The Hessian Rhön Nature Park (german: Naturpark Hessische Rhön) lies east of
Fulda
Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
History ...
in
East Hesse on the border with
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
and
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
and has and area of 720,7 km².
Together with the
Bavarian Rhön Nature Park
The Bavarian Rhön Nature Park (''Naturpark Bayerische Rhön'') straddles the junction of the German states of Bavaria,
Hesse and Thuringia. 70 km2 of the total 125 km2 area of the nature park has been recognised by UNESCO as part of th ...
it is part of the cross-border
Rhön Biosphere Reserve
The Rhön Biosphere Reserve includes the entire central area of the Rhön Mountains, a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia.
Aim
In 1991 the Rhön was recognised at international level by UNESCO as a biosph ...
.
Landscape
The nature park lies between the mountain and hill ranges of the
Spessart,
Vogelsberg,
Thuringian Forest,
Haßberge and
Steigerwald
The Steigerwald is a hill region up to in the Bavarian-Franconian part of the South German Scarplands between Würzburg and Nuremberg. It is part of the Keuper Uplands, and within it, it is continued to the north-northeast and right of the river ...
. It is characterised by mixed forest, rivers, lakes like the
Guckaisee, moors, grassland and dry biotopes.
See also
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Rhön Mountains
The Rhön Mountains () are a group of low mountains (or ''Mittelgebirge'') in central Germany, located around the border area where the states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia come together. These mountains, which are at the extreme southeast end o ...
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List of nature parks in Germany
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Bavarian Rhön Nature Park
The Bavarian Rhön Nature Park (''Naturpark Bayerische Rhön'') straddles the junction of the German states of Bavaria,
Hesse and Thuringia. 70 km2 of the total 125 km2 area of the nature park has been recognised by UNESCO as part of th ...
References
[''Naturpark Hessische Rhön – Gründung und Entwicklung''](_blank)
(''Verein Natur und Lebensraum Rhön''), at vnlr.de
External links
Rhön Nature ParkRhön Biosphere Reserve
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Rhoen
East Hesse