Biosphere Reserves - UNESCO Deutschland

UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Germany:
1. Berchtesgaden (Bavaria, since 1990)
2. Bliesgau (Saarland, preparing
its application)
3. River Landscape Elbe (Brandenburg,
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania,
Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein,
in 1979 Saxony-Anhalt,
trans-federal-state since 1997)
4. Wadden Sea of Hamburg
(Hamburg, since 1992)
5. Wadden Sea of Lower Saxony
(Lower Saxony, since 1993)
6. Upper Lausitz Heath and Pond
Landscape (Saxony, since 1996)
7. Pfälzerwald (Part of the Franco-
German transboundary reserve
Vosges du Nord/Pfälzerwald; Rhineland-Palatinate,
nationally since
1993, transboundary since 1998)
8. Rhön (Bavaria, Hesse, Thuringia,
since 1991)
9. Schaalsee (Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania, since 2000)
10. Wadden Sea of Schleswig-Holstein
and Hallig Islands (Schleswig-Holstein,
since 1990, extended 2004)
11. Schorfheide-Chorin (Brandenburg,
since 1990)
12. Swabian Alb (Baden-Württemberg,
preparing its application)
13. Spreewald (Brandenburg, since 1991)
14. Southern Harz (Saxony-Anhalt,
preparing its application)
15. South-East Rügen (Mecklenburg-
Western Pomerania, since 1991)
16. Vessertal-Thüringen Forest (Thuringia,
since 1979, extended 1986 and 1990)
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german Commission for uNeSCo,
as of September 2007