Wolfegger Ach (nature reserve)

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Wolfegger Ach nature reserve

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

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location Wolfegg and Vogt , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface 66 ha
Identifier 4.184
WDPA ID 166350
Geographical location 47 ° 48 '  N , 9 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '48 "  N , 9 ° 47' 19"  E
Wolfegger Ach (nature reserve) (Baden-Württemberg)
Wolfegger Ach (nature reserve)
Setup date February 8, 1991

The Wolfegger Ach area is a nature reserve (NSG number 4.184) designated by the ordinance of February 8, 1991 of the Tübingen Regional Council in the area of ​​the communities Vogt and Wolfegg in the Ravensburg district in Baden-Württemberg , Germany .

Location and description

The 66  hectare large nature reserve Wolfsegger Oh hear the natural area for Westallgäuer hills . It is about 2.8 kilometers south of the Wolfegger and three kilometers northeast of the center of Vogter at an altitude of 615 to 625  m above sea level. NN . The area is traversed by the eponymous Wolfegger Ach , a tributary of the Schussen and thus part of the river system of the Rhine . In the area of ​​the nature reserve, the Ach still runs in its original, meandering river bed.

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation - and in part the restoration - of the Wolfegger-Ach valley as one of the few examples of a near-natural pre-alpine river lowland characterized by extensive meadow use, whose high ecological value as a combination of different wetland biotopes and thus as a habitat Species-rich, characteristic flora and fauna is determined in particular by the water balance and conventional usage.

Flora and fauna

flora

From the flora worthy of protection , the following plant species (selection) are to be named:

fauna

The area is a habitat for various amphibian and dragonfly species . In addition, barbel , bream , chub , pike and crayfish have been found in the Ach .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ordinance of the Tübingen regional council on the nature reserve "Wolfegger Ach" of February 8, 1991 (Journal of Laws of May 13, 1991, p. 203)

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