Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park
Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park | |
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Nationalpark Hamburgisches Wattenmeer | |
Location | North Sea coast, Hamburg, Germany |
Coordinates | 53°56′07″N 8°28′22″E / 53.935329°N 8.472694°E |
Area | 13,750 ha (53.1 sq mi) |
Established | April 9, 1990 |
Official name | Hamburgisches Wattenmeer |
Designated | 1 August 1990 |
Reference no. | 501[1] |
The Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park (German: Hamburgisches Wattenmeer) is the smallest of the three German Wadden Sea National Parks which protect the single ecological entity of the Wadden Sea reaching from Den Helder to Esbjerg.
It is an
National park
In accordance with a ruling by the Hamburg Parliament on 9 April 1990 the area was reclassified as the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park. On 5 April 2001 the law was updated and the national park area expanded as a result.
The total area of the national park (Zones 1 and 2) is 13,750 hectares (53.1 sq mi). The Zone 1 areas are under special protection, limiting mudflat hiking and horse and carriage rides to designated routes.
Within the national park there are about 2,000 animal species, of which about 250 are
For example,
At the same time, the Wadden Sea is a resting place for breeding birds from northern climes that eat up the fat reserves they need for successful breeding. As a result, there are about 10-12 million
The park works closely with the Jordsand Society (Verein Jordsand) especially in the area of bird conservation.
Biosphere reserve
Since 1992 the national park has also been designated as a
Addresses
- Nationalpark Hamburgisches Wattenmeer
- Nationalpark-Station Neuwerk, Turmwurt
- D - 27499 Insel Neuwerk
- Tel.: 04721 / 69271
and
- Behörde für Umwelt, Klima, Energie und Agrarwirtschaft
- Nationalpark-Verwaltung Hamburgisches Wattenmeer
- Neuenfelder Straße 19
- D - 21109 Hamburg
Sources
- Umweltbehörde Hamburg, Naturschutzamt, ed. (2001), Nationalpark-Atlas Hamburgisches Wattenmeer. Nationalparkplan: Teil I (= Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege in Hamburg, Schriftenreihe der Umweltbehörde, Heft 50) (PDF, 16,2 MB) (in German), Hamburg, pp. 1–165
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Filmography
- Im Nationalpark Wattenmeer. Documentary, 45 min., Deutschland, 1998, by Jens-Uwe Heins and Michael Sutor, Production: Komplett-Media-GmbH, Grünwald (ISBN 3-89672-492-4), Short descriptionby ARD
See also
- Wadden Sea
- Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park
- Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park
- Wadden Sea Conservation Station
- Mudflat hiking
References
- ^ "Hamburgisches Wattenmeer". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Wadden Sea". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
External links
- Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park (in German)
- National park atlas