Eco-points and compensation areas
District of Tuttlingen
Eco-points and compensation areas in the Tuttlingen district, assessed using the biotope value method of the Ökokonto-Verordnung (ÖKVO) and managed through recognised eco-accounts. greeNature operates nationwide and is your full-service partner for impact mitigation regulation, species protection and CEF measures between the Großer Heuberg, the Obere Donautal and the Baar.
The District of Tuttlingen at a glance
The Tuttlingen district lies in the south of Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the Freiburg administrative region. The district administration is seated in the major district town of Tuttlingen, with Trossingen and Spaichingen as other larger towns. Across some 734 square kilometres, around 145,000 people live in 35 towns and municipalities. The district borders, clockwise, the districts of Rottweil, Zollernalbkreis, Sigmaringen, Konstanz and Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis.
In landscape terms, the district has a share of two BfN large-scale landscapes. Most of it belongs to the Swabian Jura (D60) with the Großer Heuberg, the Baaralb, and the deeply cut Obere Donautal between Tuttlingen and Fridingen. On the Heuberg, the Lemberg near Gosheim (1,015 metres) is the highest peak of the entire Swabian Jura. The west, around Trossingen and Geisingen, has a share of the Baar in the Gäuplatten im Neckar- und Tauberland (D57), a high basin between the Black Forest and the Jura, across which the watershed between the Rhine and the Danube runs.
Ecologically, the Naturpark Obere Donau is a defining feature, with its white limestone cliffs, beech woodland and juniper heaths. Near Immendingen and Fridingen, the Danube seeps into the karst subsoil (the Donauversinkung) and flows underground to the Aachtopf spring in the Hegau. FFH sites on the Großer Heuberg, in the Obere Donautal and on the Danube near Immendingen, along with the Südwestalb und Oberes Donautal bird sanctuary, form a connected Natura 2000 network. Calcareous grassland, rock habitats, near-natural watercourses and the wet meadows of the Baar provide habitat for numerous species protected under EU law.
Economically, the district is strongly industrial. Tuttlingen is regarded as the world centre of medical technology, alongside precision and metal engineering, and musical instrument manufacturing in Trossingen. The expansion of commercial and industrial land, road and rail development, wind energy projects on the Heuberg, and mineral extraction regularly trigger impacts, whose compensation is provided through eco-points under the ÖKVO.
🗺️ Associated natural regions
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🌿 Ecological features
- Naturpark Obere Donau with the gorge of the Obere Donau between Tuttlingen and Fridingen, striking limestone cliffs, castles and extensive beech woodland
- Lemberg near Gosheim (1,015 metres) on the Großer Heuberg, the highest peak of the Swabian Jura
- Donauversinkung near Immendingen and Fridingen, where the Danube seeps into the karst and flows underground to the Aachtopf spring in the Hegau
- FFH sites on the Großer Heuberg, in the Obere Donautal and on the Danube near Immendingen as part of the Natura 2000 network
- Südwestalb und Oberes Donautal bird sanctuary with cliff- and woodland-breeding birds
- 27 nature reserves covering around 3.7 per cent of the district area
- Baar in the west as a high basin between the Black Forest and the Jura, with wet meadows and the watershed between the Rhine and the Danube
✅ greeNature on the ground
greeNature operates nationwide and also supports compensation projects in the south of Baden-Württemberg. We know the state's governing biotope value method, the requirements of the Ökokonto-Verordnung (ÖKVO), and coordination with the lower nature conservation authority at Landratsamt Tuttlingen. For impacts in the district, we develop precise compensation, replacement and CEF measures on the calcareous grassland and juniper heaths of the Jura, in the watercourses and woodland of the Obere Donautal, and in the wet meadows of the Baar, that is, in natural regions D60 and D57.
Typical measures in the district of Tuttlingen
Calcareous grassland and juniper heaths
Preserving and restoring open dry habitats through sheep and goat grazing and scrub clearance on the Heuberg and Baaralb. These sunny, nutrient-poor sites are among the most species-rich habitats of the Jura and achieve high enhancement values under the biotope value method.
