The Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park ( French: ''Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord'') is a
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...
of woodland,
wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
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 It superseded three former administrat ...
in northeastern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. The area was officially designated as a regional natural park in 1976.
At its inauguration, the park covered a total area of , but it has since grown to .
The rich natural landscape has been added to the
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
list of international
biosphere reserves
Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) is an intergovernmental scientific program, launched in 1971 by UNESCO, that aims to establish a scientific basis for the improvement of relationships between people and their environments.
MAB's work engag ...
.
Northern Vosges PNR does not include any of the
Vosges Mountains
The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single ...
but rather the foothills just north of them. No part of it lies in the
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Vosges
The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single ...
but rather it spans two other departments,
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...
and
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...
.
Gallery
File:20070517-20 Vosges du Nord (098).JPG, Landscape. Deciduous trees in a mix with conifer.
File:Vosges du Nord-Végétation (1).jpg, Early spring
File:Forêt dans tourbière à Baerenthal 57230 Moselle - France.jpg, Wooded bogland (alder trees)
Château de La Petite-Pierre (2).JPG, Château de La Petite-Pierre, the ''maison du Parc''
Member communes
The following
communes
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...
are members of Northern Vosges PNR::
In Bas-Rhin:
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Adamswiller
Adamswiller (German: ''Adamsweiler'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Adamswillerois'' or ''Adamswilleroises.''
Geography
Adamswiller is locat ...
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Asswiller
Asswiller (; german: Aßweiler) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Asswillerois'' or ''Asswilleroises''.
The commune has been awarded one flower ...
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Butten
Butten (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The inhabitants of Butten are called ''Buttenois, Buttenoises'' in French.Cleebourg
* Climbach
* Dambach
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Dehlingen
Dehlingen () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
The communes co ...
*
Diemeringen
Diemeringen () is a Communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
References
Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin commune ...
Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel
Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
The commun ...
Eckartswiller
Eckartswiller (; ) is a commune, in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
The commun ...
Frohmuhl
Frohmuhl (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
The commune lies within the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.
Geography
A typical valley village set in the pink Lorraine Plateau sandstone, Frohm ...
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Gœrsdorf
Gœrsdorf () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The commune merged with Mitschdorf at the start of 1973.
Gœrsdorf is part of the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.
Notable people
Author and prie ...
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Hinsbourg
Hinsbourg (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Geography
Hinsbourg is positioned in the north of Alsace, some thirty kilometres (eighteen miles) through twisting mostly wooded roads to the north of ...
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Hunspach
Hunspach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. In 2020 it was voted the «Village préféré des Français» (France's favourite village).
Geography
The commune lies a short distance to the south of Wiss ...
Keffenach
Keffenach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It lies a short distance to the south of Wissembourg, within the Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve.
Population
See also
* Communes of the ...
La Petite-Pierre
La Petite-Pierre (; german: Lützelstein; Rhine Franconian: ''Lítzelstain'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies in the historical and cultural region of Alsace (Elsass in German). Petit-Pierr ...
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Lampertsloch
Lampertsloch is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is located less than nine kilometres (5 miles) from the French–German border.
The commune is part of the ''Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nor ...
Lichtenberg
Lichtenberg () is the eleventh borough of Berlin, Germany. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it absorbed the former borough of Hohenschönhausen.
Overview
The district contains the Tierpark Berlin in Friedrichsfelde, the larger of Berlin ...
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Lobsann
Lobsann is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
The communes cooperate ...
Merkwiller-Pechelbronn
Merkwiller-Pechelbronn () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It is notable as the original home of oil sands mining.
Oil sands were mined from 1745 in Merkwiller-Pechelbronn, initially under the direc ...
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Morsbronn-les-Bains
Morsbronn-les-Bains (; german: Morsbronn; gsw-FR, Morschbrunn) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
* Battle of Wörth
The Battle of Wörth, also know ...
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Neuwiller-lès-Saverne
Neuwiller-lès-Saverne (, literally ''Neuwiller near Saverne''; german: Neuweiler; gsw-FR, Neiwiller) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Landmarks
The handsome 1873 synagogue survived the war.
See ...
Niedersteinbach
Niedersteinbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin ''département'' in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Sites and monuments
* Château du Wasigenstein - 13th-century castle
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of ...
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Oberbronn
Oberbronn is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
There is a signposted, historic, circular walk through the village. From an observation tower on the nearby Wasenkoepfel (526m) there are views of the Upp ...
Petersbach
Petersbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Peteresbach is within the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord'') that lies in the northern foothills o ...
Puberg
Puberg is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
The communes cooperate i ...
Reichshoffen
Reichshoffen ( or ; ; Alsatian: ''Risshoffe'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Église Saint-Michel de Reichshoffen was built in 1772.
Population
Politics and administration
List of mayors
...
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Reipertswiller
Reipertswiller (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
In 2019, Reipertswiller had 850 inhabitants. It is bordered on the North by Mouterhouse, on the Northeast by Baerenthal, on the Southeast by Lichte ...
