The Bromberg-Rosengarten nature reserve has been designated as a nature reserve since 1985!
+ FFH area / Natura2000
Size 36ha
The field name "rose garden" is probably derived from the parcels that are framed with wild roses, especially on the slope edge. You can find numerous wild roses such as the vinegar rose, the dog rose, the wine rose and the field rose. In the past, the parcels were used for a long time as fields, mowing meadows, guarding areas and orchards.
As a former quarry, the "Bromberg - Rosengarten" nature reserve is of ecological significance as well as of local and cultural significance.
The protected area represents a small-scale habitat of the Middle Main Valley with its typical diversity of heat-loving plant and animal species. On rock walls, stone piles (stone piles), gravel surfaces and old walls, you can find numerous insects that need warmth such as butterflies (especially saspards rams, blue peas, blue peas) and reptiles such as sand lizards and smooth snakes.
The nature reserve is criss-crossed by a rectangular limestone bank of the Upper Muschelkalk, which is important for Lower Franconia and which was of considerable economic importance in earlier times. The Old Main Bridge was also built with this ashlar. Today the blocks of stone, distributed over the whole area, are of great importance for moss and lichen communities.
After the historical forms of use have ceased to exist, this leads to increased bush encroachment. Maintenance measures are therefore carried out on a regular basis, with particular emphasis on sheep grazing.
The nature reserve is part of the Würzburg nature trail with eight display boards and, since 2011, one of 50 stamping stations in the Bayern Arche Nature Atlas.