Traditional orchard and hedgerow management
Creating and managing traditional orchards with regional varieties, as well as hedgerows and field copses, on the edges of the Jura and in the Baar. These structures connect habitats and support birds, insects and the hazel dormouse.
Watercourse and floodplain development
Removing bank reinforcement and developing near-natural conditions on the Danube, Prim, Elta and Faulenbach. This creates steep banks, gravel bars and floodplain woodland as habitat for kingfisher, fish and amphibians, while also generating creditable eco-points.
Woodland conversion and deadwood
Converting structurally poor conifer plantations into site-appropriate beech and mixed woodland, promoting old and dead wood and near-natural woodland edges. Cavity-rich, structurally diverse woodland improves habitats for bats, woodpeckers and the black stork.
Species protection CEF and FCS
Advance and population-supporting measures under § 44 and § 45 BNatSchG, for example replacement habitats for the sand lizard on embankments and railway banks, new bat roosts, and sunny replacement spawning waters for amphibians.
Wet meadows and small water bodies
Extensification and adapted mowing of wet and damp meadows in the Baar, plus creating sunny small water bodies and spring protection measures. Such measures secure amphibian habitats and enhance the landscape's water balance.
Protected species in the Großer Heuberg, Obere Donautal and Baar
Bats in the Danube valley
The caves, rock crevices, woodland and buildings of the Obere Donautal serve bats such as the greater mouse-eared bat and Bechstein's bat as roosts and foraging grounds. All species are strictly protected (Annex IV of the FFH Directive); replacement roosts are required as a CEF measure for demolition and refurbishment.
About this species ›Sand lizard on dry sites
Calcareous grassland, dry slopes, embankments and railway banks on the Jura and in the Baar are habitat for the sand lizard, a frequent target species for infrastructure and development projects. Replacement habitats with basking, egg-laying and refuge sites are standard practice in species protection compensation.
About this species ›Black stork in the woodland
The black stork uses the large, low-disturbance woodland of the Jura and the Baar as breeding habitat, and near-natural watercourses and wet meadows as foraging habitat. Preserving old tree stands and low-disturbance watercourse stretches are effective protective measures.
About this species ›Kingfisher on the Danube and its tributaries
Near-natural bank sections with steep faces on the Danube, Prim and Elta provide breeding sites for the strictly protected kingfisher. Steep-bank modelling and bank restoration are typical CEF measures for impacts on watercourses.
About this species ›Amphibians in woodland and small water bodies
Yellow-bellied toad, fire salamander and other amphibians inhabit seasonally wet hollows, woodland ponds and spring areas of the Jura and Baar. Newly created, sunny spawning waters in spatial proximity secure their breeding sites during construction and infrastructure projects.
About this species ›Hazel dormouse in hedgerows and woodland edges
The hazel dormouse lives in structurally rich hedgerows, thickets and woodland edges with a good supply of fruit and nuts. It is strictly protected; where woody vegetation is lost, connecting and newly creating structurally rich margins are suitable compensation.
About this species ›Which projects trigger a compensation obligation?
Medical technology and commercial land
The expansion of industrial and commercial areas in Tuttlingen, Spaichingen and Trossingen leads to land sealing and requires compensation under nature conservation law. Landowners can benefit as land providers through eco-points.
Road construction and transport
Expansion and refurbishment of federal and state roads such as the B14, B311 and B523, as well as bypasses, trigger compensation and replacement obligations, which are assessed using the biotope value method of the ÖKVO.
Rail expansion
Projects on the Gäubahn and the regional Ringzug affect embankments, woody vegetation and watercourses, often requiring species protection assessments and CEF measures, for example for the sand lizard and bats.
Wind energy on the Heuberg
Wind energy projects on the heights of the Großer Heuberg affect woodland and open land and trigger extensive species protection assessments, particularly for bats and wind-sensitive bird species. Compensation is provided through eco-points and accompanying measures.
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