EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.2.1
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
Decree on the designation of the
Jasmund National Park
of 12 September 1990
On the basis of Art. 6 § 6 no. 1 of the Guideline Environmental Law of 29 June 1990 (Legal
Gazette I no. 42, p. 649) in combination with §§ 12 and 14 of the Federal Nature
Conservation Act, the following is decreed:
§ 1 *)
Designation
(1) The forest and coastal landscape of the Stubnitz area on the Jasmund peninsula
(Rügen) is designated a national park.
(2) The national park is given the name "Jasmund National Park".
Footnotes
*) § 1 para. 1 amended by the Decree of 20 November 1992.
§ 2 *)
Description of area and boundaries
(1) With the relief chalk horst of the Jasmund peninsula covered with beech forests,
including the chalk cliffs along the coast, the Jasmund National Park covers a unique
landscape that is one of the last natural landscapes in Central Europe. Springs, streams,
fens and chalk cliffs provide varied habitats for an extraordinary variety of rare and
biogeographically remarkable plant and animal species.
(2) The boundary of the national park runs as follows:
1. in the east: a line along the Baltic around 500 m from the coast, starting at the
eastern edge of the local area of Lohme (easting [R] and northing [H] of
topographical map R 541064, H 605147) - 530 m seawards to the north (R 541064,
H 605200) - to the north Hankenufer (R 541200, H 605200) - to the northeast
Stubbenkammer (R 541400, H 605074) - to the east Kollicker Ort (R 541535, H
604890) - to the east Waldhalle (R 541535, H 604600) - to the southeast edge of
Sassnitz (R 541435,H 604400) - beach at northeast edge of local area of Sassnitz
(R 541385, H 604420),
2. in the south: from the beach NE of Sassnitz following the boundary of the existing
nature conservation area (edge of forest above Sassnitz) as far as
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