{"id":7296,"date":"2016-05-20T19:23:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T19:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=7296"},"modified":"2017-12-08T13:45:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T13:45:08","slug":"german-nationalparks-part-10-hainich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-10-hainich\/","title":{"rendered":"German Nationalparks \u2013 Part 10: Hainich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In previous months, we have already explored a large part of the <em>gesch\u00fctzte Sch\u00f6nheit\u00a0<\/em>(protected beauty) of German nature.\u00a0We went to the <em>windige K\u00fcsten\u00a0<\/em>(windy shores) of the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-8-die-wattenmeer-nationalparks\/\">Wattenmeer<\/a>, <\/em>the\u00a0<em>eindrucksvolle Felsen\u00a0<\/em>(impressive rocks) of the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-7-sachsische-schweiz\/\">S\u00e4chsische Schweiz<\/a>, <\/em>the\u00a0<em>Jahrhunderte alten W\u00e4lder\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>(centuries old forests) of the<em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-6-bayerischer-wald\/\">Bayerischer Wald<\/a><\/em>, the\u00a0<em>Erzminen\u00a0<\/em>(ore mines) in the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-5-harz\/\">Harz<\/a>,<\/em><em>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/em><em>Tiger\u00a0<\/em>(tigers) roaming around in the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-4-eifel\/\">Eifel<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>the\u00a0<em>Tausend Seen\u00a0<\/em>(thousand lakes) of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-3-muritz\/\">M\u00fcritz<\/a><\/em>, the <em>hohe Gebirge\u00a0<\/em>(high mountain ranges) of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-2-berchtesgaden\/\">Berchtesgaden<\/a>, <\/em>and the <em>atemberaubende Natur\u00a0<\/em>(stunning nature) of the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-1-schwarzwald\/\">Schwarzwald<\/a><\/em>. Lastly, we discovered the\u00a0<em>bedrohten<\/em><em>\u00a0Kreidefelsen\u00a0<\/em>(threatened chalk cliffs) of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-9-jasmund\/\">Jasmund<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is time for another central park, just south from the\u00a0<em>Harz<\/em>: the small\u00a0<em>Nationalpark\u00a0<\/em><em>Hainich<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 544px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"adjust-img-width\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9d\/Karte_Nationalparks_Deutschland_high.png\/800px-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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpark-hainich.de\/\"><strong><em>Der Nationalpark\u00a0Hainich<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Established on December 31, 1997,\u00a0<em>Nationalpark Hainich\u00a0<\/em>is the thirteenth park in Germany, and the only one in\u00a0<em>Bundesland Th\u00fcringen\u00a0<\/em>(Federal State Thuringa). The primary reason the park was established is its\u00a0<em>Buchenurwald\u00a0<\/em>(primeval beech forest). In its short existence, it has helped to raise awareness of the region\u00a0<em>Hainich<\/em>, and it attracts a lot more tourists now. It is a huge piece of nature in the middle of Germany, and is one of the two German National Parks that has a\u00a0<em>Baumkronenpfad\u00a0<\/em>(canopy walkway). A lot of people like that!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Baumkronenpfad - Unstrut Hainich -  Urlaub mitten in Deutschland\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jJWbM1qwky4?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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TRANSCRIPT<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Wer im Leben schon immer mal hoch hinaus wollte, ist hier genau richtig: auf dem Baumkronenpfad im Nationalpark Hainich, mitten im Urwald. Der Nationalpark mit dem gr\u00f6\u00dften zusammenh\u00e4ngenden Laubwaldgebiet Deutschlands ist ein Beispiel daf\u00fcr, wie sich Flora und Fauna entwickeln k\u00f6nnen, wenn der Mensch nicht forstwirtschaftlich eingreift. &#8220;<\/em><em>Natur Natur sein lassen&#8221; lautet die Devise. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Den Naturfreunden sind in luftiger H\u00f6he einmalige Ein- und Ausblicke garantiert. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Vierundvierzig (44) Meter \u00fcber die Baumwipfel ragt der Baumturm mit Baumhaus. Vom Wanderparkplatz Thiemsburg\u00a0sind es nur zehn (10) Minuten zu Fu\u00df f\u00fcr alle, die den Wald, den vielf\u00e4ltigsten Lebensraum der Erde, und die Baumkronen von oben betrachten m\u00f6chten.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TRANSLATION<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whoever always wanted to get higher up in life, should look no further (lit.: is exactly right here): on the canopy walkway in National Park\u00a0<em>Hainich<\/em>, in the middle of the primeval forest. The National Park with the largest connected\u00a0deciduous forest\u00a0area of Germany is an example for how Flora and Fauna can develop if humans (lit.: the human) does not interfere silviculturally. &#8220;Let nature be nature&#8221; is the motto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In airy heights, unique insights and views are guaranteed for nature lovers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Forty-four (44) meter (ca. 120 ft) above the treetops looms the tree tower with a tree house. From the Hiking parking site Thiemsburg it is only ten (10) minutes by foot for all who want to observe the forest, the most diverse biosphere of the Earth, and the treetops from above.