Black Forest National Park protects 10,062 hectares along the main ridge of the northern Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, mostly between the Black Forest High Road and the Murg valley. It consists of two sections about 3.5 kilometers apart, one of 7,615 hectares around Ruhestein and another of 2,447 hectares around Hoher Ochsenkopf and Plattig, both within the wider Central/North Black Forest Nature Park. The park officially opened on May 3, 2014.
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International DesignationUNESCO Biosphere Reserve 2 Sources
1. Black Forest National Park (Wikipedia)
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The Black Forest National Park (German: Nationalpark Schwarzwald) is a national park in the state of Baden-Württemberg in the southwest of Germany.
View the Source 2. UNESCO: UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme: Black Forest Biosphere Reserve
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Located in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, this biosphere reserve comprises low mountain ranges, silvicultural forests, low plains, mountain hay meadows and lowland moors.
View the Source 3. Wikidata: Black Forest National Park
- Wikidata Q1968948, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata Q1968948 P31 instance-of
- Wikidata Q1968948 P571 inception
- Part Of: Germany, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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