German-Luxembourg nature park

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Location of the German-Luxembourg nature park

The German-Luxembourg nature park is a cross-border nature park that was established on April 17, 1964 by a treaty between the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg . This made it the first cross-border nature park in Western Europe.

The nature park has an area of ​​around 789 km², of which around 357 km² are in Luxembourg and around 432 km² in Rhineland-Palatinate in the southern Eifel . It includes parts of the Eifel on both sides of the Sauer and Our . To the north is the German-Belgian nature park Hohes Venn-Eifel .

The South Eifel Nature Park is synonymous with the German side of the nature park. It was defined within its original boundaries as early as 1958 and represents the third oldest German nature park.

There is no exact nature park counterpart on the Luxembourg side, rather the existing Our Nature Park , Luxembourg Switzerland near Echternach and other areas that are still to be developed overlap here .

The national nature parks work together within the framework of INTERREG projects, for example in the "Project Nat'OUR" for the renaturation of the Our.

Institutionally, the nature park is supported by the "Association of German-Luxembourgish Nature Park", whose office is located at the Association of Southern Eifel Nature Park - the supporting organization of the Southern Eifel Nature Park. The nature park administration has been located in the buildings of the Irrel municipal administration since mid-2006.

In addition to its landscape, the sights of the nature park include the European monument at the border triangle of Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg .

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