The Franco-German Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve was created in 1998 as the first UNESCO trans-boundary biosphere reserve in Europe. The German part became the 12th of 16 biosphere r
Biosphere house in Fischbach near Dahn
Platforms on the Baumwipfel Path
View from the Baumwipfel Path looking down
Biosphere experience path in Fischbach
The Palatinate Forest Nature Park lies in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany and borders on France. The nature park covers an area of 177,100 hectares and some 76% of its area is under the w
Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve
…part became the 12th of 16 biosphere reserves in Germany, 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 3018 km2, with 1785 km2 in Germany and 1277 km2 in France…
Slevogthofundneukastel
There are many old castles in the Palatinate Forest. Berwartstein castle is one of the more recent.
Natural monuments like Teufelstisch (Devil's Table) here, can be experienced throughout the region. They are outcroppings of bunter sandstone, strangely shaped by millennia of slow erosion
Humberg Tower on the Humberg