EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.2.5
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
§18
National Park Administration
(1) For the execution of tasks under this Law, a National Park Administration is formed at the
Ministry for Agriculture, Nature Protection and the Environment.
(2) It shall carry out the tasks assigned to it in this Law; in particular, it shall coordinate and
implement measures for the care and development of the National Park and monitor and
implement compliance with the protection measures valid for the National Park. It shall be
responsible for dealing with public matters. The tasks of the Lower Nature Protection
Authority and Lower Forestry Authority in the National Park will be carried out by the National
Park Administration.
(3) The National Park Administration shall furthermore be responsible for maintaining public
safety and order by warding off dangers and by preventing and removing disturbances; § 2
Para. 2 of the Police Authorities Act of 18 July 1993 (Legal Gazette p. 323) in the version
currently valid shall apply accordingly, unless otherwise stated in this Law. The National Park
Administration may take the necessary measures to ward off an isolated danger to public
safety or order. It has the rights of a policing authority under § 5 Para. 1, 9 to 13, 15 to 20, 22
to 26 of the Police Authorities Act.
(4) Unless this Law provides justifications for the competences of the National Park
Administration, the competences of other authorities are not affected.
§18a
Objection Procedure
There is an objection procedure for objections to administrative acts of the National Park
Administration.
§19
Board of Trustees
(1) The National Park Administration is advised, especially as regards the matters described
in § 3, by a Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees is made up of the following members:
1. the district administrators of the Unstrut- Hainich district and the Wartburg district,
2. eight mayors from the communities or towns whose areas are in or adjoining the National
Park,
3. one representative each from the central local authority organisations in Thuringia,
4. one representative each of the associations for agriculture and forestry,
5. a representative of the regional tourism associations,
6. a representative nominated by the universities and colleges of Thuringia:
7. three of the representatives nominated by the nature protection associations recognised in
Thuringia according to § 29 FNatProAct.
8. a representative each from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Chamber of
Crafts,
9. a representative each from the German Federal Environmental Foundation and the
Thuringian Nature Protection Foundation.
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