Tuesday 22 July 2014
Berchtesgaden
National Park is in the south of Germany, on its border with Austria, in
the municipalities of Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden and Schonau am Konigsee, Berchtesgadener
Land, Free State of Bavaria. The national park was established in 1978 to
protect the landscapes of the Berchtesgaden Alps. Headquartered in the town of Berchtesgaden, the park was designated a UNESCO Biosphere
Reserve in 1990. The first nature conservation area in the
Berchtesgaden Alps was created in what is currently the southeastern part of
the park in 1910. It had an area of 8,600 hectares and was organized according to the model of
National Parks in the United States. In 1919, the mountain hotel of St.
Bartolomew was built. In March 1921, the area was expanded to 20,400 hectares.
At the time, it included both the Watzmann and the Hochkalter. During World War
II, Hermann Goring, who, among other responsibilities, was the State Minister
of Forestry and Hunting, declared the area around Obersee a particularly
protected natural conservation area. Source
