Download National Park Bavarian Forest

National Park
Bavarian Forest
In Germany there are 14 National Parks.
The Bavarian Forest National Park is in the southeast of Germany.
Bavarian forest
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Landscape type:
1970
At the southwest of Germany in
Bavaria on the Czech border
243 square kilometres
600 to 1453 metres (highest point: Big Rachel)
Spruce forest & mountain mixed forest
Forms the largest continuous forest in Central Europe
together with the Czech National Park (Bohemian Forest)
Forest Diagram
Big Rachel
Attractions
This is an old ruin
These are stone figures
Animals in the Bavarian Forest
Rare species in the Bavarian Forest
• Other animals in the National Park
are: Wildcats, Beavers, Otters, Wild
Boar, Red Deer and Elk.
There are also many rare bird
species in the National Park e.g.:
Capercaillies,Hazel Grouse,
Peregrine Falcons and Waspbuzzards.
The big animals
Birds
Capercaillie
Peregrine falcon
Plants of the Bavarian Forest
Mushrooms of the Bavarian
Forest
What makes the Bavarian forest so
special?
In the Bavarian Forest many animals and plants
are legally protected.
Many rare species have been re-established in
the Bavarian Forest, e.g. the lynx, which
became extinct in 1970, has been re-introduced
to the park.
A presentation by
Lena and Fenia
from
Europaschule Langerwehe