EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.2.7
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
Explanatory Note
to the Unofficial Consolidated Version
Ordinance of the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park
2003-12-17 (GVBl.I page 463 from 2003-12-22) last amended by Ordinance of the
amendment of the Ordinance Kellerwald-Edersee 2009-12-07 (GVBl.I page 511 from
2009-12-16)
It will be presented to the UNESCO:
1) Ordinance of the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park 2003-12-17 (GVBl.I page 463
from 2003-12-22)
2) Ordinance of the amendment of the Ordinance Kellerwald-Edersee National
Park 2009-12-07 (GVBl.I page 511 from 2009-12-16)
3) Unofficial Consolidated Version Ordinance of the Kellerwald-Edersee National
Park 2003-12-17 (GVBl.I page 463 from 2003-12-22) last amended by Ordinance
of the amendment of the Ordinance Kellerwald-Edersee 2009-12-07 (GVBl.I page
511 from 2009-12-16)
(at the times submission of the nomination an official consolidated version was not
yet available. To facilitate reading, an Unofficial Consolidated Version of the
Ordinance of the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park was prepared.)
According to Art. 4 of the World Heritage Convention, it is the obligation of the States Party,
to guarantee the protection and conservation of the world heritage and to ensure its
transmission to future generations.
Already in the stage of the nomination process of "Ancient beech forests of Germany" with its
component part "Kellerwald" (as one of the five German component parts nominated as an
extention to the already inscribed World Natural Heritage "Primeval Beech Forests of the
Capathians"), the Land of Hesse takes these obligations seriously. This is reflected in the
fact that the requirements of UNESCO have been consequently implemented by adapting
the Ordinance of the National Park accordingly prior to the nomination.
E.g., as the most important change of the former ordinance, unlimited validity of the new
Ordinance has been reached.
Mayor parts of the former ordinance of the NP (=§§ 3-10, § 11 Abs. 2-4 and the §§ 12 and
13) were limited according to § 14, 3rd sentence until 31 December 2009 (see Ordinance of
the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park 2003-12-17 (GVBl.I page 463 from 2003-12-22). All
mayor regulations with regard to management and functionality of the NP were limited in time
with exemption of protection status and the organizational structure of the park.
By repealing the limitation in time of the entire ordinance, a clear signal is given with the new
ordinance (see: Ordinance of the amendment of the Ordinance Kellerwald-Edersee National
Park 2009-12-07 (GVBl.I page 511 from 2009-12-16)) and its unlimited validity in time.
By changing the Ordinance and repealing the limitation in time of the entire ordinance, the
State of Hesse has achieved great success because
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