Weerribben-Wieden National Park

Weerribben-Wieden National Park
Nationaal Park Weerribben-Wieden
LocationOverijssel, Netherlands
Coordinates52°44′N 6°02′E / 52.73°N 6.03°E / 52.73; 6.03
Area105 km2 (40.5 sq mi)
Established1992
OperatorNatuurmonumenten and Staatsbosbeheer
Official nameWieden
Designated29 August 2000
Reference no.1241[1]

Weerribben-Wieden National Park (Dutch: Nationaal Park Weerribben-Wieden) is a Dutch national park in the Steenwijkerland and Zwartewaterland municipalities in the Overijssel province. Comprising the largest bog of Northwestern Europe, the park consists of two areas, De Weerribben and De Wieden; it has an area of roughly 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi). The park was founded in 1992, although De Wieden was added later, in 2009.

  1. ^ "Wieden". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.