World culture on wild shores

One protected area - five countries

With a total area of around 282,000 hectares, the UNESCO Elbe River Landscape Biosphere Reserve spans several federal states and is the largest inland biosphere reserve in Germany. The federal states of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt are part of this large protected area along the Elbe - the second largest river in Germany.

An overview mapTobias Keienburg
The UNESCO Elbe River Landscape Biosphere Reserve stretches over 400 km along the Elbe and combines typical river and floodplain landscapes with centuries-old cultural landscapes - unique in Germany across five federal states.
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