Black Forest biosphere area

	"Black Forest" biosphere area
	View from Belchen to the Black Forest biosphere area
location	Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
surface	632.357 km²
Identifier	2
Geographical location	47 ° 47 ' N , 7 ° 57' E Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '21 " N , 7 ° 57' 27" E
Sea level	from 310 m to 1420 m
Setup date	2016

The Black Forest biosphere area is located in the southern Black Forest and was established in 2016. The office is located in the city of Schönau in the Black Forest . After the Swabian Alb biosphere area established in 2008, it is the second biosphere reserve in Baden-Württemberg . It was recognized by UNESCO in mid-June 2017 .

development

In Baden-Württemberg there was no biosphere reserve and no national park until 2008 . In 2008, the Swabian Alb biosphere area was created in the vicinity of the former Münsingen military training area. The state of Baden-Württemberg calls biosphere reserves biosphere areas . After the establishment of the Black Forest National Park in the Northern Black Forest in 2014, a sub-area between Schauinsland , Feldberg and Belchen , Schluchsee and Wiesental was designated as a biosphere area within the existing Southern Black Forest Nature Park . On January 4, 2016, the ordinance for the new Black Forest biosphere area was signed by Nature Conservation Minister Alexander Bonde (Greens) in Bernau . After the ordinance was published in the Baden-Württemberg gazette, the biosphere area was set up on February 1, 2016. In June 2016, forest manager Walter Kemkes, previously head of the Bliesgau biosphere reserve , became the first managing director of the Black Forest biosphere area.

The participation processes for citizens and associations started in June 2016.

Recognition by UNESCO

The application for recognition by UNESCO for the Black Forest biosphere area was completed in early August 2016. In June 2017, UNESCO announced that it would recognize the southern Black Forest as a biosphere reserve.

location

29 communities are involved in the Black Forest biosphere area, all or part of which (*) form an area of 63,236 hectares:

District of Lörrach : Aitern, Böllen, Fröhnd, Hausen im Wiesental, Häg-Ehrsberg, Kleines Wiesental, Schönau in the Black Forest, Schönenberg, Schopfheim *, Todtnau, Tunau, Utzenfeld, Wembach, Wieden, Zell im Wiesental

Waldshut district : Albbruck *, Bernau, Dachsberg, Höchenschwand *, Häuser, Ibach, St. Blasien, Ühlingen-Birkendorf *, Wehr *
District of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald : Hinterzarten *, Horben, Oberried, Schluchsee *
City of Freiburg im Breisgau *

Parts of the district of Weilheim (Waldshut district) also belong to the biosphere area.

The originally planned communities Feldberg with the Feldberg itself, Steinen and Todtmoos decided against participation.

Web links

Commons : Black Forest Biosphere Area - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Reports and documents on the Black Forest biosphere area at the Freiburg Regional Council
Black Forest Biosphere Reserve website

literature

Werner Konold: The Black Forest biosphere area: people and nature in harmony . Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 2018, ISBN 978-3-8425-2068-4 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Unesco recognizes the Black Forest area as a biosphere reserve. Spiegel Online, June 14, 2017, accessed on the same day.
↑ Ordinance of the Ministry for Rural Areas and Consumer Protection on the Black Forest Biosphere Area (BSG-VO Black Forest) of January 4, 2016, accessed on November 23, 2018
↑ Schönau: The biosphere does not extend to Feldberg. In: Die Oberbadische, Markgräfler Tagblatt dated December 3, 2015, accessed on September 4, 2016.

[spio170614-1] Unesco recognizes the Black Forest area as a biosphere reserve. Spiegel Online, June 14, 2017, accessed on the same day.

[2] Ordinance of the Ministry for Rural Areas and Consumer Protection on the Black Forest Biosphere Area (BSG-VO Black Forest) of January 4, 2016, accessed on November 23, 2018

[3] Schönau: The biosphere does not extend to Feldberg. In: Die Oberbadische, Markgräfler Tagblatt dated December 3, 2015, accessed on September 4, 2016.