Under the watchful eye

	Nature and landscape protection area Unter Lauhern IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	The NSG is to the right of the path. The area to the left of the path and the slopes of the Roßberg in the background belong to the LSG.
location	Reutlingen in the district of Reutlingen , Baden-Württemberg
surface	6.9 ha
Identifier	4,203
WDPA ID	165994
Geographical location	48 ° 26 ' N , 9 ° 8' E Coordinates: 48 ° 25 '31 " N , 9 ° 8' 25" E
Sea level	from 600 m to 625 m
Setup date	May 29, 1992
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

Unter Lauhern is a nature and landscape protection area designated by ordinance of the Tübingen regional council of May 29, 1992 (NSG number 4.203, LSG number 4.15.137).

location

The nature reserve is located in the natural areas of the Mittlere Kuppenalb and Mittlereflächealb . It is located at the foot of the steep slope of the Swabian Alb about 500 meters southwest of the Gönningen district of the city of Reutlingen . It consists of two nature reserve parts and is completely surrounded by conservation area no. 4.15.137 Under Lauhern . It is part of the FFH area No. 7520-343 Albtrauf between Mössingen and Gönningen and of the bird sanctuary No. 7422-441 Middle Swabian Alb . The nature reserve lies entirely in the Swabian Alb biosphere area .

Protection purpose

According to the ordinance, the main protection purpose is the preservation of attractive parts of the landscape on the edge of the Swabian Alb with semi-arid grassland, extensively used fruit tree meadows, hedges, the edge of the forest, wet meadows and ponds as a habitat for many rare and endangered animal and plant species.

The main protection purpose of the landscape protection area is the preservation of the environment that is closely related to the nature reserve parts and important for the animal world (meadows, orchards, pastures, groups of bushes and trees). This is intended to avoid adverse effects on the nature reserves and the existing animal and plant species.

Flora and fauna

Botanically, the area is of very high quality: 11 different orchid species are found here and a total of 17 plant species are on the red list of endangered species. Of the bird species, three endangered species are to be highlighted: red-backed shrimp , whinchat and stock dove . The butterflies are represented with 54 species, this corresponds to 40% of the species occurring in Baden-Württemberg.

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

Commons : Naturschutzgebiet Unter Lauhern - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Profile of the nature reserve in the protected area directory of the LUBW with protected area ordinance and map

Profile of the landscape protection area in the protected area directory of the LUBW