Würm-Heckengäu

Würm-Heckengäu nature and landscape protection area IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Information board in the Reute sub-area of ​​the Würm-Heckengäu NSG.
location	Althengstett , Gechingen , Calw in the Calw district , Baden-Wuerttemberg
surface	2.998 km²
Identifier	2,226
WDPA ID	319359
Geographical location	48 ° 43 '  N , 8 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 42 '52 "  N , 8 ° 47' 38"  E
Sea level	from 470 m to 590 m
Setup date	November 28, 2003
administration	Karlsruhe Regional Council
particularities	18 sub-areas

Wiirm Heckengäu is with regulation of the Regional Council Karlsruhe been instructed of 28 November 2003 Nature Reserve with the number 2226 and an eponymous conservation area with the number 2.35.054.

location

The nature reserve is located in the Obere Gäue and Schwarzwald-Randplatten natural areas . It is located east of the city of Calw on the districts of Calw, Stammheim (Calw) , Althengstett and Gechingen . The nature reserve consists of 18 sub-areas: Hube , Heimberg , Schlenkhecke and Ochsenstraße , Jägerberg and Leimengrube , Reute , Täfelberg , Heumaden and Zimmermannswiesen , Schutz , Ofenäcker and Kirchhalde , Omelesberg and Lehen , Weingarthalde , Obere Seewiesen , Hohe Nille , Kehlen and Geißhalde , Masenwald , Billingshalde , Riederles Halde and Vorderer Berg . The nature reserve is part of the FFH area No. 7218-341 Calwer Heckengäu .

Protection purpose

According to the ordinance, the protection purpose is the preservation, development and care of the small-scale structured landscape of the natural area "Würm-Heckengäu" and "Oberes Gäu", with its typical landscape elements on shell limestone such as juniper heather, semi-dry grassland, limestone meadows, orchards, stone bars, small quarries, Shallow limestone fields, hedges and perennial fringes, limestone pine and mixed deciduous forests (e.g. low and pasture forests unique to the district of Calw), spring slopes and rivers as habitats for typical, specialized animal and plant species. Among the endangered and threatened species are in particular bats (z. B. Brown long-eared , Noctule ) (for. Example, birds Wendehals , Neuntöter ), reptiles (eg. B. Schlingnatter ), amphibians (z. B. Feuersalamander , Gelbbauchunke ), insect (eg. B. Bergzikade , Hardwood saber Schrecke , wasps , solitary bees ) and vascular plants (e.g., as orchids , laserpitium latifolium , Einblütiges and Nick end of wintergreen ).

See also

• List of nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg
• List of nature reserves in the district of Calw
• List of landscape protection areas in the district of Calw

Web links

Commons : Würm-Heckengäu nature reserve  - 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 with protected area ordinance and map
• Leaflet of the city of Calw with plan and explanations about the NSG (PDF download)