Rosteig
Rosteig () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
The communes coopera ...
Rott
Rott may refer to:
Places
* Rott (Ammersee), a tributary of the Ammersee, in Bavaria, Germany
* Rott (Inn, Neuhaus am Inn), a tributary of the Inn at Neuhaus am Inn, in eastern Bavaria, Germany
* Rott (Inn, Rott am Inn) a tributary of the Inn at ...
Soultz-sous-Forêts
Soultz-sous-Forêts () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It is the site of the European Hot Dry Rocks energy research project.
Notable people
* George Abert, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
...
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Sparsbach
Sparsbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
The communes cooperate ...
Tieffenbach
Tieffenbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
The communes cooper ...
Weiterswiller
Weiterswiller () is a Communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
References
Communes of Bas-Rhin
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Wimmenau
Wimmenau ( or ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
History
Wimmenau is located at the crossroads of an ancient Celtic road from Haguenau to Sarre-Union and an ancient Roman road from Strasbourg to ...
Wingen-sur-Moder
Wingen-sur-Moder (; german: Wingen an der Moder; Rhine Franconian: ''Winge'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The name, literally translated as "Wingen on the Moder", is often shortened to ''Wingen' ...
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Wissembourg
Wissembourg (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Weisseburch'' ; German: ''Weißenburg'' ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
It is situated on the li ...
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Wœrth
Wœrth or Woerth (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department and Grand Est Regions of France, region of north-eastern France.
The town, which lies some north of Strasbourg, is known for being the si ...
Zittersheim
Zittersheim (Rhine Franconian: ''Zíttersche'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas ...
In Moselle:
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Baerenthal
Baerenthal (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Bäredal'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. ...
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Bitche
Bitche ( , ; German and Lorraine Franconian: ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments of France, department, administrative regions of France, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It ...
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Bousseviller
Bousseviller (, Lorraine Franconian: ''Busswiller'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Par ...
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Breidenbach
Breidenbach is a municipality in the west of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Neighbouring communities
* Bad Laasphe
*Biedenkopf
*Dautphetal
*Eschenburg
* Steffenberg
Community divisions
The community is divided into ...
Enchenberg
Enchenberg ( or ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Enschebärsch'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Natur ...
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Epping Epping may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Epping, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
** Epping railway station, Sydney
* Electoral district of Epping, the corresponding seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* Epping Forest, Kearns, a he ...
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Erching
Erching (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Erschinge'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.
...
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Goetzenbruck
Goetzenbruck or Gœtzenbruck (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Getzebrikk'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Re ...
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Hanviller
Hanviller (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Honnwiller'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Pa ...
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Haspelschiedt
Haspelschiedt (; german: Haspelscheidt; Lorraine Franconian: ''Haschbelschitt'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. The population in 2018 was 301 inhabitants.
Geography
The ...
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Hottviller
Hottviller (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Hottwiller'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature ...
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Lambach
Lambach () is a market town in the Wels-Land district of the Austrian state of Upper Austria on the Ager and Traun Rivers. A major stop on the salt trade, it is the site of the Lambach Abbey, built around 1056. Notable alumnus from the local eleme ...
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Lemberg
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in Western Ukraine, western Ukraine, and the List of cities in Ukraine, seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is o ...
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Lengelsheim
Lengelsheim (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lengelse'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park ...
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Liederschiedt
Liederschiedt (, Lorraine Franconian: ''Lirerschidt'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature ...
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Loutzviller
Loutzviller (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lutzwiller'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature P ...
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Meisenthal
Meisenthal (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Meisedal'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. ...
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Montbronn
Montbronn (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Mumere'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park ...
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Mouterhouse
Mouterhouse (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Muterhüse'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Par ...
Obergailbach
Obergailbach ( Lorraine Franconian: ''Owergäälbach'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Natur ...
Phalsbourg
Phalsbourg (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Phalsburch'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, with a population of about 5,000.
It lies high on the west slopes of the Vosges, northwest of Strasbourg by rail. I ...
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Philippsbourg
Philippsbourg (; german: Philippsburg, link=no ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Phillipsburch''; gsw-FR, Phillipsbueri) is a commune in the department of Moselle, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France.
The village belongs to the P ...
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Rahling
Rahling (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Rahlinge'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.
...
Roppeviller
Roppeviller (, Lorraine Franconian: ''Roppwiller'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. ...
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Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche
Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche (, literally ''St. Louis near Bitche''; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Minzdal'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bit ...
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Schorbach
Schorbach () is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche. Schorbach had 551 residents. The residents refer to themselves as ''Schorbachois' ...
Siersthal
Siersthal (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Siirschel'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. It ...
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Soucht
Soucht (; German and Lorraine Franconian: ''Sucht'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village is part of the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park ...
Volmunster
Volmunster (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Wolminschter'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature P ...
Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve
The Franco-German 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 t ...
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List of regional natural parks of France
A regional nature park or regional natural park (french: parc naturel régional or PNR) is a public establishment in France between local authorities and the Cabinet of France, French national government covering an inhabited rural area of outstan ...