The Franconian Heights Nature Park
at www.ansbach.army.mil. Retrieved 17 July 2016. (german: Naturpark Frankenhöhe) is a

nature park A nature park, or sometimes natural park, is a designation for a protected natural area by means of long-term land planning, sustainable resource management and limitation of agricultural and real estate developments. These valuable landscape ...

in Germany that covers an area of approximately 1,100 square kilometres. It is located northeast of the town of

Rothenburg ob der Tauber Rothenburg ob der Tauber () is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the w ...

in Bavaria and covers most of the hill ridge known as the

Franconian Heights The Franconian HeightsBavarian State Chancellery, ''Information about Bavaria'', 1981, p. 11. (german: Frankenhöhe) are a hill ridge, up to , in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in South Germany. Location and boundaries The Franconian Heights l ...

, as well as areas to the west and up to the

Sulzach Sulzach is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Wörnitz near Wittelshofen. See also *List of rivers of Bavaria A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany: A * Aalbach *Abens * Ach * Afferbach * Affinger Bach * Ailsbach *Aisch * Aiterach ...

. The nature park is in one of the sunniest areas of southern Germany and offers a very varied landscape with mixed forests, rivers, vineyards and dry habitats.

References

External links

Website of the park
Protected areas of Bavaria {{Ansbach-geo-stub