Palatinate Forest Nature Park

The Palatinate Forest Nature Park is divided into 3 regions based on their landscape: • the Northern Palatinate Forest, bordered in the north by the North Palatine Uplands and extending southwards as far as the line from Kaiserslautern to Bad Dürkheim • the Middle Palatinate Forest, from the Kaiserslautern - Bad Dürkheim line to Queich and the line from Pirmasens to Landau • the Southern Palatinate Forest, the so-called Wasgau, which extends from the Queich and a line from Pirmasens to Landau to the French border in the south. It also includes the former landscape conservation area of the German Wine Route, which runs from the eastern edge of the nature park to the Rhine plain. == Core zones ==

Based on the current state regulations dated 22 January 2007 the nature park has 16 core zones, which are under special protection: • Adelsberg near Ludwigswinkel (cross-border with France, c. 191 ha) • Bobenthaler Knopf near Bobenthal (c. 319 ha) • Eischkopf near Eußerthal (c. 58 ha) • Enkenbachtal near Elmstein (c. 235 ha) • Eulenhald near Waldleiningen (c. 19 ha) • Großer Berg near Waldleiningen (c. 73 ha) • Haidbrunnen near Waldleiningen (c. 4 ha) • Hohe Halde near Eppenbrunn (c. 54 ha) • Humberg near Kaiserslautern (c. 77 ha) • Hundsberg near Heltersberg (c. 81 ha) • Leiterberger Platte near Waldleiningen, (c. 18 ha) • Mittlerer Gleisberg near Esthal (c. 37 ha) • Mümmelsköpfe near Ludwigswinkel (c. 51 ha) • Quellgebiet der Wieslauter (c. 2400 ha) • Rohrweiher near Ludwigswinkel (c. 22 ha) • Stabenberg near Neustadt an der Weinstraße (c. 227 ha) == Gallery ==

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