Separate borders - nature connects!
The Green Belt Germany is a 1,400 km long biotope network that stretches along the former inner-German border.

Caution ⚠️ Stay on the paths, there may still be mines.

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Nordhesse

April 24, 2023

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The Green Belt is 1400 km long, but every step on it makes you aware of this sad and frightening past, the inner-German division.
Nature lets these horrors be forgotten and shows itself from its most beautiful side on this path.

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Daniela - danik145

July 19, 2023

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Germany was divided for almost 40 years. The inner-German border was closely guarded with high walls, barbed wire and watchtowers. This allowed nature to live: the border strip became a habitat for more than 1,200 rare and endangered plant and animal species. The BUND has created one of the largest and most important nature conservation projects here since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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1. View from Muhlenberg (P12), Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land – Green Belt loop from Wanfried

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2. Wendehausen Agent Lock – Green Belt loop from Werraaue Treffurt

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3. Blue Lagoon – Kimm's Ruh Viewpoint loop from Treffurt

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Elevation 340 m

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Location: Südeichsfeld, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany

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Green Belt Germany

1. View from Muhlenberg (P12), Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land – Green Belt loop from Wanfried

2. Wendehausen Agent Lock – Green Belt loop from Werraaue Treffurt

3. Blue Lagoon – Kimm's Ruh Viewpoint loop from Treffurt

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