Rappenloch Nature Reserve

Location and history: The Rappenloch area is located in the district of Aichschieß in the municipality of Aichwald in the Esslingen district. The Rappenloch area is north of Krummhardt.
The Rappenloch area is a conservation area and is part of the Aichwald conservation area.
The main protection purpose is the preservation of the diversity and beauty of a typical Keuper mountain landscape of the Neckar area, which is characterized by cliff-rich sandstone slopes with natural beech and oak forests.
The Rappenloch area with its importance as a habitat for numerous, sometimes rare plant and animal species characterize the value of this landscape.
The "Aichwald" landscape protection area and thus also the Rappenloch area came into effect on July 30, 1980.
The name derivation is unclear. Possibly the name goes back to ravens or the bald ibis, a species of ibis that became extinct in the late Middle Ages and had its last colonies in narrow ravines.
Source: partly LUBW and Wikipedia