The principle aim of the National Park, covering an area of 210km², is to allow nature to follow its own course. For this reason all human intervention is avoided in the core zone in order to allow an unhindered development of nature. Here, for example, we can observe forests age, break down and renew themselves of their own accord. In the Park’s buffer zone, sustainable land use such as cow grazing, the passenger boat service and the fishery at Lake Königssee is permitted. Carefully planned reforestation with the planting of beech and fir trees alongside the predominant spruce woods, promotes a more natural mixed forest.
Lofty, wild and majestic, »King« Watzmann (2713 m) reigns over the Berchtesgadener Land as he surveys his kingdom: Berchtesgaden National Park. High mountains, deep valleys and crystal-clear Alpine streams define this protected area bordering Austria. »Allow nature to remain in its natural state« is the motto of Germany’s one and only Alpine National Park. Declared a protected area in 1978, the Park has set itself numerous tasks:
Nationalparkzentrum Haus der Berge
Hanielstraße 7
83471 Berchtesgaden