Palatinate Forest
The Palatinate Forest (German: Pfälzerwald [ˈpfɛltsɐvalt] ⓘ), sometimes also called the Palatine Forest, is a low-mountain region in southwestern Germany, located in the Palatinate in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The forest is a designated nature park (German: Naturpark Pfälzerwald) covering 1,771 km2 and its highest elevation is the Kalmit (672.6 m).
| Palatinate Forest Pfälzerwald (German) Pälzerwald (Palatine German) | |
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The Palatinate Forest in southwest Germany and northeast France (delineated in red) | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Palatinate, Germany |
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| Established | 1998 |
| Website | www |
Together with the northern part of the adjacent Vosges Mountains in France it forms the UNESCO-designated Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve.
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