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Palatinate Forest Nature Park<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Bildschirmfoto-2016-10-28-um-15.39.09-1024x659.png\")
\n <\/a>\n Ralf Rudolph: Kuckucksb\u00e4hnel train driver. Photograph: Geiss<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n \n \n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-10.jpg\")
\n <\/a>\n Forest bathing with the nature and wilderness teacher Ina Schmitt. Photograph: Beekmann<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n \n \n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/go-cache_51.jpg\")
\n <\/a>\n Geocaching with J\u00fcrgen M\u00fchlmann in the Bellheimer Wald forest. Photograph: Buck<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n \n \n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schaeferin_Anne_Mottl_im_Pfaelzerwald_von_Sebastian_Weindel-1024x682.jpg\")
\n <\/a>\n Shepherdess Anne Mottl. Photograph: Weindel<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
The Palatinate Forest is the largest coherent forest area in Germany. It is a unique natural paradise that ranges from gentle valleys to dense forests and bizarre rocks. Founded in 1958, the Palatinate Forest Nature Park<\/a> was one of the first nature reserves in Germany at that time. The initial goal has remained the same ever since: conservation and preservation of this unique landscape, where even wolves and lynxes have made their return and have become native to the \u201cprimeval forests\u201d once again. In 1998, the German part and its French partner reserve joined together to form the only transnational biosphere reserve in Germany: the Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve. We accompanied a shepherdess and her flock on their work for rural conservation, we went treasure hunting, we flew among the treetops on ziplines, bathed in the forest and discovered its landscape from a new perspective from inside the historical Kuckucksb\u00e4hnel railway. Our recommendation: Do try this! <\/p>\n\n\n\nOnly flying is better<\/strong>:<\/strong> In Ziplinepark Elmstein<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\nTreasure hunting:<\/strong><\/strong> Geocaching in the Bellheimer Wald forest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPack your hiking pants<\/strong>:<\/strong> Forest bathing with the nature teacher Ina Schmitt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nWoolly workers<\/strong>:<\/strong> In the fields with shepherdess Anne Mottl<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nSteam in the Palatinate<\/strong>:<\/strong> The Kuckucksb\u00e4hnel (Cuckoo Railway)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nGeo-Naturepark Bergstrasse-Odenwald<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n \n \n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/L1030491-1.jpg\")
\n <\/a>\n Green lung: the Geo-Naturepark Bergstrasse-Odenwald. Photograph: Geiss<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n \n \n ![\"Solardraisine\"](\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bild016_F26A1408.jpg\")
\n <\/a>\n Gliding through the Odenwald on solar powered rail trolleys. Photograph: Weindl<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n \n \n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/0215_schlittenhunde_web-1024x683.jpg\")
\n <\/a>\n A ride on a dog sled across the Maulbeeraue meadow close to Lampertheim. Photograph: Weindel.<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n \n \n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Kinder_in_der_Margaretenschlucht_bei_Neckargerach_Weik.jpg\")
\n <\/a>\n Geological history made tangible: the Margaretenschlucht ravine is a children\u2019s adventure. Photograph: Weik<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n\n\nA visit to the Geo-Naturepark Bergstrasse-Odenwald<\/a> is like a journey through geological history. The old courses of the Rhine and Neckar rivers, glacial periods, the subsidence of the Rhine Rift Valley\u2014all of these have left traces that you can still see here: in the sandy soils of the Southern Hessian Ried, in the Bunter sandstone of the Neckar valley and in the lacustrine limestone soils of the Bauland region. The nature park was awarded the title of \u201cGeopark\u201d and included in the UNESCO \u201cInternational Geoscience & Geoparks Programme\u201d in 2015 because of its rich geological heritage. However, you need not be a geologist in order to be amazed at the varied landscape and fascinated by spectacles of nature such as the Felsenmeer (the \u2018sea of rocks\u2019) and<\/p>\n\n\n\nClimbing through geological history<\/strong><\/strong>: Discover the Margaretenschlucht<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nOn 40 paws across the Maulbeeraue meadow<\/strong>:<\/strong> a ride on a dog sled<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nGranite gems:<\/strong><\/strong> bouldering across the Felsenmeer<\/a> (\u2018sea of rocks\u2019)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nDeep inside the Odenwald<\/strong>:<\/strong> accompanying Geopark Ranger Michael Kauer<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nTime off, on rails:<\/strong><\/strong> on solar powered rail trolleys through the Odenwald<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nNeckartal-Odenwald Nature Park<\/h3>\n\n\n\n \n \n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-0719-41-Kopie-1024x683.jpg\")
\n <\/a>\n Along the Skultpurenradweg cycle track in the Bauland region. Photograph: Beekmann<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n \n \n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Adventon_023-1024x683.jpg\")
\n <\/a>\n Travelling to the past in the Histotainment Park Adventon. Photograph: Buck<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n \n \n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Kirchl_im_kleinen_Odenwald_Poppele_Buck.jpg\")
\n <\/a>\n Mythical places in the Little Odenwald. Photograph: Buck<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n \n \n ![\"Steinornament\"](\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-75_klein.jpg\")
