Nationalpark
Berchtesgaden National Park – Short Description
Location: In the southeast of Bavaria near the Austrian border
Founded: August 1st, 1978
Surface: 210 km²
Type of landscape: High mountains; difference in elevation of 2110 m (Königssee 603 m ASL, Watzmann 2713 m ASL)
Aims: Protection of nature in its entirety, research, environmental education, recreation.
Staff: about 70
IUCN-Category: II
Proportion of core area to the total surface: 66,6 %
Proportion of permanent care zones to the total surface: 23,5 %
Proportion of temporary care zones to the total surface: 9,9 %.
Special feature: The Park represents the core area and the development or transition zone of the Berchtesgaden Biosphere Reserve