Western edge of the Ries

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FFH area
"Western Riesrand"
On the Goldberg

On the Goldberg

location Ostalbkreis , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier DE-7128-341
WDPA ID 555521811
Natura 2000 ID DE7128341
FFH area 4.174 km²
Geographical location 48 ° 52 '  N , 10 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '49 "  N , 10 ° 24' 28"  E
Western Riesrand (Baden-Württemberg)
Western edge of the Ries
Setup date January 1, 2005
administration Regional Council Stuttgart
particularities 15 sub-areas
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The area Western Riesrand is with regulation from 1 January 2005 by the Stuttgart Regional Council after the Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna and Habitats Directive) be trained reserve (reserve identifier DE-7128-341) to the east of the German federal state of Baden -Wuerttemberg .

location

The approximately 417 hectare (ha) large protected area "Westlicher Riesrand" belongs to the natural areas Albuch and Härtsfeld , Eastern Alb foreland and Riesalb . Its fifteen sub-areas are at an average altitude of 486  m above sea level. NN and extend on the western edge of the Nördlinger Ries in the four municipalities

description

The protected area “Westlicher Riesrand” is described as a “small-scale, hilly cultural landscape with four caves, striking heather mountains on the western edge of the Nördlinger Ries, close intermeshing of juniper heaths, fields, meadows and hedges and balms on the Goldberg”.

Protection purpose

The main protective purpose is the preservation of the Griesbuckell landscape of the Nördlinger Ries meteorite impact with large deposits of limestone grasslands, juniper heaths, limestone pioneer grasslands, limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation and lowland hay meadows, caves and the freshwater limestone rock Goldberg .

Habitats

The diversity of dry and moist habitat types in the protected area is described, among other things, with "juniper heaths", "lime pioneer lawns", "species-rich bristle grass lawns", "limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation", "caves" and "lean flatland hay meadows".

Habitat classes

Non-forest areas with wooden plants, scrub, etc.
  
 2%
Deciduous forest
  
 1 %
Mixed forest
  
 1 %
Moist and mesophilic grassland
  
 58%
Heath, steppe, dry grass
  
 1 %
Different farmland
  
 37%

Contiguous protected areas

The FFH area “Westlicher Riesrand” includes the nature reserves “ Blasienberg ” (1,179), “ Goldberg ” (1,034) and “ Riegelberg ” (1,172) as well as the landscape protection areas “ Ipf with blister mountain and Reimersbergle ” (1.36,001) and “ landscape parts at the edge of the river Ries ”(1.36.039) as contiguous protected areas.

Flora and fauna

The following species, described in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 2009/147 / EC and Annex II of Directive 92/43 / EEC, is relevant for assessing the area:

fauna

  • Large crayfish (Astacidea)
    • Stone crayfish ( Austropotamobius torrentium ), the smallest European crayfish species

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile of the FFH area in the LUBW's list of protected areas

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