Tiefental and Schmiechtal

	FFH area ; "Tiefental and Schmiechtal"
	Böttental nature reserve
location	Seven cities and municipalities in the Reutlingen district and in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier	DE-7623-341
WDPA ID	555521980
Natura 2000 ID	DE7623341
FFH area	3.304 km²
Geographical location	48 ° 22 ' N , 9 ° 42' E Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '51 " N , 9 ° 41' 55" E
Setup date	January 1, 2005
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The FFH area Tiefental and Schmiechtal is a protected area (protected area identifier DE-7426-341) in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg registered in 2005 by the Tübingen regional council according to Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive) . With the ordinance of the regional council of Tübingen on the definition of areas of community importance of November 5, 2018, the area was determined.

location

The 3,304.49 hectare FFH area belongs to the natural areas 096- Mittlere Kuppenalb and 097- Mittlere areaalb within the natural spatial main unit 09 - Swabian Alb . It is located in the Schmiech valley between Mehrstetten and Ehingen on the Danube and in the Tiefental between Heroldstatt and Blaubeuren and on the adjacent plateaus of the Swabian Alb.

District Reutlingen:
Mehrstetten : 9.179 ha = 1%
Münsingen : 9.179 ha = 1%
Alb-Danube district:
Allmendingen : 486.4912 ha = 53%
Blaubeuren : 18.3581 ha = 2%
Ehingen (Danube) : 18.3581 ha = 2%
Schelklingen : 18.3581 ha = 2%
Heroldstatt : 18.3581 ha = 2%

Description and purpose of protection

It is a valley landscape full of contrasts. The Schmiecher See, hedge areas, rocky, dry and semi-arid grasslands with a remarkable occurrence of orchids (2% priority) and Pulsatilla vulgaris, remains of floodplain meadows and steppe heather forest. There are 76 caves in the area.

Habitat classes

(general characteristics of the area) (percentage of total area)

Information according to the standard data sheet from the Official Journal of the European Union



N10 - Moist and mesophilic grassland			13%
N14 - Meliorated grassland			1 %
N15 - Other farmland			2%
N16 - deciduous forest			61%
N17 - coniferous forest			2%
N19 - mixed forest			20%
N22 - inland rocks, scree and rubble heaps, sandy areas			1 %

Habitat types

In accordance with Appendix 1 of the Tübingen Regional Council's ordinance on the definition of areas of Community importance (Habitats Ordinance) of 5 November 2018, the following habitat types according to Annex I of the Habitats Directive occur in the area:

EU code	Habitat type (official name)	Short name	Hectares
3150	Natural eutrophic lakes with magnopotamion or hydrocharition vegetation	Natural nutrient-rich lakes	1.00
3260	Rivers of the planar to montane level with vegetation of the Ranunculion fluitantis and the Callitricho-Batrachion	Running waters with flooding water vegetation	5.00
5130	Formations of Juniperus communis on limestone heaths and lawns	Juniper Heath	79.59
6110	Gap basophilic or lime pioneer lawn (Alysso-Sedion albi)	Lime pioneer lawn	1.504
6210	Near-natural dry lime lawns and their stages of shrubbery (Festuco-Brometalia)	Lime grassland	52.39
6430	Moist tall herbaceous vegetation of the planar and montane to alpine levels	Moist tall herbaceous vegetation	0.45
6510	Lean lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorbaofficinalis)	Lean, lowland hay meadows	17.24
6520	Mountain hay meadows	Mountain hay meadows	0.62
7220	Tufa springs (cratoneurion)	Tufa springs	0.51
7230	Lime-rich fens	Lime-rich fens	0.10
8160	Calcareous debris heaps of the colline bismontane level of Central Europe	Lime debris heaps	1.02
8210	Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation	Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation	13.019
8310	Caves that are not open to tourists	caves	0.001
9130	Woodruff beech forest (Asperulo-Fagetum)	Woodruff beech forest	2065.70
9150	Central European orchid-lime-beech forest (Cephalanthero-Fagion)	Orchid beech forests	48.30
9180	Tilio-Acerion canyon and slope mixed forests	Mixed ravine and hillside forests	19.10
91E0	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)	Alluvial forests with alder, ash, willow	0.10

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
1096		Brook lamprey	Lampetra planeri	Fish and round mouths
1163		Bullhead	Cottus gobio	Fish and round mouths
1166		Crested newt	Triturus cristatus	Amphibians
1193		Yellow-bellied toad	Bombina variegata	Amphibians
1323		Bechstein's bat	Myotis bechsteinii	Mammals
1324		Great mouse ear	Myotis myotis	Mammals
1337		beaver	Castor fiber	Mammals
1381		Green broom moss	Dicranum viride	Mosses
1902		Yellow lady's slipper	Cypripedium calceolus	plants
1882		Big brim	Bromus grossus	plants

Contiguous protected areas

The FFH area consists of 14 sub-areas. In large parts it overlaps with several landscape protection areas . The bird sanctuary 7624-441 valleys of the Middle Alb and the Swabian Alb biosphere area each have around 50 percent shares in the FFH area.

The following nature reserves are located within the FFH area:

Individual evidence

↑ Regional Council Tübingen (Ed.): Management plan for the FFH area 7623-341 »Tiefental and Schmiechtal« - edited by INA Südwest . October 23, 2019 (221 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).

Web links

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

Data evaluation sheet and map in the profile of the FFH area in the protected area directory of the LUBW
Regional Council Tübingen (Ed.): Management plan for the FFH area 7623-341 »Tiefental and Schmiechtal« - edited by INA Südwest . October 23, 2019 (221 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).
Profile of the Natura 2000 area 7623-341 Tiefental and Schmiechtal (FFH area) at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

[1] Regional Council Tübingen (Ed.): Management plan for the FFH area 7623-341 »Tiefental and Schmiechtal« - edited by INA Südwest . October 23, 2019 (221 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).