Weissenbronnen tuff quarry

"Weissenbronnen Tuff Quarry" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Wolfegg , Ravensburg district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	6.4 ha
Identifier	4.166
WDPA ID	165974
Geographical location	47 ° 50 '  N , 9 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 49 '55 "  N , 9 ° 45' 49"  E
Sea level	from 565 m to 592 m
Setup date	March 27, 1990
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The tuff quarry Weissenbronnen is a nature reserve designated by the Tübingen regional council on March 27, 1990 by ordinance in the area of ​​the municipality of Wolfegg in the district of Ravensburg . The nature reserve is part of the Altdorfer Wald FFH area

location

The Weissenbronnen tuff quarry is located around 2.5 km northwest of the center of Wolfegger near the hamlet of Weißenbronnen on the left of the Wolfegger Ach . The area belongs to the Upper Swabian hill country natural area .

Protection purpose

According to the ordinance, the protection purpose is "in addition to the preservation of the area as a geological, hydrogeological and cultural-historical monument, namely as a very rare example of mighty tuff formations in the young moraine land and their usage history in stages of different intensity, in particular the protection of the extremely valuable, mosaic-like communities of plants and animals in spring moor, in mining areas and in spring streams. "

Landscape character

The protected area is an abandoned tuff quarry with a wall up to 10 meters high, in which tuff has been mined since the Middle Ages. The Weißenbronn tuff was used, among other things, for the construction of the St. Martin Basilica in Weingarten. The dismantling stopped in 1965. Parts of the area are now forested. In the south of the protected area is the rest of a hillside spring moor. Due to numerous spring outlets, very dry and wet locations alternate on a small scale, which has led to a particularly diverse range of species in the area.

Flora and fauna

The notable species in the area include, among others, the horned orchid , the Pyrenean spoonwort , the black-violet columbine , the green and the brown striped fern , the mosquito-hendelwort , the marsh stendelwort and the violet stendelwort .

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Ravensburg district

literature

• Regional Council Tübingen (ed.): The nature reserves in the administrative district of Tübingen . Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-7995-5175-5 .

Web links

• Profile of the Weissenbronnen tuff quarry nature reserve  in the LUBW's list of protected areas

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ordinance of the Tübingen regional council on the nature reserve »Weissenbronnen Tuff Quarry« from March 27, 1990. Accessed on August 22, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Appreciation of the Weissenbronnen tuff quarry nature reserve. Retrieved August 22, 2018 .