisrandformen with the moraines , end moraine and the outlet in the weft depression in its multiform natural geomorphology .	Meckenbeuren	1
NSG 4.020	Eriskircher Ried Unique natural area between the Schussen and Rotach estuaries with the extensive shallow water zone of Lake Constance, reed areas, reed areas, oxbow lakes and cultural landscape elements as a particularly natural breeding, resting and feeding area for many rare animal species, some of which are threatened with extinction	Eriskirch , Friedrichshafen
LSG 4.36.058	Flattbach	Ravensburg	1
NSG 4.151	Gornhofer Egelsee Located in the young moraine hill country, dammed as a fish pondin a peated bog , the Egelsee with its silting belt and wooded border and the surrounding extensively used meadows is an important breeding and resting area for threatened bird species and spawning area for various amphibian species .	Ravensburg	1
LSG 4.36.052	Hotterloch	Ravensburg	1
NSG 4.139	Kemmerlanger Moos Natural wetland mosaic with silting area of the Flappachweiher, spring moor, stream, litter meadows and a mineral soil island in close interlocking.	Ravensburg	4th
LSG 4.268 LSG 4.35.039 LSG 4.36.073	Knellesberger Moos Wide meadow valley, whose scenic beauty and uniqueness are due to the Schwarzach brook course, which isalmost continuously meandering and largely natural or close to nature, and is lined with gallery forest-like woodland.	Meckenbeuren , Ravensburg , Tettnang	6th
NSG 4.040	Schenkenwald The only larger forest complexes ( Upper and Lower Schenkenwald ) in the Schussental on alluvial soil with mostly oak-hornbeam mixed forests, in hollows and gullies also alder-ash alluvial forests, and a species-rich bird world.	Baindt , Fronreute	7th
NSG 4.279	Schmalegger and Rinkenburger Tobel Natural gorge system of European importance with natural canyon and mixed slope forests, limestone tuff springs and a network of natural flowing waters with natural dynamics and accompanied by natural ash-alder forests.	Berg , Horgenzell , Ravensburg	25th
LSG 4.36.056	Lower reaches of the Schwarzach (Grenzbach)	Ravensburg	1

Flora and fauna

flora

Plants listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43 / EEC :

Glossy Sickle Moss ( Hamatocaulis vernicosus )
Yellow lady's slipper ( Cypripedium calceolus ), also Marienfrauenschuh ; one of the most beautiful wild growing orchids (Orchidaceae) in Europe
Green broom moss ( Dicranum viride )
Bogweed ( Liparis loeselii ); a strictly protected plant species from the family of orchids

fauna

Animal species listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43 / EEC:

Invertebrates
- River mussel , also common or small river mussel ( Unio crassus ); a mussel living in fresh water , rarely also in brackish water

fishes

Bullhead ( Cottus gobio ); a small freshwater fish from the bullhead family (Cottidae)

Streamers ( Leuciscus souffia ); a species of fish belonging to the carp fish

Mammals

Bechstein's bat ( Myotis bechsteinii ); a bat species that belongs to the smooth-nosed family (Vespertilionidae)

Web links

Profile of the protected area (PDF; 135 kB) at the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg (LUBW): Standard data sheet for the protected area
Weblink (PDF; 6.3 MB) of the LUBW and the Institute for Lake Research : The nature of the Schussen - balance of the pollution of a Lake Constance tributary . 1st edition, June 2010
Climate data and scenarios for the protected area from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Individual evidence

↑ List of the species occurring in Germany in Appendix II of the Fauna Flora Habitat Directive

47.778888888889 9.5980555555556Coordinates: 47 ° 46 '44 " N , 9 ° 35' 53" E

[1] List of the species occurring in Germany in Appendix II of the Fauna Flora Habitat Directive