EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.2.2
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
Decree on the designation of the
Müritz 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 lake landscape to the east of Lake Müritz described in more detail in § 2 is
designated a national park.
(2) The national park is given the name "Müritz National Park".
§ 2 *)
Description of area and boundaries
(1) The Müritz National Park represents a major section of the Mecklenburg Lake District
near the towns of Neustrelitz and Waren. It covers generously forested terminal moraine,
sandur and flat landscapes in which a diverse, often original natural heritage is maintained.
The many lakes and fens create a particularly varied landscape and provide a natural
habitat for the many endangered species of flora and fauna that can still be found here.
The region is particularly significant for the maintenance of a number of large bird species
that are endangered in Central Europe (such as the sea eagle, fishing eagle, crane, black
stork). The territory is thinly populated and is only used for agricultural purposes in a few
marginal areas because of its lack of suitability.
(2) The Müritz National Park consists of two part-areas: Müritz and Serrahn.
1. The boundary of the Müritz section runs as follows:
a) Waren-Tannen forest district: SW and NW boundary of Dept. 25 direction N; SW
boundary of Dept. 16 direction NW; NW boundary of Dept. 16 direction N; W
boundary of Dept. 17 direction N; NE boundary of Dept. 17 direction SE; W boundary
of Dept. 22 direction N; E boundary of Dept. 22 direction S; W boundary of Dept. 30
direction S; S boundary of Dept. 30 direction E as far as Dept. 33; W boundary of
Dept. 33 direction N as far as Dept. 32; N boundary of Dept. 33 direction SE; E
boundary of Dept. 32 direction N; NE boundary of the agriculturally used area of the
Waren Agricultural Production Collective (APC) (P) sub-region number 721901
direction NW; E boundaries of the plots of land W and N of the Feisneck bank,
direction N and E as far as the W boundary of the agriculturally used area of the
Waren APC (P) region number l23; S boundary of the agriculturally used area of the
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