Map of nature parks in Germany
There are 104 Nature parks in Germany (As of early 2013), their areas added together make up about 25% of the total area of Germany. The oldest park is the Lüneburg Heath Nature Park (founded in 1921), the largest is the Black Forest Middle / North Nature Park (3750 km²).
background
The nature parks are regulated in Federal Nature Conservation Act: they should be spacious, consist mainly of landscape / nature reserves and - in addition to the benefits for the environment and regional development - are particularly suitable for recreation and especially for sustainable tourism. That makes them a worthwhile travel destination.
The Association of German Nature Parks (VDN) represents the interests of the nature parks website you can find a lot more information about the individual parks. In 2013 the association celebrated its 50th anniversary.
Besides the nature parks, there are also those in Germany National parks, Nature reserves, landscape protection areas and biosphere reserves. Together they are under the umbrella brand National natural landscapes summarized.
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Schleswig-Holstein-Hamburg
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- 1 Aukrug Nature Park
- 2 Holstein Switzerland Nature Park. please refer Holstein Switzerland.
- 3 Hüttener Berge Nature Park. Tel.: 49 (0)4356 613. in the central Schleswig-Holstein.
- 4 Lauenburg Lakes Nature Park. in the Duchy of Lauenburg with 40 lakes including the Ratzeburg Lake and the Schaalsee.
- 5 Schlei Nature Park. around the loop of Schleswig to Kappeln.
- 6 Westensee Nature Park
Lower Saxony - Bremen
- 1 Dümmer Nature Park
- 2 Elbhöhen-Wendland Nature Park. please refer Wendland.
- 3 Elm-Lappwald Nature Park
- 4 Harz Nature Park / Lower Saxony. Lower Saxony part of the resin, but without the Harz National Park.
- 5 Lüneburg Heath Nature Park. please refer Lueneburg Heath.
- 6 Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen Nature Park. west of the Ems im Emsland and partly on Dutch territory (Bourtange).
- 7 Steinhuder Meer Nature Park. around the largest lake in Lower Saxony.
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- 8 Südheide Nature Park. is in the south of the Lueneburg Heath at Eschede.
- 9 Weserbergland Nature Park. please refer Weser Uplands.
- 10 Nature and Geopark Terra.vita. includes parts of the Teutoburg Forest and des Wiehengebirge.
- 11 Solling-Vogler Nature Park. please refer Solling.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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- 8 Mecklenburg Switzerland Nature Park and Lake Kummerower. please refer Mecklenburg Switzerland and Kummerower See.
- 9 Mecklenburg Elbe Valley Nature Park. at Ludwigslust and Parchim in the Mecklenburg Elbe valley.
- 10 Am Stettiner Haff nature park. Visitor information center in Eggesin.
- 11 Feldberger Seenlandschaft Nature Park. see below Feldberg lake landscape.
- 12 Usedom Island Nature Park. please refer Usedom.
- 13 Peenetal River Landscape Nature Park. so far only planned, lies in the Peene valley of Demmin to Anklam.
- 14 Nossentiner / Schwinzer Heide nature reserve. in the western part of the Mecklenburg Lake District.
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- 15 Sternberger Seenland Nature Park. please refer Sternberger Seenland.
Brandenburg-Berlin
- 13 Dahme-Heideseen nature park. south of Berlin near Dahme-Spreewald with the Dahme Lake District.
- 14 Märkische Schweiz Nature Park. at Seelow.
- 15 Niederlausitzer Heidelandschaft nature park. in the Lower Lusatia, see also Great Heath (Niederlausitz).
- 16 Niederlausitzer Landrücke Nature Park. in the Lower Lusatia.
- 18 Schlaubetal Nature Park. of Garbage rose over the Reicherskreuzer Heide to Jänschwalde.
- 19 Stechlin-Ruppiner Land Nature Park. please refer Ruppiner Land.
- 20 Uckermark Lakes Nature Park. please refer Uckermark.
- 21 Westhavelland Nature Park. please refer Havelland.
North Rhine-Westphalia
- 22 Arnsberg Forest Nature Park
- 23 Hohes Venn-Eifel Nature Park. joint German-Belgian nature park, see also High Fens and Eifel.
- 24 Hohe Mark Nature Park
- 25 Bergisches Land Nature Park. see also Bergisches Land.
- 26 Sauerland-Rothaargebirge Nature Park. please refer Sauerland and Rothaar Mountains.
- 27 Rhineland Nature Park. restricted to the field of Cologne Bay and on the Erft.
- 28 Schwalm-Nette Nature Park. Part of the cross-border German-Dutch nature park Maas-Schwalm-Nette is included Venlo and Roermond.
- 29 Teutoburg Forest Nature Park. see also Teutoburg Forest and Egge Mountains.
- 30 Siebengebirge Nature Park. please refer Siebengebirge.
Hesse
- 16 Diemelsee Nature Park. at Diemelsee in the Waldecker Land.
- 17 Hessian Rhön Nature Park. includes the northwest Rhön and parts of the foreland.
- 18 Hessian Spessart Nature Park. in the Hessian part of the Spessarts.
