Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park

Nature Park information board, Photo taken in 2021

50°32′48″N 7°25′46″E / 50.546599°N 7.429504°E / 50.546599; 7.429504

Location of the Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park
View from the route of the limes (Roman watchtower IX) in Rheinbrohl forest towards the Rhine valley with the Eifel in the background. Photo from June 2021
View of Roßbach an der Wied
The Wied near Niederbreitbach by its confluence with the Fockenbach

The Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park (German: Naturpark Rhein-Westerwald) is a nature park in Germany that covers an area of around 470 km2 to the east of the River Rhine and in the north of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate between Neuwied and Unkel. It extends from the Rhine over its eastern bank terraces up to the first hill ridge of the Lower Westerwald. The Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park is over 60 years old, making it one of the oldest in Germany.[1] It was founded in 1962 and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012. Its legal owner is the society of Naturpark Rhein-Westerwald.

  1. ^ "Über den Naturpark". www.naturpark-rhein-westerwald.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-04.