Eco-points and compensation areas
District of Würzburg
Ökopunkte und Ausgleichsflächen im Landkreis Würzburg, abgesichert nach BayKompV. greeNature begleitet Vorhabenträger als Full-Service-Partner von der Bilanzierung bis zur dauerhaften Pflege.
The District of Würzburg at a glance
Der Landkreis Würzburg liegt im Süden des Regierungsbezirks Unterfranken und umschließt die kreisfreie Stadt Würzburg vollständig. Auf rund 968 km² leben etwa 161.600 Menschen in 52 Gemeinden. Der Sitz des Landratsamts befindet sich in der Stadt Würzburg selbst. Im Norden und Westen grenzt der Kreis an die Landkreise Main-Spessart und Schweinfurt, im Osten an Kitzingen und Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, im Süden an den Main-Tauber-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg.
Naturräumlich gehört der gesamte Landkreis zu den Mainfränkischen Platten (Naturraum D56). Prägend sind die weiten, weitgehend waldarmen Gäuflächen über Muschelkalk, allen voran der fruchtbare Ochsenfurter Gau südlich des Mains sowie die Gäuplatten im Maindreieck. Dazwischen schneidet sich das Würzburg-Ochsenfurter Maintal tief in die Hochflächen ein. Größere geschlossene Waldgebiete bilden der Gramschatzer, der Guttenberger und der Irtenberger Wald. An den süd- und südwestexponierten Muschelkalkhängen des Maintals liegen Weinberge und Trockenrasen.
Ökologisch sind vor allem die Muschelkalk-Trockenrasen und Kalkmagerrasen von überregionaler Bedeutung. Sie zählen mit ihren Orchideen und wärmeliebenden Insektenarten zu den artenreichsten Lebensräumen Mitteleuropas. Im Kreisgebiet sind 14 FFH-Gebiete ausgewiesen, mehrere davon an den Muschelkalkhängen entlang von Main und Wern. Das LIFE-Natur-Projekt MainMuschelkalk hat diese Trockenlebensräume gesichert und aufgewertet. Ergänzt werden sie durch Streuobstbestände, Weinbergsbrachen und die Auen der Fließgewässer.
Wirtschaftlich prägen intensive Landwirtschaft (Zuckerrüben, Getreide, fränkischer Weinbau) sowie die Lage als überregionaler Verkehrsknoten den Kreis. Die Autobahnen A3 und A7 kreuzen sich am Autobahnkreuz Biebelried, hinzu kommen die ICE-Strecke und mehrere Bundesstraßen. Durch die Nähe zur Stadt Würzburg bestehen im Umland ein spürbarer Siedlungsdruck sowie Bedarf an Gewerbeflächen und Freiflächen-Photovoltaik. Solche Eingriffe lösen regelmäßig eine Ausgleichspflicht nach BayKompV aus und erfordern rechtssichere Kompensationsmaßnahmen.
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🌿 Ecological features
- Completely encloses the independent city of Würzburg (the administrative seat is located within the city).
- The Ochsenfurter Gau is one of Bavaria's most fertile arable landscapes.
- Shell-limestone dry grassland of Europe-wide significance, 14 FFH sites within the district.
- Franconian viticulture on the south- and southwest-facing slopes of the Main valley.
- LIFE Nature project MainMuschelkalk to secure the calcareous dry habitats.
- A supra-regional transport hub at the Biebelried motorway interchange (A3/A7).
- Large contiguous forests (Gramschatzer, Guttenberger and Irtenberger Wald) as habitat for the European wildcat.
✅ greeNature on the ground
greeNature develops and manages eco-accounts and compensation areas in the Mainfränkische Platten and knows the nature-conservation priorities of the Würzburg district. For project developers in the district, we align measures with the typical habitats, from calcareous grassland and fallow vineyards to traditional orchards in the Main valley and flowering structures in the Ochsenfurter Gau. We handle assessment under the BayKompV, securing of land, implementation, monitoring and permanent management, coordinating throughout with the lower nature conservation authority (Untere Naturschutzbehörde) at the Landratsamt Würzburg.
Typical measures in the district of Würzburg
Developing and managing calcareous grassland
Scrub clearance and extensive sheep or goat grazing of open shell-limestone slopes to maintain and extend species-rich dry and semi-dry grassland with orchids and warmth-loving species.
Enhancing fallow vineyards and dry-stone walls
Creating and maintaining stone-clearance ridges, dry-stone walls and sun-exposed field margins on the Main valley slopes as habitat for the sand lizard and warmth-loving insects.
Establishing and extensively managing traditional orchards
Planting standard fruit trees with extensive mowing of the meadows in the Main valley, for example around Leinach and Erlabrunn, as a structurally rich habitat and compensation area.
Flowering areas and skylark plots in the Gäu
Perennial flowering strips, field margin strips and skylark plots in the intensively farmed arable landscape of the Ochsenfurter Gau to support farmland birds and pollinators.
Watercourse and floodplain restoration
Creating riparian buffer strips, unfettering riverbanks and developing floodplains along the Main, Wern and their tributaries to enhance flowing-water habitats.
Forest-edge design and forest conversion
Creating tiered, shrub-rich forest edges and converting to site-appropriate mixed stands in the large district forests to link open land and woodland.
Protected species in the Mainfränkische Platten / Ochsenfurter Gau
Sand lizard
A characteristic species of shell-limestone dry grassland, fallow vineyards and sun-exposed embankments. Where impacts occur, species protection requirements under § 44 BNatSchG and, frequently, advance CEF measures must be taken into account.
About this species ›Skylark
A typical breeding bird of the open arable landscape in the Ochsenfurter Gau. Habitat losses can be offset through skylark plots and flowering structures as part of compensation.
About this species ›European wildcat
Recorded in the large contiguous forests (Gramschatzer, Guttenberger and Irtenberger Wald). Forest-edge design and habitat networking support its habitat.
About this species ›Kingfisher
Breeds on near-natural steep banks of the Main, Wern and their tributaries. The species benefits directly from bank restoration and the creation of riparian buffer strips.
About this species ›Bats
Cellar vaults, old trees and woodlands provide roosts for several strictly protected bat species. Roosting and foraging habitats must be assessed for species protection where impacts occur.
About this species ›Black stork
Undisturbed, old-growth-rich woodland stands with streams provide breeding and foraging habitats. Large forest areas in the district are considered suitable habitat.
About this species ›Which projects trigger a compensation obligation?
Commercial and industrial areas
The establishment and expansion of commercial land around the city of Würzburg and along the motorways trigger impacts that must be compensated under the BayKompV.
Transport infrastructure
The expansion and new construction of the A3, A7, federal roads and railway lines (Biebelried transport hub) requires extensive compensation measures and species protection assessments.
Residential development and settlement expansion
Development pressure in the commuter belt around the city of Würzburg is leading to building areas whose land take must be assessed and compensated.
Ground-mounted photovoltaics
Solar parks in the broad Gäu landscape require nature-conservation input and compensation areas, for example through extensively managed grassland and flowering structures.
From enquiry to monitoring
Contact and enquiry
Tell us your compensation requirement and the natural region. We check availability.
Offer and advice
A transparent offer covering measure types, scope and availability.
Coordination with authorities
Full coordination with the lower nature conservation authority. We handle everything.
Long-term monitoring
Permanent securing of the land, management and documentation across the contract term.
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