Wernau clay pit
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Wernauer Lehmgrube nature reserve
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 Wernauer Lehmgrube nature reserve |
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| location | Germany , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Esslingen district , Wernau | |
| surface | 5.5 ha | |
| WDPA ID | 166250 | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 41 ' N , 9 ° 25' E | |
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| Setup date | April 15, 1986 | |
| administration | Regional Council Stuttgart | |
The Wernauer Lehmgrube area is a nature reserve (NSG number 1.143) designated by ordinance of April 15, 1986 by the Stuttgart Regional Council in the area of the city of Wernau in the Esslingen district of Baden-Württemberg in Germany .
Location and purpose of protection
The 5.5 hectare (ha) nature reserve is located on the south-eastern outskirts at an altitude of 310 to 320 meters above sea level and belongs to the natural spatial unit of the " Schlierbacher Platte " in the Middle Alb foreland. It is a secondary biotope in an advanced stage of succession with dry and wet areas, steep slopes and bodies of water. The former clay pit is an ecologically valuable compensation area in the local area.
The area provides habitat for numerous particularly endangered animals, especially for amphibians, birds and insects that are endangered nationwide. In addition to the water frog, common frog, common toad and pond newt, the yellow-bellied toad find protection here . Rare birds such as goldhammer , green and chaffinch, girlitz , garden and blackcap, dunnock , wren, willow warbler , wagtail and chiffchaff can also be found. The aquatic insect fauna is particularly pronounced, including water scorpions , back and bottom swimmers, water cock beetles and larvae of several dragonfly species.
The area has been maintained and looked after by the Swabian Alb Association , local group Wernau, since 1986 .
See also
literature
- Reinhard Wolf , Ulrike Kreh (Hrsg.): The nature reserves in the Stuttgart administrative region . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-5176-2 , pp. 503-505
Web links
- Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas
- Location and extent of the nature reserve in OpenStreetMap
Old Neckar | Am Rank (Röhmsee) | Denkendorfer Erlachsee | Eichhalde | Erkenbergwasen | Grienwiesen (Schülesee) | Haslachwald | Jusi - On the mountain | Crow's Claw | Kurzer Wasen-Roter Wasen | Limburg | Musberger Eichberg | Nägelestal | Neckarwasen | Neuffen Heath | Neuffener Hörnle-Jusenberg | Upper Lenninger Valley with side valleys | Randecker Maar with Zipfelbach Gorge | Schaichtal | Schönrain | Schopflocher Moor (peat pit) | Siebenmühlental | Stettener Bach | Teck | Tobeltal with Mittagsfels and Wielandstein | Under the fall | Wernauer Baggerseen | Wernau clay pit | Wiestal with Rauber