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Biosphere Reserve Vessertal-Thuringian Forest

Biosphere Reserve Vessertal-Thuringian Forest

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Biosphere Reserve Vessertal-Thuringian Forest

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

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Location: Thuringia, Germany

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Christina

June 14, 2022

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Green valley with lush meadows and extensive forests. Beautiful hiking trails with benches that invite you to linger, plus information boards that tell the story of the valley.

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Sopho, Micha, Frieda & Bella 🐶🐾

June 22, 2019

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The Biosphere Reserve Vessertal-Thüringer Wald is located in the middle of the Thuringian Forest Nature Park. The reserve extends far beyond the boundaries of the name giving Vessertals and covers a total of 17,000ha. Already in 1979 it was recognized by the UNESCO as a Bioreservat and "if everything goes well, it will soon be even bigger!", Shines Elke Hellmut of the administration of the biosphere reserve.

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

August 7, 2021

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The term is composed of bio-sphere (bio-life, sphere-sphere), i.e. the living space between the deeper rock layers in the earth's crust (up to approx. 5 km) and the stratosphere (approx. …

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Elevation 680 m

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Monday 11 May

4°C

-1°C

73 %

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Max wind speed: 25.0 km/h

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