Eifel National Park | |
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Nationalpark Eifel | |
Location | North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
Nearest city | Mechernich, Düren, Aachen |
Coordinates | 50°37′00″N 6°26′00″E / 50.6166667°N 6.4333333°E |
Area | 10,700 ha (26,400 acres) |
Established | 1 January 2004 |
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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.