German-Belgian Nature Park

The German-Belgian Nature Park was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the Belgian Parc Naturel Hautes Fagnes with the German Nordeifel nature reserve. The area which comprises 2,485sq.km/959sq.miles stretches east of the Eupen-Malmédy line between the North Rhine Westfalian town of Aachen and the Luxembourg border to Euskirchen in Rheinland Pfalz in Germany. Of its total area, 722sq.km/278sq.miles are in Belgium, 1,359sq.km/524sq.miles are in North Rhine Wesphalia and 404sq.km/156 sq.miles in Rheinland Pfalz.

The visitor to the protected nature reserve should not interfere with the animals and plants in their habitat and should enjoy nature quietly. Under no circumstances should the marked paths and trails be left. Litter must not be thrown away but taken home; dogs must be kept on a lead.

The picking of wild flowers is not allowed, neither are camping, radios, walking at night nor camp fires.

Fire is a particular threat to the ecologically sensitive moorland so that in the warmer months it may not permitted to enter certain areas including signposted footpaths. These areas are marked by red warning flags.