Berchtesgaden National Park, established on August 1, 1978, is Germany's only alpine national park, lying in the Berchtesgadener Land district of Bavaria on the border with Austria, within the municipalities of Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden and Schönau am Konigssee. Covering about 210 square kilometers of the Berchtesgaden Alps, it includes the Watzmann massif, whose Mittelspitze summit at 2,713 meters is the highest point of the German Berchtesgaden Alps, as well as the Blaueis glacier and most of Lake Konigssee. UNESCO designated the wider area a Biosphere Reserve in 1990.
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1. Berchtesgaden National Park (Wikipedia)
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Berchtesgaden National Park is in the south of Germany, on its border with Austria, in the municipalities of Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden and Schönau am Königsee, Berchtesgadener Land in Bavaria.
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Headquartered in the town of Berchtesgaden, the park was designated a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1990. The national park covers an area of 208 km² and is part of the UNESCO Berchtesgadener Land Biosphere Reserve.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Berchtesgaden National Park
- Wikidata Q702489, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata Q702489 P31 instance-of
- Wikidata Q702489 P571 inception
- Part Of: Germany, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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