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
Palatinate Forest
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The Palatinate Forest, sometimes also called the Palatine Forest, is a low-mountain region in southwestern Germany, located in the Palatinate in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The forest is a desi
Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve
…This geographical entity, which constitutes the largest forest area in Western Europe, remains the least populated. The biosphere reserve lies in the Palatinate Forest and in the North Vosges on the boundary between the southwest German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the northeast French region of Grand Est…
Hardenburg Castle near Bad Dürkheim
Lake Eiswoog, Ramsen
St. James' Church, ruins of Höningen Abbey (1120–1569)
Highest peak: Kalmit (673 m)