The Rotehofbach valley near Trockenborn-Wolfersdorf is a landscape conservation area in Thuringia. An FFH (Flora-Fauna-Habitat) protected area has also been created here.

Natura 2000 is the official name for a network of protected areas established within the European Union in accordance with the Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive. Its purpose is the transnational protection of endangered wild native plant and animal species and their natural habitats.