Monday, June 28, 2021

GERMANY ~ Bavarian Forest National Park ~

... Finally, a long overdue blog post😊... plenty of lovely views of the country's first National Park... thickly wooded paradise for lovers of fresh air... most of the Bavarian Forest NP or known in Germany as "Bayerischer Wald" is mountain spruce... criss-crossed by hundreds of kilometres of marked hiking, cycling and cross-country skiing trails... with great Europa stamp and nice first day Beetle postmark👍... this year the theme is "Endangered National Wildlife"... unfortunately as mostly in Belgium the Europe stamps are issued as a souvenir-sheet of two stamps and costs 11,10 Euro (2x Europe 3rd class value) ... a bit to expensive to buy.... and there was once again no Bpost event to get them with the special first day postmark😔... Big Thanks Dustin for this new wonderful NP for my collection!(✿ ♥‿♥)  

It was founded in 1970 and since its expansion in 1997 it has covered an area of 24,250 hectares.Together with the neighbouring Czech Bohemian Forest the Bavarian Forest forms the largest contiguous area of forest in Central Europe.

The forest is comprised of spruce trees, European silver fir, European beech, Norway spruce, mixed mountain forest, highland forests, and water meadow spruce woods. 

The Bavarian Forest NP features three key peaks of which GroBer Rachel is the highest with a summit of 1,453 m. The other two peaks include Lusen at 1,373 m and GroBer Falkenstein at 1,305 m. 

Wildlife of the park includes popular animals like the lynx, the bear, and the wolf which make up the primary predators of the forest. Other mammalian species include deer, European bison, beaver, otters and countless bird species.otters.



 

EUROPA Stamp - Endangered National Wildlife

(Issued 06-05-2021)

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