Protected landscape area Wertachschlucht

Size: Approx. 954 hectares
Location: Wertach breakthrough in the districts of Oberallgäu and Ostallgäu between Grüntensee and Eichelschwang, Markt Unterthingau, Oy-Mittelberg, Scheidbach, Rückholz, Görisried, Wald, Leuterschach and Oberthingau.

The purpose of the protection is to,

preserve the special beauty, uniqueness and undisturbed nature of the Wertach gorge in its near-natural landscape,
protect the Wertach river valley with its side pools as a habitat for the endangered animal and plant species that occur there and are little influenced by humans,
Preserve the near-natural site-appropriate slope forests and ravine forest sections and riparian vegetation, promote their restoration, and ensure regeneration without protective devices,
preserve the geological and geomorphological abundance of forms and the flowing water dynamics,
Preserve the Wertach as a spawning water for huchen and as a water biotope for huchen, grayling and brown trout..