The Franco-German Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve (German: Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Nordvogesen, French: Réserve de biosphère transfrontalière des Vosges du Nord-Forêt palatine) was created in 1998 as the first UNESCO trans-boundary biosphere reserve in Europe. The German part became the 12th of 16 biosphere reserves in Germany,^[1] and the French part, the 6th of 14 in France.

The biosphere reserve is a fusion of the older Palatinate Forest Nature Park in Germany and Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park in France, covering a total area of 3,018 km², with 1,809.7 km² in Germany and 1208.3 km² in France respectively.^[2]

Geography

Location

The biosphere reserve lies in the Palatinate Forest and in the North Vosges on the boundary between the southwest German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the northeast French region of Grand Est.

Gallery

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  Biosphere house in Fischbach near Dahn
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  Platforms on the Baumwipfel Path
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  View from the Baumwipfel Path looking down
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  Biosphere experience path in Fischbach
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  Helmbachweiher lake

See also

• Palatinate Forest Nature Park, German part
• Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park, French part

References

External links

• Official website
• Palatinate Forest Nature Park
• Vosges du Nord RegionalNature Park (French)

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