Black Forest National Park

Black Forest National Park
Nationalpark Schwarzwald
IUCN category II (national park)

The Huzenbacher See, one of several tarns in the national park

Location of the Black Forest National Park in the northwestern Black Forest

Location Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Nearest city Baden-Baden, Freudenstadt
Coordinates 48°33′40″N 8°13′17″E / 48.56111°N 8.22139°ECoordinates: 48°33′40″N 8°13′17″E / 48.56111°N 8.22139°E
Area 10,062 ha (24,860 acres)
Established 1 January 2014
http://www.schwarzwald-nationalpark.de
Black Forest National Park in the southwest of the map

The Black Forest National Park (German: Nationalpark Schwarzwald) was created on 1 January 2014 and is the first national park in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The state parliament voted for its establishment on 28 November 2013.[1] The national park has an area of 10,062 hectares (24,860 acres) (100.62 square kilometres (38.85 sq mi)) and lies on the main crest of the Northern Black Forest, mainly between the Black Forest High Road (Schwarzwaldhochstraße) and the valley of the Murg. It comprises two separate areas, roughly 3.5 kilometres apart, around Ruhestein (7,615 ha) and Hoher Ochsenkopf/Plättig (2,447 ha) and lies within the Central/North Black Forest Nature Park (Naturpark Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord). The park was officially opened on 3 May 2014.[2]

The establishment of a national park in the Black Forest was politically controversial. It was opposed by the state's opposition parties - the CDU and FDP - by representatives of the timber industry and by some of the affected population, whilst being supported by the SPD and Greens, the conservation associations and other parts of the populations of the Northern Black Forest.

References

  1. ↑ Nationalpark im Schwarzwald Website of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection. Retrieved 30 November 2013
  2. ↑ Under the motto "Eine Spur wilder": Das wilde Herz beginnt zu schlagen (press release) at www.baden-wuerttemberg.de

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