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What is special about the\u00a0<em>Nationalpark Hainich?<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Das Laubwaldgebiet<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Park is located in the south of the\u00a0<em>Hainich<\/em>, the largest connected deciduous forest area of Germany. Such primeval forests are not common anymore at all, because humans started cultivating land and building cities, and so the forests had to go out of the way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Der Buchenwald<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nationaal_Park_Hainich#\/media\/File:NP_Hainich_1.jpg\" aria-label=\"1280px NP Hainich 1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\"  width=\"533\" height=\"355\" \/ alt=\"1280px NP Hainich 1\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/26\/NP_Hainich_1.jpg\/1280px-NP_Hainich_1.jpg\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buchenwald in the Nationalpark Hainich (Image by Huhu19 at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY SA 3.0)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Nationalpark Hainich\u00a0<\/em>serves primarily to protect its\u00a0<em>Buchenwald\u00a0<\/em>(beech forest). Its forest is also under a\u00a0UNESCO <em>Weltnaturerbe\u00a0<\/em>(World Heritage &#8211; Natural Site), in fact, the same one as the\u00a0<em>Buchenwald\u00a0<\/em>in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-9-jasmund\/\"><em>Nationalpark Jasmund<\/em><\/a>, which we discussed last time. These old beech forests are extremely rare nowadays, and the\u00a0<em>Nationalparks\u00a0<\/em>allow them to develop again in the way they did thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Der Baumwipfelpfad<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 546px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/michael-panse-mdl\/15451988785\/in\/photolist-pxrtVK-pfWHK7-5V2Bpu-5V2CWb-5V2EFJ-5V2BxE-5V2CMh-pfWFr9-5V2D9A-pfWF5s-pxrBuT-pxpP3J-pxpC2f-pxrsWv-5UXeJ6-pfWZx7-pxpv8q-pfWxNo-5V2CEs-5V2BMs-pfXb23-pxpxGo-7R9Xwo-7R9XGE-5V2D3d-7R9XV7-pxamEv-pfWbwp-5V2ANS-5UXczF-5UXdKR-8HCYZx-8HD2LV-5UXhhB-5UXgUK-5UXgpR-5UXgfK-5UXeft-5UXg2i-7R6FU2-5V2DgY-pfWmek-pfWSmy-pxaiZk-pfWnsn-5UXdTv-5UXcGM-5UXeAe-pxpL47-pvpfKy\" aria-label=\"15451988785 69d5824383 B\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\"  width=\"536\" height=\"387\" \/ alt=\"15451988785 69d5824383 B\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/4\/3931\/15451988785_69d5824383_b.jpg\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Baumturm of the Baumkronenpfad. (Image by Michael Panse at Flickr.com under license CC BY ND 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Much like the <em>Baumwipfelpfad<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>(canopy walkway)\u00a0with the\u00a0amazing egg-shaped\u00a0<em>Baumturm\u00a0<\/em>(tree tower) in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-6-bayerischer-wald\/\"><em>Bayerischer Wald<\/em><\/a>, which we have explored some weeks ago,\u00a0<em>Nationalpark Hainich\u00a0<\/em>also has a similar walkway. However, this one is not as long: it is only 500 m (1500 ft). Also, it is called the\u00a0<em>Baumkronenpfad<\/em>, which is the same thing, but shows some geographical linguistic preferences they have in\u00a0<em>Th\u00fcringen\u00a0<\/em>compared to\u00a0<em>Bayern<\/em>\u00a0(Bavaria).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Nationalpark Hainich\u00a0<\/em>is a small park:\u00a0<em>klein aber fein\u00a0<\/em>(small but great), and offers a great way to just escape nature for some time. Would you like to visit?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are not convinced yet, I want to leave you with the following video:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jvxPcZ7jq5Y<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"262\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/05\/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\/05\/800px-Karte_Nationalparks_Deutschland_high-262x350.png 262w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/05\/800px-Karte_Nationalparks_Deutschland_high-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/05\/800px-Karte_Nationalparks_Deutschland_high.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><p>In previous months, we have already explored a large part of the gesch\u00fctzte Sch\u00f6nheit\u00a0(protected beauty) of German nature.\u00a0We went to the windige K\u00fcsten\u00a0(windy shores) of the\u00a0Wattenmeer, the\u00a0eindrucksvolle Felsen\u00a0(impressive rocks) of the\u00a0S\u00e4chsische Schweiz, the\u00a0Jahrhunderte alten W\u00e4lder\u00a0\u00a0(centuries old forests) of the\u00a0Bayerischer Wald, the\u00a0Erzminen\u00a0(ore mines) in the\u00a0Harz,\u00a0the\u00a0Tiger\u00a0(tigers) roaming around in the\u00a0Eifel,\u00a0the\u00a0Tausend Seen\u00a0(thousand lakes) of\u00a0M\u00fcritz, the hohe Gebirge\u00a0(high mountain&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-nationalparks-part-10-hainich\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":7418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,7,8],"tags":[456980,456979,419736,419038,447919,2332,2434,456982],"class_list":["post-7296","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-holidays","category-language","tag-beech-forest","tag-buchenwald","tag-nationalpark","tag-nationalparks","tag-natur","tag-nature","tag-protection","tag-unesco-world-heritage"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7296","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=7296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9380,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7296\/revisions\/9380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}