Kellerwald-Edersee National Park

Kellerwald-Edersee National Park
View from the Ringelsberg near Asel-Süd over part of the Edersee looking east-southeast to the Kellerwald-Edersee NP and the Dicker Kopf
Map showing the location of Kellerwald-Edersee National Park
Map showing the location of Kellerwald-Edersee National Park
Location in Germany
LocationWebseite des Nationalparks
Nationalpark Kellerwald-Edersee
Laustr. 8
D–34537 Bad Wildungen
Nearest cityBad Wildungen, Frankenau, Frankenberg, Fritzlar, Korbach, Waldeck
Coordinates51°09′58″N 9°00′00″E / 51.166°N 9.0°E / 51.166; 9.0
Area57.38 km2 (22.15 sq mi)[1]
DesignationRotbuchenwälder
Established1 January 2004
National park sign near Hemfurth-Edersee

The Kellerwald-Edersee National Park (‹See Tfd›German: Nationalpark Kellerwald-Edersee), CDDA-No. 318077)[2] in the North Hessian county of Waldeck-Frankenberg is a national park, 57.38 km²[1] in area, that lies south of the Edersee lake in the northern part of the low mountain range of the Kellerwald in the German state of Hesse. Since 25 June 2011 the beech forested area of the national park has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe, because of its testimony to the ecological history of the beech family and the forest dynamics of Europe since the Last Glacial Period.[3]

The national park administration is located in the east of the park at Bad Wildungen.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NpGröße was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BFN-Karten was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 3 September 2022.