{"id":7038,"date":"2016-02-26T23:28:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T23:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=7038"},"modified":"2017-11-30T14:06:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T14:06:35","slug":"german-nationalparks-part-4-eifel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-4-eifel\/","title":{"rendered":"German Nationalparks \u2013 Part 4: Eifel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is part 3 of the series here on the German Blog, the German\u00a0<em>Nationalparks<\/em>, a series on the 16 National Parks of Germany. Last week, I discussed the\u00a0<em>Land der Tausend Seen<\/em>, Park\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-3-muritz\/\">M\u00fcritz<\/a><\/em>, and before that\u00a0park\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-2-berchtesgaden\/\">Berchtesgaden<\/a>, <\/em>and the\u00a0mysterious\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-1-schwarzwald\/\">Schwarzwald<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0Today, we will travel to the westernmost\u00a0<em>Nationpark<\/em>:\u00a0<em>in die Eifel!<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 544px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_national_parks_of_Germany#\/media\/File:Karte_Nationalparks_Deutschland_high.png\" aria-label=\"800px Karte Nationalparks Deutschland High\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"712\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9d\/Karte_Nationalparks_Deutschland_high.png\/800px-Karte_Nationalparks_Deutschland_high.png\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The National Parks in Germany (Image by Lencer at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY SA 3.0)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpark-eifel.de\/\">Der Nationalpark Eifel<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The National Park\u00a0<em>Eifel\u00a0<\/em>is the first one in\u00a0<em>Bundesland\u00a0<\/em>(federal state)\u00a0<em>Nordrhein-Westfalen.\u00a0<\/em>It was established on January 1, 2004. Compared to last week&#8217;s park,\u00a0<em>M\u00fcritz<\/em>, this one is rather small: it is only 107 km2 (26.000 acres).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nationalpark Eifel | Rhein-Eifel.TV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aTAqDG1h-tg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What is special about the\u00a0<em>Nationalpark Eifel<\/em>?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As with the other\u00a0<em>Nationalparks<\/em>, the\u00a0<em>Eifel\u00a0<\/em>also has wonderful nature. Over 900 endangered species live here. One quite exceptional species\u00a0living in the park are\u00a0<em>Wildkatzen\u00a0<\/em>(wild cats).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nationalpark Eifel: &quot;Kleine Eifel-Tiger&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b1fEc6YuBk8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The main goal of the park is to preserve the\u00a0<em>Hainsimsen-Buchenwald\u00a0<\/em>(wood-rushes beech forest). These trees were once the dominating vegetation in Germany and Central Europe. However, much of the nature\u00a0in the area of the park was used for other purposes, such as forestry. The faster-growing spruce was planted instead of the beech, because it would be better business. The area was also used for other purposes, like the\u00a0<em>NS-Ordensburg\u00a0<\/em><em>Vogelsang<\/em>, see below. Now, nature can do its thing: human\u00a0intervention is minimal, and so slowly, the beech forest will return as it once was, to become a real jungle!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 546px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rotbuchenwald#\/media\/File:Rotbuchenwald_in_Wuppertal.JPG\" aria-label=\"1024px Rotbuchenwald In Wuppertal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\"  alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"402\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/00\/Rotbuchenwald_in_Wuppertal.JPG\/1024px-Rotbuchenwald_in_Wuppertal.JPG\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hainsimsen-Buchenwald (Luzulo-Fagenion) (Image by \u00d6kologix at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY SA 3.0)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just like in other national parks, you can discover the beautiful nature of <em>Nationalpark Eifel<\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0several trails that run through wonderful spots of untouched nature.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting sight right next to the park is the second largest remaining structure from Nazi Germany, the\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vogelsang-ip.de\/nextshopcms\/show.asp?lang=en&amp;e1=-1\">NS-Ordensburg Vogelssang<\/a><\/em>. The\u00a0<em>Truppen\u00fcbungsplatz\u00a0<\/em>(troops training square) is in fact in the National Park. Definitely worth a visit if you want to find out more about the Nazi past of the area.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 548px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NS-Ordensburg_Vogelsang#\/media\/File:NS-Ordensburg_Vogelsang_42-.jpg\" aria-label=\"1280px NS Ordensburg Vogelsang 42 \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\"  alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"303\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9e\/NS-Ordensburg_Vogelsang_42-.jpg\/1280px-NS-Ordensburg_Vogelsang_42-.jpg\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">NS-Ordensburg Vogelsang (Image by Wolkenkrazter at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY SA 4.0).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Would you like to visit the\u00a0<em>Nationalpark Eifel<\/em>? Maybe you will spot a wild cat?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"262\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/02\/800px-Karte_Nationalparks_Deutschland_high-262x350.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/02\/800px-Karte_Nationalparks_Deutschland_high-262x350.png 262w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/02\/800px-Karte_Nationalparks_Deutschland_high-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/02\/800px-Karte_Nationalparks_Deutschland_high.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><p>This is part 3 of the series here on the German Blog, the German\u00a0Nationalparks, a series on the 16 National Parks of Germany. Last week, I discussed the\u00a0Land der Tausend Seen, Park\u00a0M\u00fcritz, and before that\u00a0park\u00a0Berchtesgaden, and the\u00a0mysterious\u00a0Schwarzwald.\u00a0Today, we will travel to the westernmost\u00a0Nationpark:\u00a0in die Eifel! Der Nationalpark Eifel The National Park\u00a0Eifel\u00a0is the first one in\u00a0Bundesland\u00a0(federal&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-4-eifel\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":7439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[419371,2201,419736,2332,425184,159,376027,2612],"class_list":["post-7038","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-german-national-parks","tag-holiday","tag-nationalpark","tag-nature","tag-nature-preservation","tag-tourism","tag-travel","tag-vacation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7038"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9357,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038\/revisions\/9357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}