Karte Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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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

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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 ...

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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 It superseded three former administra ...

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

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Palatinate Forest Nature Park

Vosges 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

Geography

Location

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