EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.2.5
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
14. to ride or drive motor vehicles, caravans, coaches, harnessed teams, invalid cars or
bicycles of any type off the public roads and paths or the specially designated pathways or to
park these anywhere other than the parking and rest areas,
15. to maintain, wash or care for vehicles,
16. to organise sporting competitions or meetings or demonstrations in the open air, to camp,
tent or spend the night, to light unauthorised fires or to disturb the natural peace and quiet by
noise,
17. to spend the night in caravans or campers anywhere other than in the camping areas,
18. to store or deposit rubbish or to dispose of it in any other way,
19. to allow dogs to run free or to train them, or
20. to operate models or remotely controlled devices, to set up or keep available the facilities
for these or to practice sports outside the designated areas.
(3) In Proted Zone 1, any use or other human intervention is forbidden, especially as a result
of interventions in nature and the landscape, management or protection measures, unless
otherwise stated in the Care and Development Plan as described in § 7. Furthermore, in
Protected Zone 1, it is forbidden to exercise common usage, as described in § 37 Para. 1 of
the Thuringian Water Act (ThurWA) of 10 May 1994 (Legal Gazette, p. 445) in the version
currently valid or to apply uses as described in § 33 Para. 1 of the Water Management Act
(WMA) of 12 November 1996 (Legal Gazette 1, p. 1695) in the version currently valid without
permission or approval. The exceptional provisions of § 12 to 14 do not apply.
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Right of Access
(1) The right to access the meadows and forests in the National Park remains unaffected
unless the prohibitions listed in § 8 apply or other legal provisions contain further restrictions.
(2) In order to separate pedestrian, riding and motor traffic, the National Park Administration
may take suitable measures to block or reserve pathways for certain types of use.
§ 10
Permitted Actions
(1) On the basis of the following provisions and subject to § 12 to 15, the following are
excepted from the prohibitions in § 8:
1. essential disaster prevention measures to protect the population and to defend against
present dangers to the health or life of people or items of significant value,
2. measures required by the National Park Administration or other authorities or public
bodies or their agents which serve to fulfil the protection aim as described in §3 or the
instructions as described in § 5,
3. measures on the part of scientists or research facilities within the scope of an activity as
described in § 6,
4. work necessary to maintain and repair existing
a) roads and pathways,
b) supply and disposal installations,
c) waterways, or
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