Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve in Brandenburg
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The Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve, often shortened to Schorfheide, is a
biosphere reserve in the
German State of
Brandenburg near the
Polish border. The reserve was established on 1 October 1990 following the
German Reunification and is under the protection of the
UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme . It stretches over the
German districts of
Barnim ,
Uckermark ,
Märkisch-Oderland and
Oberhavel and incorporates an area of 1,291 square kilometres (498 sq mi). Notable towns are
Eberswalde ,
Joachimsthal and
Friedrichswalde . The core area of the reserve is formed by the Schorfheide forest, one of the largest cohesive woodlands in Germany.
From the Early Middle Ages until the period of the Thirty Years’ War , the area fell under the responsibility of the cloister of Chorin which led to a cultivation of suitable spaces. Forest clearances took place for the sake of producing weapons for the Prussian army, but the woods were usually afforested. Large parts of the woodland were left untouched as hunting areas for the nobility, which marked the creation of today’s wilderness. During the Third Reich , Hermann Göring chose the spot for his country residence Carinhall World War II , the forests were again used as an exclusive hunting and leisure area for the East German leaders. The title of a Biosphere Reserve was awarded in 1990 following an initiative of then East German head of state Lothar de Maizière .
Grumsiner Forst near Luisenfelde © Andreas Wendt/cc-by-sa-3.0
The Schorfheide was formed during the
last ice age . Today it is a
cultural landscape composed of extensive woodlands (most of which are dominated by either
oaks or
pines ), a wide range of bodies of standing water like lakes (most notably
Werbellinsee ,
Grimnitzsee and
Parsteiner See ), ponds and renaturated
bogs , as well as
heathlands . Some parts of the Schorfheide are left as a
wilderness . The reserve is crossed by the river
Ragöse .
The Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve is home of many forest-living animals like
red deer and
wild boars . Of special interest and goal of protection are those animals whose habitats are endangered elsewhere in Germany like
beavers ,
otters ,
pond tortoises and
fire-bellied toads . Due to its water bodies, the area serves as an important breeding and resting ground for birds like
white-tailed eagles and
cranes .
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