Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges
The Regional Natural Park of Ballons des Vosges (French Parc naturel régional of Ballons des Vosges) is a nature park in France. It was founded on June 5, 1989, covers an area of 300,000 hectares and a settlement area of 254,000 inhabitants. The nature park consists of a total of 208 municipalities. These are scattered in three regions of France:
- In the Alsace region: Haut -Rhin (109 municipalities)
- In the Lorraine region: The Vosges (47 municipalities)
- In the region of Franche -Comté: Haute- Saône (36 municipalities) and
- Territory Territoire de Belfort (16 municipalities)
Among the 208 founding municipalities are still 4 more to add that are considered access points associated with the park. They are:
- Colmar
- Lure
- Remiremont
- Saint- Dié -des-Vosges
The park office is located in the town of Munster, (48 ° 2 ' 24 "N, 7 ° 8' 14" O48.047.1372222222222Koordinaten: 48 ° 2 ' 24 "N, 7 ° 8' 14" E ).
Landscape
The park is built around the southern part of the Vosges mountains, whose peaks reach the greatest heights of the massif here, one is therefore also called the High Vosges. The peak shapes are abraded by prehistoric glacier movement to round domes, which are known as the Ballon d' (French balloons ). The main peaks are:
- Grand Ballon ( Grand Ballon ) (1424 m)
- Bare Wasen ( Petit Ballon ) ( 1272 m)
- Ballon d'Alsace ( Ballon d'Alsace ) ( 1247 m)
- Ballon de Servance ( 1216 m)
- Grand Ventron ( 1204 m)
- Hohneck (1363 m)
- Tanet ( 1292 m)
- Grand Brézouard ( 1229 m)
The Vosges ridge is accessed by a ridge road, the route of Crètes. The largely treeless landscape is not permanently settled, but is primarily for alpine farming and tourism.
In the north, close to the Northern Vosges, for its own nature park, the Regional Natural Park of Vosges du Nord exists.
The foothills of the Vosges mountains towards the west, southwest, south and east are mostly involved in the Nature Park. These areas have a much higher population density and are used in many ways for agriculture and industry. The mission of the Nature Park here is to find a sustainable balance between the protection of natural and cultural heritage and sustainable local development.