EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 5.8
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
Grumsin
March 2008 The Kulturlandschaft Uckermark e.V. advisory board is informed. Representatives
of the communes and tourism associations as well as association members were
informed of the projected nomination.
Briefing in the run-up to the opening event
(7 November 2008 Dampfmühle Groß
Ziethen)
Opening ceremony “World Natural Heritage:
Beech Forest Grumsin” (28 November 2008,
NABU information centre Blumberger Mühle)
Photo exhibition Beech Forest Grumsin at
Blumberger Mühle (Nov-Dec 2008)
Committee meeting to develop a visitor
guidance concept (31 March 2009, BRSC
administration)
Field trip to the beech forest Grumsin for
interested citizens on 12 June 2009
1. Round table with mayors, office directors,
interested citizens and forest owners to discuss
the development of a visitor guidance
concept
Public information event for local residents
(the event was announced in the press and
made known via bulk mail to all households
in the surrounding communes)
Public session with interested citizens, mayors
and office directors that had signalled an
interest in contributing to the opening event
The invitation to the field trip was made public
in the surrounding communes.
Letter to authorities, communes and tourism associations providing important tourist information
supplementary to the visitor guidance concept, 26 June 2009
Letter to the Kulturlandschaft Uckermark e.V., being the major forest owner within the nominated
area, to request approval of the visitor guidance concept, 30 September 2009
Letter to 12 surrounding communes offering an additional event to furnish information on the
current status of the proposal, 23 October 2009
An application for designation and marking of hiking routes as per visitor guidance concept
was filed with the Lower Nature Conservation Authorities of the Uckermark and Barnim
districts and to the Lower Forest Authority, Brandenburg State Forest Office, section
Eberswalde, 26 October 2009.
The proposed hiking trails were inspected on location with the Ministry for the Environment,
Health and Consumer Protection, the Lower Nature Conservation Authorities, Lower Forest
Authority, administrative bodies, forest owners on 02 October 2009.
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