Eco-points and compensation areas
City of Würzburg
Immediately available eco-points from officially recognised eco-accounts. greeNature solutions is your full-service partner for compensation according to BayKompV in the independent city of Würzburg and in the Mainfranken Main valley.
The City of Würzburg at a glance
Würzburg is an independent city in the Lower Franconia administrative region and lies on both sides of the Main in the central Main valley. On around 87.63 km² about 131,000 people live, distributed across 13 city districts. The city is completely surrounded by the district of Würzburg of the same name.
In terms of natural regions, the city area belongs to the Mainfranken Plains (BfN natural region D56), a largely forest-free muschelkalk landscape with extensive loess coverage. Distinctive are the muschelkalk dry slopes above the incised Main valley, which support warmth-loving dry grasslands, vineyards and traditional orchards, as well as the fertile, intensively arable Gäuplains.
Ecologically significant are the dry valley slopes in the southern Main triangle, an FFH area that extends on both sides of the Main upstream from Würzburg, as well as several nature reserves and natural monuments on the steep slopes. Through the LIFE+ nature project MainMuschelkalk, these dry and cultural landscape complexes are cleared of shrubs, managed and secured as a habitat network. The Main itself forms an important water and floodplain axis through the city.
Economically, Würzburg is characterised by university and college, university hospital, services, administration and Franconian wine production. Urban development projects such as conversion of former US barracks sites, residential and commercial development, transport and flood protection projects regularly trigger impacts whose compensation must be provided according to BayKompV. In the densely built city, suitable compensation space is scarce, which is why land in the surrounding area and purchase of eco-points are of particular importance.
🗺️ Associated natural regions
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📍 City districts
🌿 Ecological features
- FFH area Dry valley slopes in the southern Main triangle, warmth-loving muschelkalk slopes on both sides of the Main
- LIFE+ nature project MainMuschelkalk, management and habitat networking of dry grasslands, abandoned vineyards and traditional orchards
- Muschelkalk dry grasslands and rock ledges with rare steppe plants and warmth-loving insects
- Main as a distinctive river and floodplain axis across the city area
- Wine-growing landscape of the Mainfranken Plains with dry stone walls and steep slopes
- Marienberg Fortress and historic buildings as roost sites for bats
- Nature reserves and natural monuments on steep slopes above the Main valley
✅ greeNature on the ground
greeNature operates statewide and knows the requirements for compensation according to BayKompV in Lower Franconia from practice. We work with the Lower Nature Conservation Authority of the city of Würzburg and the adjacent Würzburg district authority, know the natural region-appropriate assessment in natural region D56 and secure land in the surrounding area, where scarcely any compensation space is available in the densely built city itself.
Typical measures in the city of Würzburg
Land unsealing and inner development
Decommissioning and unsealing of unused areas, courtyard and green roof installation and near-natural design in settlement areas. Such measures reduce the impact at the site and upgrade the urban climate, but usually only partially cover the compensation requirement in the densely built city area.
Water body restoration on the Main
Decommissioning of riverbank fortifications, reconnection of oxbows and development of near-natural bank structures along the Main and its tributaries. This creates habitats for kingfisher, fish and amphibians and strengthens the floodplain network in the Main valley.
Dry grasslands and vineyard fallows
Shrub removal and management of muschelkalk dry slopes, retention of dry stone walls and abandoned vineyard terraces. These habitats are home to warmth-loving species and are secured as a habitat network as part of the LIFE+ MainMuschelkalk project.
Grassland extensification in the surrounding area
Conversion of intensively used arable land in the Gäuplains to species-rich extensive grassland with adapted mowing dates and fertiliser avoidance. Such areas in the peri-urban surrounding area create habitat for field birds and insects and are suitable as eco-account areas.
Traditional orchards and hedgerows
Creation and management of traditional orchard stands, hedgerows and field woodlands on muschelkalk slopes and in the denuded agricultural landscape. These structures network habitats and offer nesting and feeding habitats for birds, bats and wild bees.
Species protection CEF and FCS
Replacement habitats for the sand lizard on slopes and railway embankments, bat roosts on buildings and structures, steep banks for the kingfisher on the Main, each as an advanced CEF or population-supporting FCS measure according to sections 44 and 45 BNatSchG.
Protected species in the Main valley and Mainfranken wine landscape
Sand lizard on slopes and railway embankments
The strictly protected sand lizard (Annex IV FFH Directive) inhabits dry slopes, embankments, railway embankments and fallow land in the city area. In construction and infrastructure projects, replacement habitats and relocation are regularly required as advanced CEF measures.
About this species ›Bats in buildings and cellars
Common pipistrelle, large mouse-eared bat and other species use attics, cellars, vineyard walls and historic structures such as Marienberg Fortress as roosts. All species are strictly protected, replacement roosts are required as a CEF measure in demolition and renovation.
About this species ›Kingfisher on the Main
Near-natural riverbank sections and steep banks on the Main provide the kingfisher with breeding sites. When impacting waters, such as riverbank or bridge construction, steep bank modelling and riverbank restoration are typical CEF measures for the strictly protected species.
About this species ›Skylark on the Gäuplains
The open, arable-dominated landscape of the Mainfranken Plains is habitat for the skylark. In land use in the surrounding area, skylark patches and extensively used grassland and fallow strips secure the breeding sites.
About this species ›Amphibians in floodplains and ponds
Common toad, grass frog and other amphibians inhabit waters of the Main floodplain, pools and damp depressions. Newly created spawning waters and networked terrestrial habitats secure their breeding sites in construction projects.
About this species ›Warmth-loving species of the muschelkalk slopes
The dry grasslands and rock ledges above the Main valley are home to smaragd lizard, rare wild bees, grasshoppers and steppe plants. Shrub removal, grazing and management of these sites are effective upgrading and conservation measures.
Which projects trigger a compensation obligation?
Conversion and housing
The conversion of former US barracks sites, such as in the Hubland area, and further residential and district developments lead to land use and require nature conservation compensation. In the densely built city, land in the surrounding area is frequently used for this.
Commerce and infrastructure
Commercial and special areas, extensions of clinic, university and administration sites and technical infrastructure generate compensation requirements according to BayKompV and trigger CEF measures for affected species.
Transport and mobility
Expansion of roads, railway facilities and tram networks as well as bridges and junctions in the Main valley touch bank and slope areas and result in compensation and replacement obligations.
Flood protection and energy
Flood protection and water management measures on the Main, photovoltaic systems on open land in the surrounding area and energy projects create impacts that must be compensated under nature conservation law and can be linked with water and floodplain enhancements.
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Coordination with authorities
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Long-term monitoring
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