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Franconia, the "regulation by the Bamberg Council for the protected landscape of 'the high beech woods in the Ebrach Forest' dated 16 April 2014 was illegal because the regulation was not covered by the enabling provision of § 29 BNatSchG." The Upper Franconian government also recorded, " the High Beech Wood is not a suitable object of protection for a protected landscape area". It is, according to the government "not an object that stands out from the landscape, as the law requires it to be. Therefore, the regulation is to be rescinded for legal reasons and also in the interests of legal clarity and legal certainly."
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Authority for the disputed protected area was withdrawn in
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because the UNESCO nomination process has finished. At a meeting in the
Bavarian Parliament with Prime Minister Horst Seehofer, the Bavarian Environment Minister Ulrike Scharf, Forestry Minister Helmut Brunner, and the three county councillors of the Schweinfurt (Florian Töpper), Haßberge (Wilhelm
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Due to the steep slopes on its western side, most of the larger rivers rising in the
Steigerwald flow in an easterly or southeasterly direction. They do not usually flow directly into the River Main in the northeast, but empty either into the Regnitz in the east or its tributary, the
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Schneider), and
Bamberg (Johann Kalb), this was not yet known. The result then was that a working group of representatives of the two ministries and the three county councils would establish the foundations for an application for World Heritage status by the end of January 2015.
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According to Töpper, a prerequisite was unity between the parties that no national park should be in the
Steigerwald. Seehofer was to ensure that, by the end of January 2014, a measure adopted by the Bamberg council for a controversial, 775-hectare forest reserve in the
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Within the various counties whose territories include the
Steigerwald, discussions have taken place about taking parts of the forest out of use and classifying them as protected areas. Since 2008, controversy has existed over whether certain areas should become a
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or not. Proponents see this contributing to conservation and increasing tourism. Opponents fear that the designated areas would no longer be used for forestry. Since 15 January 2015, the
Steigerwald clearly can no longer be a
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Handbook of the Natural Region Divisions of Germany
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731:Buchenwälder und Wiesentäler des Nordsteigerwalds
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656:Wine connoisseurs know the Steigerwald from its
40:View from the Zabelstein looking north over the
850:Sheet 153: Bamberg (Karl Albert Habbe 2004, in
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287:. Its southern boundary is formed by the river
1041:Natural regions of the South German Scarplands
870:Height based on unknown or unverified source
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753:National park and world heritage discussions
644:A tourist route, the Steigerwald High Road (
238:. Part of the region is a designated as the
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367:115.0 Southern (Anterior) Steigerwald (
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735:Vorderer Steigerwald mit Schwanberg
324:Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim
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507:Schlossberg Roman camp (396.6 m);
435:with viewing tower (475.0 m)
364:115 Steigerwald (1115.2 km)
1006:Forests and woodlands of Bavaria
818:Emil Meynen, Josef Schmithüsen:
369:Südlicher (Vorderer) Steigerwald
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700:Naturwaldreservat Brunnstube
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586:Laimbach (into the Ehebach)
381:115.0 Northern Steigerwald (
359:Fränkisches Keuper-Lias-Land
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355:Franconian Keuper-Lias Land
348:Südwestdeutsches Stufenland
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712:Steigerwald Nature Park
646:Steigerwald-Höhenstraße
344:South German Scarplands
240:Steigerwald Nature Park
212:South German Scarplands
195:is a hill region up to
1036:Schweinfurt (district)
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383:Nördlicher Steigerwald
16:Hill region in Germany
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160:49.61417°N 10.28722°E
21:Steigerwald (surname)
19:For the surname, see
1031:Kitzingen (district)
725:In addition are the
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684:Nature conservation
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485:Schloss Frankenberg
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165:49.61417; 10.28722
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674:Ippesheimer
672:Stollberg,
664:Altenberg,
652:Viticulture
511:Oberschloss
328:Schweinfurt
281:Schweinfurt
193:Steigerwald
163: /
114:Steigerwald
29:Steigerwald
995:Categories
969:2016-07-16
784:References
670:Handthaler
662:Abtswinder
463:(473,7 m);
461:Schwanberg
431:Zabelstein
416:Weigenheim
412:(498.5 m),
410:Scheinberg
293:Marktbreit
208:Franconian
151:10°17′14″E
148:49°36′51″N
76:Dimensions
58:Scheinberg
1046:Franconia
741:6029-471
666:Casteller
627:Frankfurt
619:A 73
611:A 70
605:Transport
320:Kitzingen
297:Uffenheim
246:Geography
230:, by the
220:Nuremberg
89:Geography
65:Elevation
668:Bausch,
623:A 3
615:A 7
476:Abtswind
442:Knetzgau
433:(489 m);
316:Haßberge
269:tripoint
251:Location
232:Haßberge
216:Würzburg
214:between
204:Bavarian
803:of the
598:Ehebach
308:Bamberg
285:Regnitz
277:Bamberg
202:in the
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551:Aurach
544:rivers
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530:Rivers
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267:, the
263:, and
261:Middle
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537:Aisch
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457:ruins
427:ruins
423:with
392:Hills
289:Aisch
257:Lower
127:State
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