Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park is a national park covering the German Wadden Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein, established by the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament on October 1, 1985 and significantly expanded in 1999. It extends from the German-Danish maritime border south to the Elbe estuary, taking in mudflats around geest and marsh islands and the undyked Halligen islands, with tidal flats reaching up to 40 kilometers wide. The park supports large numbers of harbor porpoises, shelducks and eelgrass beds. It has held UNESCO Biosphere Reserve status since 1990, and on June 26, 2009 it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its largely undisturbed intertidal ecosystem and unique biodiversity, together with the neighboring Lower Saxon and Dutch Wadden Sea areas.
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Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 RealmCoastal (Marine and Terrestrial) 1 International DesignationUNESCO World Heritage Site 1 Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing Body
Governing Body (category)German national park administration (Nationalparkverwaltung) 1 Sources
1. Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park (Wikipedia)
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with other German and Dutch Wadden Sea areas it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 26 June 2009 because of its relatively undisturbed intertidal
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According to the official counting of the National park Administration, about 13.000 harbour seals are living in the Wadden Sea of Schleswig-Holstein (2017).
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Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park (German: Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer) is a national park in the Schleswig-Holstein area of the German Wadden Sea.
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Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park (German: Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer) is a national park in the Schleswig-Holstein area of the German Wadden Sea.
View the Source2. Wikidata: Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park
- Wikidata Q706721, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata Q706721 P31 instance-of
- Wikidata Q706721 P571 inception
- Part Of: Germany, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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