Database release:
SDF
NATURA 2000 - STANDARD DATA FORM

For Special Protection Areas (SPA),
Proposed Sites for Community Importance (pSCI),
Sites of Community Importance (SCI) and
for Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. SITE IDENTIFICATION

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1.1 Type

B

1.2 Site code

DE5721303

1.3 Site name

Schnepfenkopfhöhle bei Gelnhausen

1.4 First Compilation date

2003-08

1.5 Update date

2015-03

1.6 Respondent:

Name/Organisation:Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt LFN-Abteilung
Address:               
Email:

1.7 Site indication and designation / classification dates

Date site proposed as SCI:2004-11
Date site confirmed as SCI:2007-11
Date site designated as SAC:2008-03
National legal reference of SAC designation:Verordnung über die Natura 2000-Gebiete in Hessen vom 16.01.2008, GVBl. I Nr. 4 S. 30

2. SITE LOCATION

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2.1 Site-centre location [decimal degrees]:

Longitude:9.213100
Latitude:50.207200

2.2 Area [ha]

0.0100

2.3 Marine area [%]

0.0000

2.4 Sitelength [km] (optional):


No information provided

2.5 Administrative region code and name

NUTS level 2 code Region Name
DE71Darmstadt

2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)

Continental (100.00 %)

3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

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3.1 Habitat types present on the site and assessment for them

Annex I Habitat types Site assessment
Code PF NP Cover [ha] Cave [number] Data quality A|B|C|D A|B|C
      RepresentativityRelative SurfaceConservationGlobal
8310  info      0.024  0.00 
  • PF: for the habitat types that can have a non-priority as well as a priority form (6210, 7130, 9430) enter "X" in the column PF to indicate the priority form.
  • NP: in case that a habitat type no longer exists in the site enter: x (optional)
  • Cover: decimal values can be entered
  • Caves: for habitat types 8310, 8330 (caves) enter the number of caves if estimated surface is not available.
  • Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation)

3.2 Species referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC and listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43/EEC and site evaluation for them

Species Population in the site Site assessment
G Code Scientific Name S NP T Size Unit Cat. D.qual. A|B|C|D A|B|C
      MinMax  Pop.Con.Iso.Glo.
M1324Myotis myotis   
  • Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, I = Invertebrates, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
  • S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
  • NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
  • Type: p = permanent, r = reproducing, c = concentration, w = wintering (for plant and non-migratory species use permanent)
  • Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the Standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting (see reference portal)
  • Abundance categories (Cat.): C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present - to fill if data are deficient (DD) or in addition to population size information
  • Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation); VP = 'Very poor' (use this category only, if not even a rough estimation of the population size can be made, in this case the fields for population size can remain empty, but the field "Abundance categories" has to be filled in)

3.3 Other important species of flora and fauna (optional)

Species

Population in the site

Motivation

Group CODE Scientific Name S NP Size Unit Cat. Species Annex Other categories
     MinMax C|R|V|PIVVABCD
Meta menardi             
Scoliopteryx libatrix             
Triphosa dubitata             
  • Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, Fu = Fungi, I = Invertebrates, L = Lichens, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
  • CODE: for Birds, Annex IV and V species the code as provided in the reference portal should be used in addition to the scientific name
  • S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
  • NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
  • Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting, (see reference portal)
  • Cat.: Abundance categories: C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present
  • Motivation categories: IV, V: Annex Species (Habitats Directive), A: National Red List data; B: Endemics; C: International Conventions; D: other reasons

4. SITE DESCRIPTION

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4.1 General site character

Habitat class % Cover
N22100.00

Total Habitat Cover

100

Other Site Characteristics

Tektonische Höhle in einem aufgelassenen Buntsandsteinbruch am Südhang des Schnepfenkopfes Länge: 125 Meter, Tiefe: 26 Meter

4.2 Quality and importance

Längste Sandsteinhöhle Hessens und eine der längsten Sandsteinhöhlen Deutschlands, bedeutendstes natürliches Winterschlafquartier für Fledermäuse im Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Lebensraum f. 'höhlenliebende' Tierarten Längste tektonische Höhle (Hangabrisskluft) im unteren Buntsandstein Deutschlands

4.3 Threats, pressures and activities with impacts on the site

The most important impacts and activities with high effect on the site

Negative Impacts
RankThreats and pressures [code]Pollution (optional) [code]inside/outside [i|o|b]
MG01i
Positive Impacts
RankActivities, management [code]Pollution (optional) [code]inside/outside [i|o|b]

Rank: H = high, M = medium, L = low
Pollution: N = Nitrogen input, P = Phosphor/Phosphate input, A = Acid input/acidification,
T = toxic inorganic chemicals, O = toxic organic chemicals, X = Mixed pollutions
i = inside, o = outside, b = both

4.4 Ownership (optional)

Type[%]
PublicNational/Federal0
State/Province0
Local/Municipal0
Any Public0
Joint or Co-Ownership0
Private100
Unknown0
sum100

4.5 Documentation (optional)

GDE 2007 Landesverband für Höhlen- und Karstforschung Hessen e.V. Behördenübergreifende Arbeitsgruppe (2002), Entwicklungskonzept zum geplanten Natutschutzgebiet 'Schnepfenrain bei Gelnhausen' Biologische Planungsgemeinschaft Dipl. Biol. Annette Möller (1993), Grundlagenteil und Schutzwürdigkeitsgutachten zum geplanten Naturschutzgebiet 'Schnepfenrain bei Gelnhausen' Landesverband für Höhlen- und Karstfoschung Hessen e.V. (2003), Gutachten zur gesamthessischen Situation der nicht touristisch erschlossenen Höhlen LRT 8310 (Anhang I der FFH-Richtlinie) Pfanzelter, B. (1999), Sandsteinhöhlen im Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Mitteilungsblatt der Naturkundestelle Main-Kinzig, Jahrgan, 8-15, Gelnhausen Pfanzelter, B. (2004), Die Schepfenkopfhöhle - die längste Sandsteinhöhle im Spessart, Spessart, 12-15

5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS

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6. SITE MANAGEMENT

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6.1 Body(ies) responsible for the site management:

Organisation:Darmstadt: Regierungspräsidium Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt LFN-Abteilung
Address:
Email:

6.2 Management Plan(s):

An actual management plan does exist:

X
Yes Name: FFH-Bewirtschaftungsplan 2015
Link:

No, but in preparation
No

6.3 Conservation measures (optional)


No information provided

 

7. MAP OF THE SITE

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INSPIRE ID:
Map delivered as PDF in electronic format (optional)
Yes
X
No

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