Nationalpark Jasmund - Rügen, Germany
N 54° 34.328 E 013° 39.599
33U E 413373 N 6048005
The Jasmund National Park is a nature reserve in the northeast of Rügen island in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is famous for the largest chalk cliffs of Germany, the so called Königsstuhl.
Waymark Code: WM9X1Z
Location: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Date Posted: 10/08/2010
Views: 49
These cliffs are up to 161 m high above the Baltic Sea. The undisturbed beech forests behind the cliffs are also part of the national park.
Consisting of only 30 km², this is the smallest national park of Germany. The park was founded in 1990 by the last government of the GDR prior to the German reunification.
The chalk cliffs face constant erosion. With every storm, parts of the cliffs fall down to the ground, including rocks and fossils of sponges, oysters and sea urchins.
The most majestic part of the cliffs is the 118-metre-high Königsstuhl (English: king's chair). One of the most scenic and best known of the chalk outcrops, the Wissower Klinken, collapsed into the Baltic Sea on February 24, 2005 in a landslide caused by spring-thaw weather conditions. The steep and sweeping vista was the subject of the well-known painting Chalk Cliffs on Rügen, by the 19th-century German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich.
Park Name: Nationalpark Jasmund
Historic/Cultural Park: no
Natural Park: yes
Recreation Area: no
Wildlife Refuge: yes
Park Website: [Web Link]
Type of Listing: Visitor Center
Fees in Local Currency: 6.00 (listed in local currency)
Dates of Access: From: 01/01/2010 To: 12/31/2010
Hours available: From: 10:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Hiking: yes
Camping: no
Bicycling: yes
Horseback Riding: no
Off-Roading: no
Swimming: yes
Snorkling/Scuba: no
Boating: no
Rock Climbing: no
Fishing: no
Other Park Type not listed above: Not listed
Other Type Detail: Not listed
Other Activities: Not listed
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