The nature reserve Mäusberg-Rammersberg-Ständelberg with its approximately 270 hectares has a representative section of the Karlstadter Trockengebiete. With its exceptional climate for Central Europe, it offers rare plants the best living conditions.
The nature reserve (NSG) “Mäusberg-Rammersberg-Ständelberg” covers an area of over 270 hectares.
It consists of two parts,
starting in the north
with sub-area 1 between Wiesenfeld and the MSP 11 district road in the Wiesenfeld district. Rammersberg and Ständelberg are located here,
while the Mäusberg lies in sub-area 2, which adjoins it to the south and partly already belongs to the Karlburg district.
‼️Hiking tip: On the K 10 hiking trail (see map) you can hike all three mountain peaks and theirs
Experience difference.
Natura 2000 area:
“Mäusberg, Rammersberg, Ständelberg and the surrounding area”
The FFH area, which has almost the same name, is slightly larger than the NSG.
Special feature:
Representative dry sites on three mountaintops
Worth seeing and worth knowing
The defining habitats are the plateaus and slopes with large open areas of dry limestone grassland, surrounded by sparse pine or beech forests and orchards with poor lowland hay meadows.
In spring, spring Adonis florets and pasque flowers bathe the Rammersberg in a yellow-purple sea of color.
Afterwards it becomes colorful with numerous types of orchids, dyer's broom, scabious knapweed and others. Common but also very rare bird and insect species use the diverse and structurally rich habitat.
The current NSG includes the two nature reserves “Mäusberg” (approx. 14 hectares) and “Rammersberg” (approx. 18 hectares) that were designated in 1981.
Today's biodiversity was created through grazing and low or medium-sized forest management.
On the other side of the Main is Karlstadt
NSG “Grainberg-Kalbenstein and Saupurzel:
Further NSGs are located along the Main and Wern and form a connecting axis.
In the NSG, animals and plants have priority. ‼️To protect rare lichens and wild bee nests on stones, we ask you not to change the position of the stones and not to use them for cairns, land art, etc.
The popular walking paths are popular with locals and tourists. The splendor of the colors of the numerous flowering plants and the interesting wildlife attract nature lovers.
-Variety times three-
The three mountain peaks of Mäusberg, Rammersberg and Ständelberg are a refuge for very attractive and rare species such as spring Adonis (Rammersberg) and diptam (Mäusberg), both with one of their largest populations in Lower Franconia.
Also in terms of the variety of orchids
(22 species), the area is one of the most species-rich in the administrative region. In the forest and bush area there are two regional endemics (species only found here) - the Baden and Würzburg whitebeams - which are of national importance. Bird species such as the woodlark and red-backed shrike are also of national importance.
The occurrence of butterflies such as the sail butterfly is even of national importance. The area also has an outstanding blue-billed fauna, including the gentian blue-billed blue and the cranesbill blue-billed blue, both of which are threatened with extinction.
-Bugs: An Example of Biological Diversity-
There are almost 1,000 species of bedbugs in Germany.
In comparison, there are “only” around 560 species of bees.
Bedbugs are therefore an example of biological diversity (biodiversity) or as Goethe said: “The fleas and the bedbugs also belong to the whole”.
But it's not just the diversity that's impressive, but also the specialization:
in the case of the knight bug on white swallowwort and spring Adonis rose and at
the juniper edge bug as well
at Buntrock on juniper.
The knight bug only lives on extensively used semi-dry and dry grassland, in dry bushes and sparse forests, often on calcareous soils and requires rock crevices, stone walls and dead wood to overwinter. The “Mäusberg-Rammersberg-Ständelberg” nature reserve offers this species ideal living conditions.
The warning color of the knight bug is a signal of its toxicity because it absorbs toxic substances from its host plants, which are stored in the body and make the bug inedible for its predators.
(Excerpt from NSG flyer
government.unterfranken.bayern.de)
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