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The nature park is an expansion of an older protection; the "UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Thuringian Forest" established in 1979 as the first UNESCO biosphere reserve in Germany. The biosphere protection is located in the Thuringian-Franconian low mountains, and after expansions in 1990 and 2018 it now covers an area of 337 km². [2] [3]
Thuringia, [a] officially the Free State of Thuringia, [b] is one of Germany's 16 states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. [4] Erfurt is the capital and largest city. Other cities include Jena, Gera and Weimar.
The act designating this nature park in the Harz Mountains came into force on 31 December 2010 [1] [2] and thus founded the fifth nature park in Thuringia. It has an area of 267 km² [2]. The park is managed by the South Harz Tourist Association (Südharzer Tourismusverband e.V.) in conjunction with the Kyffhäuser Nature Park.
The Thuringian Forest [1] [2] (Thüringer Wald in German pronounced [ˈtyːʁɪŋɐ ˈvalt] ⓘ) is a mountain range in the southern parts of the German state of Thuringia, running northwest to southeast. Skirting from its southerly source in foothills to a gorge on its north-west side is the Werra valley.
The 75 km 2 (29 sq mi) park lies in the western part of the German state of Thuringia, east of the Werra River, and is part of the greater Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werratal Nature Park. It occupies much of the triangular area between the cities of Eisenach , Mühlhausen , and Bad Langensalza .
2. Spreewald. The translation of the name ‘Spreewald’ is ‘swamps’ and this area is a large inland delta of the river Spree, in the state of Brandenburg, about 100 km south-east of Berlin.
The Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes (in German: Saalfelder Feengrotten) are caverns or grottoes of a former mine near Saalfeld, in the German state of Thuringia. [1]They have long been famous for their countless colorful mineral formations (speleothems) formed over many years by water dripping through relatively soft rock.
Slate houses like these in Gehren characterise many of the villages in the Thuringian Highland. The Thuringian Highland, [1] Thuringian Highlands or Thuringian-Vogtlandian Slate Mountains [2] (German: Thüringer Schiefergebirge or Thüringisches Schiefergebirge, literally "Thuringian Slate Hills") is a low range of mountains in the German state of Thuringia.