\n <\/a>\n Little religious shrines in the Madonnenl\u00e4ndchen region bear witness to faith and good luck. Photograph: Beekmann<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n\n\nThe Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park<\/a> borders on and overlaps with the south of the Geo-Naturepark Bergstrasse-Odenwald. It extends from the hilly countryside of the Odenwald across the Neckar valley with its gorges and its tributary rivers all the way to the Little Odenwald in the south. This park is somewhat less well-known than its \u201cbig brother\u201d in the north, however, it is just as beautiful. You can explore the varied countryside walking, cycling or boating\u2014and learn quite a bit about the region\u2019s culture and history. Primeval saurians left their traces here, and so did early men, Celts and Romans. Castles and ruins line up along Neckar river like on a pearl necklace. And one or the other mystical creature is said to walk abroad in the forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nLittle Odenwald, great myths<\/strong><\/strong>: Miriam and Peter Seisler collect legends <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nWitnesses made of stone<\/strong>: <\/strong>Little Religious shrines bear witness to faith<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nVast landscapes, great pieces of art<\/strong><\/strong>: <\/a>The Skulpturenradweg cycle track<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Romans\u2019 heritage<\/strong><\/strong>: Tangible history in the Romans\u2019 museum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Palatinate Forest is the largest coherent forest area in Germany. It is a unique natural paradise that ranges from gentle valleys to dense forests and bizarre rocks. Founded in 1958, the Palatinate Forest Nature Park<\/a> was one of the first nature reserves in Germany at that time. The initial goal has remained the same ever since: conservation and preservation of this unique landscape, where even wolves and lynxes have made their return and have become native to the \u201cprimeval forests\u201d once again. In 1998, the German part and its French partner reserve joined together to form the only transnational biosphere reserve in Germany: the Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve. We accompanied a shepherdess and her flock on their work for rural conservation, we went treasure hunting, we flew among the treetops on ziplines, bathed in the forest and discovered its landscape from a new perspective from inside the historical Kuckucksb\u00e4hnel railway. Our recommendation: Do try this! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Only flying is better<\/strong>:<\/strong> In Ziplinepark Elmstein<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Treasure hunting:<\/strong><\/strong> Geocaching in the Bellheimer Wald forest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pack your hiking pants<\/strong>:<\/strong> Forest bathing with the nature teacher Ina Schmitt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Woolly workers<\/strong>:<\/strong> In the fields with shepherdess Anne Mottl<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Steam in the Palatinate<\/strong>:<\/strong> The Kuckucksb\u00e4hnel (Cuckoo Railway)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n A visit to the Geo-Naturepark Bergstrasse-Odenwald<\/a> is like a journey through geological history. The old courses of the Rhine and Neckar rivers, glacial periods, the subsidence of the Rhine Rift Valley\u2014all of these have left traces that you can still see here: in the sandy soils of the Southern Hessian Ried, in the Bunter sandstone of the Neckar valley and in the lacustrine limestone soils of the Bauland region. The nature park was awarded the title of \u201cGeopark\u201d and included in the UNESCO \u201cInternational Geoscience & Geoparks Programme\u201d in 2015 because of its rich geological heritage. However, you need not be a geologist in order to be amazed at the varied landscape and fascinated by spectacles of nature such as the Felsenmeer (the \u2018sea of rocks\u2019) and<\/p>\n\n\n\n Climbing through geological history<\/strong><\/strong>: Discover the Margaretenschlucht<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n On 40 paws across the Maulbeeraue meadow<\/strong>:<\/strong> a ride on a dog sled<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Granite gems:<\/strong><\/strong> bouldering across the Felsenmeer<\/a> (\u2018sea of rocks\u2019)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Deep inside the Odenwald<\/strong>:<\/strong> accompanying Geopark Ranger Michael Kauer<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Time off, on rails:<\/strong><\/strong> on solar powered rail trolleys through the Odenwald<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park<\/a> borders on and overlaps with the south of the Geo-Naturepark Bergstrasse-Odenwald. It extends from the hilly countryside of the Odenwald across the Neckar valley with its gorges and its tributary rivers all the way to the Little Odenwald in the south. This park is somewhat less well-known than its \u201cbig brother\u201d in the north, however, it is just as beautiful. You can explore the varied countryside walking, cycling or boating\u2014and learn quite a bit about the region\u2019s culture and history. Primeval saurians left their traces here, and so did early men, Celts and Romans. Castles and ruins line up along Neckar river like on a pearl necklace. And one or the other mystical creature is said to walk abroad in the forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Little Odenwald, great myths<\/strong><\/strong>: Miriam and Peter Seisler collect legends <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Witnesses made of stone<\/strong>: <\/strong>Little Religious shrines bear witness to faith<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Vast landscapes, great pieces of art<\/strong><\/strong>: <\/a>The Skulpturenradweg cycle track<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Romans\u2019 heritage<\/strong><\/strong>: Tangible history in the Romans\u2019 museum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nGeo-Naturepark Bergstrasse-Odenwald<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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