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14-627: The lake is located in the Bavarian Forest National Park (Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald), which is Germany's first national park and part of the largest single forest area in Central Europe. Latschensee is a popular destination for hikers and outdoor enthusiasts, featuring a boardwalk that leads to a scenic overview. The lake, also referred to as a bog pond , is surrounded by spruce and other trees, grasses, moss and dwarf shrubs. This Bavaria location article

28-727: Is a municipality in the district of Regen in Bavaria in Germany in the immediate neighbourhood of the larger town Zwiesel . Lindberg lies in the Danube Forest ( Donau-Wald ) region in the middle of the Bavarian Forest on the Glasstraße at the foot of the 1,315-metre-high Falkenstein only four kilometres from Zwiesel and 14 km northeast of the county town of Regen , 30 km northwest of Grafenau and 14 km from

42-655: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bavarian Forest National Park The Bavarian Forest National Park ( German : Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald ) is a national park in the Eastern Bavarian Forest immediately on Germany 's border with the Czech Republic . It was founded on 7 October 1970 as the first national park in Germany . Since its expansion on 1 August 1997 it has covered an area of 24,250 hectares . Together with

56-511: Is allowed, extends far into the interior of the park (see below for more details). The park is home to many rare mammals such as the Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx ), wildcat ( Felis silvestris ), beaver ( Castor fiber ), Eurasian otter ( Lutra lutra ), western barbastelle ( Barbastella barbastellus ), Bechstein's bat ( Myotis bechsteini ) and the greater mouse-eared bat ( Myotis myotis ). Also present are red deer , of which two-thirds of

70-446: Is located in the eastern part of Bavaria in the counties of Regen and Freyung-Grafenau along the border with the Czech Republic and covers an area of 24,250 hectares of forest covering the low mountain range of the Bavarian Forest . It borders on the municipalities of (from north to south): Bayerisch Eisenstein , Zwiesel , Lindberg , Frauenau , Spiegelau , Sankt Oswald-Riedlhütte , Neuschönau , Hohenau and Mauth . Parts of

84-495: Is still heavily influenced by the former forestry industry. Since nature is now left to take its course again, there is no human intervention when there are catastrophic events such as large scale bark beetle infestation. This resulted in the death of a portion of the high elevation forests in the 1990s and triggered controversial discussions amongst the residents of the National Park, which highlighted differing attitudes to

98-768: The Lusen (1,373 m) in the southeast. According to the classification of the major natural regions of Germany it is part of the Rear Bavarian Forest ( Hinterer Bayerischer Wald ) in the Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest . On the other side of the border in the Czech Republic, the Bavarian Forest National Park is bounded by the Šumava National Park which is 68,064 hectares in area. The national park

112-481: The National Park are located on the territory of the respective communities and parts also lie in unparished areas . There are many enclaves in the national park, especially around the edges: In addition, there are several other enclaves that comprise just one or a few small plots. These numerous enclaves, especially in the Altgebiet make the border very long there, and the buffer zone, where bark beetle control

126-568: The lynx population in the region, but between 1995 and 2008, the population decreased significantly. This was possibly due to the illegal killing of the animals on both the Czech and Bavarian sides. Brown bears are not found in the wild in the park. In 2016, a pair of wolves was discovered in the park. Many rarely seen species of birds are found in the national park. These include capercaillie , hazel grouse , peregrine falcon , European honey-buzzard , black stork and Eurasian pygmy owl . In

140-531: The national park over 1800 beetle species have currently been identified, including 14 ancient woodland specialist species. Very rare insect species such as Tragosoma depsarium , a longhorn beetle which can only be found in forests rich in dead wood . Rare and endangered plant species which are found in the national park include the Hungarian gentian , Swertia perennis and the mosses Buxbaumia viridis and Dicranum viride . Lindberg Lindberg

154-582: The neighbouring Czech Bohemian Forest the Bavarian Forest forms the largest contiguous area of forest in Central Europe . Especially protected are the Norway spruce –dominated highland forests, mixed mountain forests of European silver fir , European beech and spruce trees and water meadow spruce woods in the valleys. Although a few remnants of ancient forest remain, the National Park area

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168-506: The population overwinter in an enclosure, in order to prevent excessive grazing to the land. Even moose have been recorded in the park, from a population in the Lipno Reservoir , Czech Republic. Lynx were eradicated from the National Park in around 1850, but in the 1970s five to ten were released into the park, along with another 17 released in the Šumava national park a decade later. This resulted in an initially strong increase in

182-623: The so-called Schachten , which spread even further on the Czech side of the border in the Bohemian Forest . With over 700,000 visitors per year, the National Park is an important economic factor in the economically underdeveloped region of the Bavarian Forest. The National Park runs along the main ridge of the Bavarian Forest from the Großer Falkenstein (1,305 m) in the northwest past the Großer Rachel (1,453 m) to

196-680: The wilderness. As the result of a compromise, bark beetle is now fought in the buffer area. The highest peaks in the National Park are the Großer Falkenstein (1,305 m (4,281 ft)), the Lusen (1,373 m (4,505 ft)) and the Großer Rachel (1,453 m (4,767 ft)). In addition to the forests, there are also ecologically valuable raised bogs with bog lakes such as the Latschensee and former high meadows,

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