Ruisseau· 22 segments
Pegnitz
Crosses 5 administrative regions : Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayreuth, Erlangen-Höchstadt, Nürnberg, Nürnberger Land
Total length
122km
Max discharge
9,5m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
22
River geography5 admin regions · 0 communes
5 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- Nürnberger LandBayern · Germany53.0 kmin this dpt
- BayreuthBayern · Germany12.1 kmin this dpt
- NürnbergBayern · Germany10.9 kmin this dpt
- Amberg-SulzbachBayern · Germany5.1 kmin this dpt
- Erlangen-HöchstadtBayern · Germany0.2 kmin this dpt
22 intersecting protected areas
Landscape Protection Area
Nürnberger Reichswald
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Landscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
Landscape Protection Area
Dolomitkuppenalb
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Traufhänge der Hersbrucker Alb
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Wellucker Wald nördlich Königstein
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Pegnitz zwischen Michelfeld und Hersbruck
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
13 more protected areassorted by area
Pegnitztal Ost
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Östlicher Vogelherd im Veldensteiner Forst
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Pegnitztal Ost
IUCN IVNature Reserve
Wasserwerk Erlenstegen
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Nature Reserve
LSG "Pegnitzaue Schwaig"
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
LSG Rückersdorf
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Tiefgraben und Kohlbuck
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Wöhrder See
IUCN VLandscape Protection Area
Feuchtgebiete im Pegnitztal bei Reichenschwand
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Nature Reserve
Mausohrwochenstuben in der mittleren Frankenalb
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Höhlen der nördlichen Frankenalb
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 22 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
1 004 distinct species · 5 896 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Pegnitz : 13 espèces reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 22.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
122km
Max discharge
9,5m³/s
Max Strahler
3
Segments matched
22
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.