EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

12 NOMINATION DOSSIER "ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
Designation of the responsible
local authorities and contact
data
Institution
Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania National Park
Offi ce
(for Jasmund)
Müritz National Park
Offi ce
(for Serrahn)
Schorfheide-Chorin
Biosphere Reserve
(for Grumsin)
Hainich
National Park Offi ce
Kellerwald-Edersee
National Park Offi ce
Beech forests would cover about 66% of
Germany's land area, with the country
consequently occupying some 25% of the
potential total range of European beech
forests.
Historical and cultural developments have
resulted in the beech forests in the Central
European and German centre of distri b u tion
having shrunken by over 90% due to direct
destruction and human interfer ence.
Th e nominated component parts are some
of the very last remains. As regards age
and integrity, these are the prime examples
of the beech forest climax ecosystem at its
centre of distribution.
Address:
street, city, province, country
Im Forst 5
18375 Born
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania,
Germany
Schlossplatz 3
17237 Hohenzieritz
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania,
Germany
Hoher Steinweg 5 6
16278 Angermünde
Brandenburg, Germany
Bei der Marktkirche 9
99947 Bad Langensalza
Thuringia, Germany
Laustraße 8
34537 Bad Wildungen
Hesse, Germany
Telephone / Fax E-mail / web address
Telephone:
+49 (0)38234 502-0
Fax: +49 (0)38234 502-24
Telephone:
+49 (0)39824 252-0
Fax: +49 (0)39824 252-50
Telephone:
+49 (0)3331 3654-0
Fax: +49 (0)3331 3654-10
Telephone:
+49 (0)3603 3907-0
Fax: +49 (0)3603 3907-20
Telephone:
+49 (0)5621 75249-0
Fax: +49 (0)5621 7524919
Criteria the nomination of the
property is based on
Inscription into the list of World Heritage
sites is proposed following criterion ix:
“Outstanding examples representing signifi cant
on-going ecological and biological processes
in the evolution and development of terrestrial,
fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and
communities of plants and animals.”
Th e serial nomination “Ancient Beech
Forests of Germany” comprises out standing
examples of the evolutionary and developmental
processes of beech forests since the
last glacial period, giving rise to a terrestrial
eco system that has shaped an entire continent
in a globally unique manner.
In addition to the “Primeval Beech Forests
of the Carpathians”, the nominated beech
forests in Germany are an outstanding and
globally un paralleled example of the ongoing
ecological processes outlined below:
poststelle.br@npa-vp.mvnet.de
www.nationalpark-jasmund.de
poststelle@npa-mueritz.
mvnet.de
www.nationalpark-mueritz.de
br-schorfheide-chorin@lua.
brandenburg.de
www.schorfheide-chorin.de
np_hainich@forst.thueringen.de
www.nationalpark-hainich.de
info@nationalpark-kellerwaldedersee.dewww.nationalpark-kellerwaldedersee.de