# All 16 national parks in Germany

From the Bavarian Forest, Germany's first national park in 1970, through the Wadden Sea and the chalk cliffs of Jasmund to the Black Forest and Hunsrück-Hochwald: all 16 national parks in Germany by founding year, with size and state. Only Berlin and Bremen have none.

- 79 votes · 16 items
- Oct 3, 2021 · clara.berlin
- https://even.best/en/l/5455/all-16-national-parks-in-germany

## Top 16

1. **Bayerischer Wald National Park** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — Founded in 1970, 24,850 ha, Bavaria. Germany's first national park.
2. **Berchtesgaden National Park** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Founded in 1978, 20,804 ha, Bavaria.
3. **Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Founded in 1985, 441,500 ha, Schleswig-Holstein. The largest German national park; part of the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site.
4. **Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Founded in 1990, 78,600 ha, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
5. **Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer National Park** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Founded in 1986, 345,000 ha, Lower Saxony.
6. **Unteres Odertal National Park** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Founded in 1995, 10,323 ha, Brandenburg.
7. **Jasmund National Park** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — Founded in 1990, 3,070 ha, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Chalk cliffs on Rügen; Germany's smallest national park.
8. **Müritz National Park** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Founded in 1990, 32,200 ha, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
9. **Hainich National Park** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Founded in 1997, 7,513 ha, Thuringia.
10. **Kellerwald-Edersee National Park** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Founded in 2004, 7,688 ha, Hesse.
11. **Eifel National Park** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Founded in 2004, 10,770 ha, North Rhine-Westphalia.
12. **Schwarzwald National Park** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Founded in 2014, 11,267 ha, Baden-Württemberg.
13. **Sächsische Schweiz National Park** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Founded in 1990, 9,350 ha, Saxony.
14. **Hamburgisches Wattenmeer National Park** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Founded in 1990, 13,750 ha, Hamburg.
15. **Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Founded in 2015, 10,230 ha, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Germany's newest national park.
16. **Harz National Park** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Founded in 2006, 24,732 ha, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. Formed in 2006 by merging the Harz and Hochharz national parks.

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