Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park
The Regional Natural Park of Vosges du Nord - the North Vosges (French Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord ) extends in the French regions of Alsace and Lorraine.
The nature reserve was founded in 1976 covers an area of 130,500 hectares. About 65 % of the area is covered by forest. The highest elevation is the Great Winterberg, in the municipality Niederbronn- les- Bains, with a height of 581 m. The 115 municipalities that make up the park belong to two-thirds of the département of Bas -Rhin and one-third of the Moselle department. They have come together to form an organization for the preservation of the park under the name Syndicat de coopération pour le Parc ( Sycoparc ). The administrative center of the nature park with an attached museum is located in La Petite- Pierre ( 48 ° 51 ' 24 "N, 7 ° 18' 59" O48.8566666666677.3163888888889Koordinaten: 48 ° 51 ' 24 "N, 7 ° 18' 59" O ).
In the north, the area of the Park runs up to the border between France and Germany and finds its continuation across the border in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park. 1998 both nature parks have been grouped together under the auspices of UNESCO transboundary biosphere reserve Palatinate Forest -Vosges du Nord.