Eifel National Park

Eifel National Park
Nationalpark Eifel
View from Kermeter of the Urft Reservoir
Map showing the location of Eifel National Park
Map showing the location of Eifel National Park
Germany
LocationNorth Rhine-Westphalia,  Germany
Nearest cityMechernich, Düren, Aachen
Coordinates50°37′00″N 6°26′00″E / 50.6166667°N 6.4333333°E / 50.6166667; 6.4333333
Area10,700 ha (26,400 acres)
Established1 January 2004
www.nationalpark-eifel.de

The Eifel National Park (German: Nationalpark Eifel) is the 14th national park in Germany and the first in North Rhine-Westphalia. The park was founded in 2004, and is classified as a "national park in development".[1]

Eifel National Park is part of the much larger High Fens – Eifel Nature Park, a cross-border protection between Germany and Belgium established in 1960.

  1. ^ "Start page | Eifel National Park". www.nationalpark-eifel.de. Retrieved 2021-08-16.