Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve, Biosphere reserve in Brandenburg, Germany
The 129,000-hectare reserve contains beech forests, pine forests, clear-water lakes, moors, and hills with steppe vegetation between Upper Havel and Lower Oder rivers.
The reserve received UNESCO recognition in September 1990 as part of East Germany's National Park Program, becoming one of 748 global biosphere reserves.
The 13th-century Chorin Monastery, built in brick Gothic style, represents the region's cultural legacy within the biosphere reserve's protected landscape.
The reserve divides into four protection zones, with Zone I prohibiting economic activities, while Zones II through IV allow sustainable agricultural and economic development.
The Grumsin beech forest section earned UNESCO World Natural Heritage status in 2011 as part of the Ancient Beech Forests of Europe collection.
Location: Gramzow
Location: Oberuckersee
Location: Gerswalde
Location: Mittenwalde
Location: Templin
Location: Milmersdorf
Location: Temmen-Ringenwalde
Location: Angermünde
Location: Friedrichswalde
Location: Mark Landin
Location: Joachimsthal
Location: Althüttendorf
Location: Ziethen
Location: Chorin
Location: Parsteinsee
Location: Oderberg
Location: Bad Freienwalde
Location: Liepe
Location: Niederfinow
Location: Falkenberg
Location: Hohenfinow
Location: Britz
Location: Eberswalde
Location: Schorfheide
Location: Marienwerder
Location: Wandlitz
Location: Liebenwalde
Location: Zehdenick
Inception: 1990
GPS coordinates: 52.88993,13.95641
Latest update: May 15, 2025 00:11
Niederfinow Boat Lift
4.7 km
Chorin Abbey
4.9 km
Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow Nord
4.5 km
Plagefenn
166 m
Kleiner Rummelsberg
3.1 km
Village church Brodowin
2.5 km
Niederoderbruch
4.6 km
Village church Serwest
5.4 km
Village church Liepe
3.2 km
Pimpinellenberg
5.2 km
Niederoderbruch
5.4 km
Natural monument checker tree
3.9 km
War memorial Brodowin
2.4 km
Naturdenkmal geologischer Aufschluss am Krugberg, ehemalige Kiesgrube in Brodowin
1.1 km
Natural monument small-leaved linden
4.1 km
Brodowin-Oderberg
3.1 km
Natural monument small-leaved linden
4 km
Kloster Chorin Mariensee
4.1 km
Klosterkirche Chorin
4.9 km
Naturdenkmal Schlitzblättrige Gemeine Hainbuche
4.9 km
Natural monument erratic block of gneiss
3.8 km
Naturdenkmal Insel im Amtssee im Amtssee in Chorin
4.8 km
Plagefenn
1.7 km
Pimpinellenberg
5.2 km
Natural monument European wild pear
4 km
Natural monument European wild pear
4 km
Buecherbaum Brodowin
2.2 km
Natural monument common oak
4 kmReviews
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