- 19 Habichtswald Nature Park
- 20 Hochtaunus Nature Park. please refer Taunus.
- 21 Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park
- 22 Lahn-Dill-Bergland Nature Park. please refer Lahn-Dill-Bergland.
- 23 Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land. former Meißner-Kaufunger forest consists of the Kaufunger Forest, the Söhre and the Hohen Meissner.
- 24 High Vogelsberg Nature Park. please refer Vogelsberg.
- 25 Bergstrasse-Odenwald Nature Park. see also Mountain road and Odenwald.
- 26 Rhine-Taunus Nature Park. includes the western part of the Taunus and goes to Rhine, Wiesbaden also lies in the area.
- 27 Münden Nature Park. consists of the northern part of the Kaufunger Walds and sharing Hann. Münden.
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Thuringia
- 28 Kyffhäuser Nature Park. please refer Kyffhauser.
- 29 Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werratal Nature Park. includes plateaus des Eichsfelds, Ridges of the Hainichs and parts of the Werratals.
- 30 South Harz Nature Park. in the southern part of the Resin.
- 31 Thuringian Slate Mountains Nature Park / Upper Saale
- 32 Thuringian Forest Nature Park. please refer Thuringian Forest.
Saxony-Anhalt
- 31 Ohre-Drömling Nature Park
- 32 Düben Heath Nature Park. see also under Dübener Heide (Saxony-Anhalt) and Dahlener and Düben Heath(Saxony).
- 33 Fläming Nature Park. in the southwest Flaming.
- 34 Harz / Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park. Saxony-Anhalt part of the resin, with parts of the high resin used for Harz National Park belong.
- 35 Lower Saale Valley Nature Park. please refer Lower Saale Valley.
- 36 Saale-Unstrut-Triasland nature park. please refer Saale-Unstrut region.
Saxony
- 33 Ore Mountains / Vogtland Nature Park. see at Ore Mountains and Vogtland.
- 34 Zittau Mountains Nature Park. please refer Zittau Mountains.
Saarland
- 35 Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park. please refer Hunsrück.
Rhineland-Palatinate
- 36 Nassau Nature Park. around Nassau.
- 37 Palatinate Forest Nature Park. please refer Palatinate Forest.
- 38 Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park. belongs to the downwesterwald.
- 39 South Eifel Nature Park. includes southwestern part of the Eifel and belongs to the cross-border German-Luxembourgish nature park (see South Eifel / Luxembourg's Little Switzerland).
- 40 Soonwald-Nahe Nature Park. includes the plateaus of the Hunsrück, the quartzite ridges of the Soonwald and the valley of the Near.
- 41 Vulkaneifel Nature Park. please refer Vulkaneifel.
- 42 Soonwald-Nahe Nature Park. includes the plateaus of the Hunsrück, the quartzite ridges of the Soonwald and the valley of the Near.
Baden-Wuerttemberg
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- 43 Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park. consists of the Neckar valley and adjacent Odenwald, Mountain road, Building land , Kraichgau.
- 44 Upper Danube Nature Park. on the Swabian Alb with headquarters in Beuron.
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- 46 Swabian-Franconian Forest Nature Park. please refer Swabian-Franconian Forest.
- 47 Black Forest Middle / North Nature Park. please refer Middle Black Forest and Northern Black Forest.
- 48 Stromberg-Heuchelberg Nature Park. please refer Stromberg.
- 49 Southern Black Forest Nature Park. please refer Southern Black Forest.
Bavaria
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- 52 Bavarian Rhön Nature Park. see also Rhön.
- 54 Frankenhöhe Nature Park. please refer Swiss franc amount.
- 55 Franconian Forest Nature Park. please refer Franconian Forest.
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- 56 Fichtelgebirge Nature Park. please refer Fichtel Mountains.
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- 57 Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park. see below Franconian Switzerland and Veldensteiner Forst.
- 58 Deer Forest Nature Park. around On the mountain.
- 59 Haßberge Nature Park. please refer Hatred Mountains.
- 61 Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park. includes the northwest of the Bavarian Forest.
- 62 Upper Palatinate Forest Nature Park. please refer Upper Palatinate Forest.
- 63 Northern Upper Palatinate Forest Nature Park. please refer Upper Palatinate Forest.
- 64 Steinwald Nature Park. please refer Stone forest.
- 65 Spessart Nature Park. please refer Spessart.
- 66 Steigerwald Nature Park. please refer Steigerwald.
- 67 Spessart Nature Park. please refer Spessart.
literature
- : The last paradises of northern Germany: the guide to the nature and national parks in Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Bruckmann, 2009, ISBN 3765453226 ; 114 pages.
- : The last paradises of southern Germany: The handbook of nature and national parks in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. Bruckmann, 2010, ISBN 3765453234 ; 114 pages.
- Michael Succow, Lebrecht Jeschke and Hans Dieter Knapp (Ed.): Nature conservation in Germany: retrospectives - insights - outlooks. Ch. Links Verlag, Sep 2012, ISBN 3861536862 ; 336 pages. Environment Book of the Month October 2012: "Nature Conservation in Germany" see Book review
