{"id":7210,"date":"2016-04-30T22:11:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T22:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=7210"},"modified":"2017-11-30T15:20:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T15:20:47","slug":"german-nationalparks-part-9-jasmund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-9-jasmund\/","title":{"rendered":"German Nationalparks \u2013 Part 9: Jasmund"},"content":{"rendered":"

In previous months, we have already explored a large part of the gesch\u00fctzte Sch\u00f6nheit\u00a0<\/em>(protected beauty) of German nature.\u00a0We went to the windige K\u00fcsten\u00a0<\/em>(windy shores) of the\u00a0Wattenmeer<\/a>, <\/em>the\u00a0eindrucksvolle Felsen\u00a0<\/em>(impressive rocks) of the\u00a0S\u00e4chsische Schweiz<\/a>, <\/em>the\u00a0Jahrhunderte alten W\u00e4lder\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>(centuries old forests) of the\u00a0Bayerischer Wald<\/a><\/em>, the\u00a0Erzminen\u00a0<\/em>(ore mines) in the\u00a0Harz<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/em>Tiger\u00a0<\/em>(tigers) roaming around in the\u00a0Eifel<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>the\u00a0Tausend Seen\u00a0<\/em>(thousand lakes) of\u00a0M\u00fcritz<\/a><\/em>, the hohe Gebirge\u00a0<\/em>(high mountain ranges) of\u00a0Berchtesgaden<\/a>, <\/em>and the atemberaubende Natur\u00a0<\/em>(stunning nature) of the\u00a0Schwarzwald<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Today, we will discuss another wonderful park, with its own beautiful features –\u00a0Nationalpark\u00a0<\/em>Jasmund,\u00a0<\/em>in the north east, right at the\u00a0Ostsee\u00a0<\/em>(Baltic Sea).<\/p>\n

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The National Parks in Germany (Image by Lencer at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY SA 3.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

Der Nationalpark\u00a0Jasmund<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

The\u00a0Nationalpark\u00a0<\/em>was established on September 12, 1990. It is the smallest German national park, with only 3003 hectares (ca. 7400 acres), and is located on the Halbinsel\u00a0<\/em>(peninsula)\u00a0Jasmund<\/em> on the Insel\u00a0<\/em>(island)\u00a0R\u00fcgen<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In the 19th and in the first half of the 20th century, huge\u00a0Findlinge\u00a0<\/em>(boulders) were removed to expand docks. This allowed the\u00a0Ostsee\u00a0<\/em>to crash into the\u00a0Kreidefelsen\u00a0<\/em>(chalk cliffs) with full force, as the\u00a0Findlinge\u00a0<\/em>could not break the waves anymore. With every storm, even today, the\u00a0Kreidefelsen\u00a0<\/em>are reduced, because the water always tears some of the\u00a0Kreide<\/em>\u00a0(chalk)\u00a0<\/em>into the sea. This also means that the landmass of the\u00a0Nationalpark\u00a0<\/em>is shrinking every time…<\/p>\n

What is special about the\u00a0Nationalpark\u00a0Jasmund?<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Die Kreidefelsen<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The obvious specialty of\u00a0Nationalpark Jasmund\u00a0<\/em>are the\u00a0Kreidefelsen\u00a0<\/em>(Chalk Rocks). The most impressive is the\u00a0K\u00f6nigsstuhl\u00a0<\/em>(King’s Chair), with an height of 118 m (ca. 360 ft)! As I said above, through storms these\u00a0Kreidefelsen\u00a0<\/em>are eroded bit by bit, and that is a shame for such a rare sight. A good example of this are the\u00a0Wissower Klinken<\/em>, which were washed away a lot\u00a0in a storm in 2005.<\/p>\n

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Before the storm in 2004 (Image by Lapplaender at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY SA 3.0 de)<\/p><\/div>\n

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After the storm in 2005 (Image by Lapplaender at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY SA 3.0 de)<\/p><\/div>\n

Der Buchenwald<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Another important feature of the forest is the old\u00a0Buchenwald\u00a0<\/em>(beech forest), which is one of the few protected ones in Germany.<\/p>\n