Lower Bühlertal

"Unteres Bühlertal" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Steinbach estuary in Taubenloch near Eschenau
location	Baden-Württemberg Schwäbisch Hall district Gde. Obersontheim City of Vellberg City of Schwäbisch Hall City of Ilshofen Gde. Wolpertshausen Gde. Braunsbach
surface	3.06 km²
Identifier	1136
WDPA ID	166016
Geographical location	49 ° 7 '  N , 9 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 7 '22 "  N , 9 ° 51' 26"  E
Setup date	June 13, 1985
administration	Regional Council Stuttgart

The Unteres Bühlertal nature reserve is located in the Schwäbisch Hall district in Baden-Württemberg .

description

It extends as a band from the southeast to the northwest along the course of there in her notch or trough valley in limestone current Buhler , the largest right tributary of the digester . It successively comprises sub-areas in the municipalities of Obersontheim , the small town of Vellberg , the town of Schwäbisch Hall , the small town of Ilshofen and the communities of Wolpertshausen and Braunsbach . Usually it goes directly on both sides into the landscape protection area Bühlertal between Vellberg and Geislingen with side valleys and adjacent areas ; at last on the Braunsbacher district it runs inside the landscape protection area Kochertal between Schwäbisch Hall and Weilersbach with side valleys .

The nature reserve begins at the top in the southeast on the Untersontheim subdivision of the Obersontheim community on the Muschelkalkbruch opposite the mouth of the Lanzenbach , sometimes only includes the valley floor or even just the river and its banks, but sometimes the entire valley trough or even smaller areas in the lower ones Sounds of flowing streams. It ends at the confluence of the Bühler in the Kocher on the outskirts of the Braunsbach hamlet Geislingen am Kocher.

meaning

The 306.0 hectare area has been registered under the NSG no. 1,136 designated as a nature reserve. It is "one of the most beautiful valleys in Baden-Württemberg with above-average ecological features and biodiversity of the river and its valley area with species-rich deciduous forests , poor grassland and the floodplain that is still used as grassland ."

tourism

The Vellberg – Geislingen stage of the Bühlertalweg, a hiking trail in the upper part that can only be walked by step-resistant, leads through the protected area or mostly on the left above it along the middle and upper slopes of the valley.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Schwäbisch Hall district

Web links

• 1,136 Unteres Bühlertal on lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de
• World Database on Protected Areas - Unteres Bühlertal (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas
2. ↑ Directions for the Bühlertalweg on: www.hohenlohe-schwaebischhall.de