EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

NOMINATION DOSSIER ANNEX 7.3.4
"ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
National Park Plan for the
Müritz National Park
Editing status
Draft of November 1999, binding for the Nature Conservation Administration since December
2003, under review since 2008
Contents
1 Introduction 4
2 General guiding principles for national parks 5
2.1 General guiding principles for Germany's national parks 5
2.2 Guiding principles for the Müritz National Park 5
2.2.1 Preliminary comment 5
2.2.2 Unique feature 9
2.2.3 Guiding principles 9
3 Directives and laws 11
3.1 International 11
3.2 In Germany 11
4 Data on the Müritz National Park 12
4.1 Location and size 12
4.2 Settlement and history 12
4.3 Natural features 12
4.4 Ownership and administration 15
4.5 Zoning 15
5 Guidelines and development objectives 16
5.1 Climate and air 16
5.2 Geological forms and soils 17
5.3 Water balance and bodies of water 17
5.3.1 The lakes 18
5.3.1.1 Banks and reed beds 19
5.3.1.2 Commercial fishing 20
5.3.1.3 Angling 21
5.3.1.4 Boat traffic 22
5.3.1.5 Diving 22
5.3.2 Bodies of flowing water 23
5.3.3 The fens 25
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