The Wernau Clay Pit is a nature conservation area in Wernau, Baden-Würtemberg, Germany established by the Stuttgart Regional Commission on April 15, 1986 (NSG 1.143).[1]
Location and purpose of protection
The 5.5 hectare (ha) conservation area is located southeast of Wernau at an elevation of 310 to 320 meters above sea level and belongs to the nature preserve area of Schlierbacher Platte in the central foreland area of the Swabian Jura mountains. It is classified as a secondary biotope (it was not formed naturally, but from a man-made biotope) with an advanced ecological succession containing wet and dry areas, slopes and water surfaces.[2] The former clay pit is ecologically a very valuable, re-naturalized, near-urban area.
Since 1986, the Swabian Jura Association in Wernau has been the custodian of the nature conservation area.
Literature
Reinhard Wolf, Ulrike Kreh (Hrsg.): Die Naturschutzgebiete im Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN978-3-7995-5176-2, S. 503–505
BRUNS, D. (1992): Beitrag zur Planung von Ersatzbiotopen gemäß § 8 Bundesnaturschutzgesetz am Beispiel von Sukzessionsflächen auf Lehm.‑ Beih. Veröff. Naturschutz Landschaftspflege Bad.‑Württ., 65: 1‑124. ISBN978-3882511734
BUCHMANN, H. (1993): Geologie ‑ Der Neckar ‑ Geologisch‑landschaftskundliche Exkursionen in die Umgebung. In: Naturschutzgebiet "Wernauer Baggerseen" im Landkreis Esslingen ‑ Von der Kiesgrube zum Naturreservat.‑ Führer Natur‑ u. Landschaftsschutzgebiete Bad.‑Württ., 21: 33‑44, 44‑47, 364‑419. ISBN3-88251-186-9
Fact file of the Nature Reserve in the index of protected areas published by the Baden-Württemberg Office for the Environment, Survey and Conservation (Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg)