Eco-points and compensation areas
District of Schwandorf
Immediately available eco-points from officially recognised eco-accounts for Schwandorf district. greeNature is your full-service partner for compensation under BayKompV in the Naab valley, Palatinate Lake Land and Palatinate Forest.
The District of Schwandorf at a glance
Schwandorf district is located in the heart of the Palatinate in East Bavaria, between the Regensburg conurbation in the south and the Czech border in the north-east. The administrative seat is the major district town Schwandorf on the Naab. The district extends in its longest dimension over around 90 kilometres and comprises 33 towns, markets and municipalities.
Geographically, the district divides into two major natural regions. The central and western part belongs to the Palatinate-Upper Main hill country (natural region D62) with the defining Naab valley and a wide, water-rich hill landscape. The forested east belongs to the Palatinate and Bavarian Forest (natural region D63), where the crystalline base rock of the Bohemian Massif forms a mid-mountain-like landscape up to the border. Around Schwandorf and Wackersdorf, former brown coal extraction has left behind an extensive mining restoration landscape from which the Palatinate Lake Land with Steinberger Lake and Murner Lake has emerged.
Ecologically, the district is characterised by its pond and pool landscapes, which go back to centuries-old carp pond farming. Outstanding is the Habitats Directive and bird protection site Charlottenhofen pool area, Hirtloh pool and Langwied ponds, a nationally significant breeding and resting area for endangered bird species. The Naab valley acts as an inter-regional habitat network axis, and the over 40 per cent forested Palatinate Forest Nature Park provides habitat for black stork, bats and warmth-loving species of mining restoration areas.
Economically, the Wackersdorf industrial park with the BMW site, medium-sized businesses along motorways A93 and A6 as well as active raw material extraction (gravel, sand, clay) characterise the district. Factory extensions, transport projects, ground-mounted photovoltaic installations on conversion and mining restoration land as well as settlement and business development regularly trigger compensation obligations under BayKompV.
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🌿 Ecological features
- Habitats Directive and bird protection site Charlottenhofen pool area, Hirtloh pool and Langwied ponds (6639-372), nationally significant breeding and resting area
- Palatinate Lake Land with mining restoration lakes (Steinberger Lake, Murner Lake) from former brown coal extraction
- Palatinate Forest Nature Park with over 40 per cent forest cover and crystalline base rock at the Czech border
- Naab valley as an inter-regional flowing water and habitat network axis
- Traditional carp pond farming with extensive pool landscapes
- Raw soil and succession areas of mining restoration landscape as habitat for warmth-loving pioneer species
✅ greeNature on the ground
greeNature is active throughout Bavaria and knows the Palatinate compensation practice. We coordinate with the lower nature conservation authority at Schwandorf District Office, know the regional land pools and the peculiarities of the pool, Naab valley and mining restoration landscapes from project work.
Typical measures in the district of Schwandorf
Pond and pool landscapes
Restoration and extensive management of Palatinate pool areas with shallow water zones, succession reed beds and low-disturbance bank areas as habitat for amphibians, bittern and waterfowl.
Naab and Regen floodplains
Revitalisation of flowing waters through bank collapses, old channels and site-appropriate riparian forest. Improvement of permeability and creation of spawning and breeding habitats for fish, kingfisher and beaver.
Mining restoration landscape
Development of calcareous grasslands, raw soils and succession areas on former brown coal areas of the Palatinate Lake Land as habitat for sand lizard, wild bees and warmth-loving pioneer species.
Near-natural forest conversion
Conversion of low-structure coniferous forests in the Palatinate Forest to climate-stable mixed forests with habitat trees and dead wood enrichment, among others as habitat for black stork, hazel dormouse and forest-dwelling bats.
Grassland extensification
Conversion of intensively managed wet meadows in the Naab valley into species-rich extensively managed grassland as breeding and feeding habitat for meadow-breeding birds such as northern lapwing and whinchat.
Species protection CEF/FCS
Creation of sand lizard habitats, amphibian spawning waters for the great crested newt and bat roosts, tailored to the requirements of the BayKompV and specific species protection.
Protected species in the Naab valley and Palatinate Lake Land
Water and reed birds of the pond landscapes
The Charlottenhofer Weihergebiet is one of the most important breeding and resting areas in the Oberpfalz. Bittern, little bittern and numerous waterbirds find extensive reed beds and silting zones here. Typical measures include reed bed development and low-disturbance shoreline zoning.
Kingfisher on the Naab and Regen
Near-natural bank sections with steep faces along the Naab and Regen provide breeding sites for the kingfisher. CEF measures include shaping steep banks, allowing bank erosion, and creating fish-nursery waters.
About this species ›Great crested newt and amphibians
The pond landscapes are core habitat for the great crested newt (Annex II of the FFH Directive), European tree frog and other amphibians. Creating and connecting sunlit, fish-free spawning waters are common compensation and CEF measures.
About this species ›Black stork in the Oberpfälzer Wald
The extensive, water-rich forests provide the black stork with low-disturbance nest sites and foraging habitat. For impacts on forest habitats, nest protection and securing foraging waters are typical FCS measures.
About this species ›Bats in forest and settlement areas
Greater mouse-eared bat, common pipistrelle and brown long-eared bat use old broadleaf forests, traditional orchards and building roosts. Roost trees, replacement roosts and the preservation of foraging habitat secure populations during construction projects.
About this species ›Sand lizard on post-mining land
The raw soils, railway embankments and succession areas of the Oberpfälzer Seenland are ideal habitats for the sand lizard. For infrastructure and commercial projects, relocation and the creation of sunlit replacement habitats are common CEF measures.
About this species ›Which projects trigger a compensation obligation?
Industry and commerce (Wackersdorf industrial park)
The Wackersdorf industrial park, with the BMW site and other companies, is an economic core of the district. Expansions, logistics and production sites, and new commercial areas regularly generate substantial compensation requirements under the BayKompV.
Infrastructure and transport
The expansion of the A93 and A6 motorways, the Regensburg-Weiden railway line, bypasses and bridge structures over the Naab trigger statutory nature-conservation compensation and replacement obligations.
Energy and renewables
Ground-mounted photovoltaics on conversion and post-mining sites, as well as wind power projects in the Oberpfälzer Wald, require compensation and, depending on the species affected, CEF or FCS measures.
Raw material extraction and settlement
Gravel, sand and clay extraction, as well as the designation of residential and commercial areas in towns and municipalities, require compensation measures. Landowners can contribute their land as eco-account sites.
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