Niedersachsen's National Parks

Niedersachsen has some real natural treasures – the two most important areas, the Harz mountains and the Wadden Sea, are protected national parks. Seals, shrimps, crabs and shellfish in the Wadden Sea national park, the lynx, fox, black woodpecker, wren, wild boar and red deer in the Harz national park. more

Harz National Park

The Harz national park protects and develops a biodiverse mountainous landscape of woodland, moors, rivers and streams. The area was given special conservation status in 1994, because of its particularly valuable habitats, home to rare plants and animals. "Let nature be nature“ is the motto of this mountain wilderness, which is rich in legend. more

Niedersachsen Wadden Sea National Park

If you climbed up onto an embankment somewhere on the North Sea coast to take a look at the sea, you could be in for a disappointment - there's not a drop of water to be seen! Instead a broad, barren flatness stretches away before you. But don't panic, the North Sea will be back - in the Wadden Sea, the water ebbs and flows twice a day, in a six hour cycle.more