Germany's different types of protected areas are defined in the Federal Nature Conservation Act (BNatSchG). The main types are nature conservation areas, national parks, biosphere reserves, landscape protection areas, nature parks and Natura 2000 sites, covering about one third of the total country surface. Read more
Berchtesgadener Land | 84.000 ha | ||
Bliesgau | 36.152 ha | ||
Flusslandschaft Elbe | 275.893 ha | ||
Hamburgisches Wattenmeer | 11.700 ha | ||
Karstlandschaft Südharz | 30.034 ha | ||
Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer | 240.000 ha | ||
Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft | 30.102 ha | ||
Pfälzerwald-Nordvogesen | 177.842 ha | ||
Rhön | 185.262 ha | ||
Schaalsee | 30.900 ha | ||
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer und Halligen | 443.100 ha | ||
Schorfheide-Chorin | 129.160 ha | ||
Schwäbische Alb | 85.269 ha | ||
Spreewald | 47.509 ha | ||
Südost-Rügen | 22.900 ha | ||
Vessertal-Thüringer Wald | 17.081 ha |