Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park
The Regional Nature Park Vosges du Nord - Northern Vosges ( French Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord ) extends in the French region of Grand Est .
The nature park, founded in 1976, covers an area of 130,500 hectares. Over 65% of the area is covered by forest. The highest point is the Great Wintersberg , in the municipality of Niederbronn-les-Bains , with a height of 581 m. Two thirds of the 115 municipalities that make up the park belong to the Bas-Rhin department and one third to the Moselle department . They have come together to form an organization for the conservation of the park called Syndicat de coopération pour le Parc (Sycoparc) . The administrative center of the nature park with attached museum is located in La Petite-Pierre ( 48 ° 51 ′ 24 ″ N , 7 ° 18 ′ 59 ″ E, ).
In the north, the area of the nature park extends to the border between France and Germany and continues beyond the border in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park . In 1998, both nature parks were merged under the auspices of UNESCO to form the cross-border Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord biosphere reserve .
history
- 1976: Establishment of the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.
- 1983: First considerations among the sponsors of the Palatinate Forest Nature Park and the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park, to connect German and French hiking trails across borders and to designate them accordingly.
- 1985: Signing of a joint agreement for cooperation between the two nature parks.
- 1989: UNESCO recognized the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park as a biosphere reserve.
- 1996: Signing of an agreement to create a Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord biosphere reserve.
- 1998: UNESCO recognized the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord biosphere reserve as a cross-border biosphere reserve.