Zellerhornwiese

	"Zellerhornwiese" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	View from the Zeller Horn over the Zellerhornwiese to Hohenzollern
location	Albstadt , Zollernalbkreis , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
Area / extent	4.45 ha / 382 m
Identifier	4.032
WDPA ID	82955
Geographical location	48 ° 19 ' N , 8 ° 59' E Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '49 " N , 8 ° 58' 41" E
Sea level	from 829.5 m to 873 m
Setup date	February 14, 1950
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The Zellerhornwiese nature reserve is located on the Zeller Horn in the Zollernalbkreis, about 3.3 km east of Bisingen and 1.3 km south of the Hechingen district of Boll in the Albstadt- Onstmettingen district . It is 4.45 hectares and lies at an altitude of 829 to 873 m above sea level. NHN . It is located in the Hohe Schwabenalb natural area and geologically in the Oxford strata of the Upper Jurassic .

Landscape character

The protected area is completely surrounded by forest and is itself equipped with a loose tree population. It is a poor meadow with small-scale changes in location and extremely high-quality floristic equipment.

history

The Zellerhornwiese was originally used as a wooden meadow from Onstmettingen . The nature reserve was designated on February 14, 1950 by an order from the Ministry of Culture of the State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern , which was responsible at the time and which was both the highest and highest nature conservation authority. It is the oldest nature reserve in what is now the Zollernalb district.

Flora and fauna

On the Zellerhornwiese there are grassland communities of all kinds. The spectrum ranges from the montane golden oat meadow to blue-grass-lime grasslands. The very high-quality flora includes, among others, the mountain cockerel , the Alsatian summer arum , the leafy lice herb , the fragrant handelwort and the globe flower .

Contiguous protected areas

The nature reserve is part of the FFH area around Albstadt and the bird sanctuary Südwestalb and Oberes Donautal . It is enclosed by the landscape protection areas of Oberes Starzeltal and Zollerberg and Albstadt-Bitz .

literature

Regional Council Tübingen (ed.): The nature reserves in the administrative district of Tübingen . Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-7995-5175-5 .