EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.2.4
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
the direction of Herzsprung. Following this path to Mudrowsee north of Herzsprung, omitting
the site, to the Herzsprung / Bölkendorf road along the road until Parstein. Omitting the site,
the road to Neuendorf, continuing to Sternlager, from the Sternlager road eastwards to the
Angermünde / Freienwalde railway, along the railway line over the Alte Oder. Along the river
in an easterly direction and north east to the confluence in die Stromoder.
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Areas of Protection
(1) The biosphere reservation is divided into the conservation zones I - IV:
1. Conservation zone I (core zone) is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural beauty
without economic exploitation.
2. Conservation zone II consists of all nature conservation areas not belonging to zone I.
3. Conservation zone III (an area of economically utilized harmonious cultural landscape) is
designated as a landscape conservation area.
4. The devastated areas of the Britz plane and the western Schorfheide belong to
conservation zone IV. They are designated as a landscape conservation area.
(2) The borders of the conservation zones and the area numbers according to § 4 para. 3 are
entered in the map specified in § 2 para. 2. Furthermore, the borders of the protected zones
are entered in the map M 1:10000 archived at the most senior environmental agency and to
which is to be referred. Copies are held at the reservation office and district authorities.
These authorities are to provide general access to the maps during official opening hours.
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Conservation goals
(1) These areas have been placed under legal protection for the purpose of protecting,
maintaining and developing the special diversity, unique nature and beauty of a cultural
landscape unique in central Europe.
(2) The landscape conservation area is to be protected in order to:
1. maintain or re-establish the functional capacity of the ecosystem
2. due to the diversity, uniqueness and beauty of the natural landscape
3. due to the special significance of this area for human recreation.
(3) The areas described below are established as a nature conservation areas or total
reservations und placed under protection for the maintenance, establishment or reestablishment
of a near-natural state on the grounds of the special characteristics stated. In
detail, the following areas are subject to the protection of a nature conservation area (NCA)
or total reservation:
1. NCA No. 1 “Bollwinwiesen / Großer Gollinsee”
- For the conservation of the natural habitats of endangered animal and plant species and
the oligotrophic alkali lake area and the peat-bog moors
- Due to the special character and outstanding beauty of the area.
2. NCA No. 2 “Buchheide”
- For the conservation of the natural habitats of endangered animal and plant species in the
partially waterlogged, calcareous ground moraine landscape .
3.NCA No. 3 “end moraine landscape at Ringenwalde”
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