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Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve (german: Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Nordvogesen, french: Réserve de biosphère transfrontalière des Vosges du Nord-Forêt palatine) was created in 1998 as the first
UNESCO
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trans-boundary
biosphere reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or o ...
in
Europe
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. The German part became the 12th of 16 biosphere reserves in Germany and the French one the 6th of 14 in France.
The biosphere reserve is a fusion of the older
Palatinate Forest Nature Park
The Palatinate Forest Nature Park (german: Naturpark Pfälzerwald) lies in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany and borders on France. The nature park covers an area of and some 76% of its area is under the woods of the Palatinate For ...
in Germany and
Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park
The Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord'') is a protected area of woodland, wetland, farmland and historical sites in the region Grand Est in northeastern France. The area was officially des ...
in France, covering a total area of 3,018 km², with 1,809.7 km² in Germany and 1208.3 km² in France respectively.
Geography
Location
The biosphere reserve lies in the
Palatinate Forest and in the
North Vosges on the boundary between the southwest German state of
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
and the northeast French region of
Grand Est
Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten;
Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administrat ...
.
Gallery
File:Biosphärenhaus.jpg, Biosphere house in Fischbach near Dahn
File:WipfelpfadTurm.jpg, Platforms on the Baumwipfel Path
File:Baumwipfelpfad peng1.jpg, View from the Baumwipfel Path looking down
File:BiosphärenErlebnisweg.jpg, Biosphere experience path in Fischbach
File:Helmbachweiher.JPG, Helmbachweiher
The Helmbachweiher is a lake in the central Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies near the Helmbach (Speyerbach), Helmbach stream about two kilometres from its confluence with the Speyerbach on the forest estates of t ...
lake
See also
*
Palatinate Forest Nature Park
The Palatinate Forest Nature Park (german: Naturpark Pfälzerwald) lies in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany and borders on France. The nature park covers an area of and some 76% of its area is under the woods of the Palatinate For ...
, German part
*
Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park
The Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord'') is a protected area of woodland, wetland, farmland and historical sites in the region Grand Est in northeastern France. The area was officially des ...
, French part
References
External links
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Palatinate Forest Nature ParkVosges du Nord RegionalNature Park (French)
Geography of the Palatinate (region)
Geography of Bas-Rhin
Geography of Moselle (department)
Palatinate Forest
Vosges
Biosphere reserves of France
Biosphere reserves of Germany
France–Germany relations