EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

national park with its over 300,000 visitors
per year. With its nine stairways to cross
creek valleys and plankways in sensitive
terrain (e.g. quagmires), visitor management
on this hiking trail is guaranteed to be ecologically
sound. Access to the beach from
the plateau and vice versa is ensured by
four stairways down to the beach, two of
which being located inside the nominated
component part.
In principal, it is strictly forbidden to stray
from the designated paths in the national
park’s core zone.
Visitor information and management relies
on the Königsstuhl National Park Centre
(box p. 142), two information centres (fi eld
offi ce of the National Park Offi ce and at the
Wedding car-park), and 12 infor mation
panels which are all located outside of the
nominated area. Starting from the National
Park Centre and the Sassnitz parking
area, visitors can single-handedly obtain
specifi c information at two designated locations
along two theme trails by way of
brochures covering the national park, the
coast, and the beech forest.
At the Königsstuhl lookout point directly
outside the nominated component part
of Jasmund an annual average of 276,000
visitors were counted from 2003 and 2007.
2003 and 2007 saw the lowest numbers with
260,000 while the highest visitor numbers
were counted in 2004 (JOB et al. 2009). For
the most part, visitors are tourists visiting
the cliff line of Jasmund with the Königsstuhl
lookout point. As for visitor numbers,
the Jasmund National Park located on
the island of Rügen is exceptional insofar as
the region is a popular holiday destination
in Germany. It should be stated that many
among the holiday-makers and visitors
feel close to nature, which is the reason for
them to come to Jasmund. From the visitors
5. PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY
of the Königsstuhl lookout point and the
appurtenant visitor centre with associated
restaurant as well as the exhibition and
information buildings in the other areas,
only a minor portion, which cannot be
precisely determined, has visited the nominated
component area.
Serrahn component part
Th e component part is situated in the eastern
part of the Müritz National Park. Tourists
can access the national park via fi ve entrance
areas in surrounding towns. Th e town
of Zinow is the central entrance to the component
part including the buff er zone.
Th e entrance area here comprises a parking
and resting place featuring a refuge and
information panel. From here, a nature
experience path of 4 km winds to the settlement
of Serrahn (buff er zone), and a bicycle
trail of 7 km to the Carpin entrance area
via Serrahn. Visitor attractions include a
watchtower with a view to the Große
Serrahn see and a moor plankway on the
banks of the Kleiner Serrahnsee. Th e
nominated area is spanned by segments of
the nature experience path (approx. 200 m
in length) and the cycle path (approx.
1,350 m in length). Located in the buff er
zone, the public road from Zinow to Serrahn
borders on a stretch of the component
part of 700 m. Horseback riding is only permitted
on this road. Th e settlement of
Serrahn with its few buildings (4) is located
within the buff er zone and has a fi eld offi ce
of the Müritz National Park Offi ce with an
information centre including an exhibition
related to the territory, information panels,
and seating.
An annual average of 2,049 visitors to the
national park exhibition (1,665 min. in 2001
and 2,563 max. in 2006) has been registered
since 1997. Visitors are mostly guests with
an interest in nature and hailing from the
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