Black Forest National Park

Black Forest National Park
Nationalpark Schwarzwald
IUCN category II (national park)
The Huzenbacher See, one of several tarns in the national park
Location of the Black Forest National Park in the northwestern Black Forest
Location	Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Nearest city	Baden-Baden, Freudenstadt
Coordinates	48°33′40″N 8°13′17″E / 48.56111°N 8.22139°E / 48.56111; 8.22139
Area	10,062 ha (24,860 acres)
Established	1 January 2014 (2014-01-01)
www.schwarzwald-nationalpark.de
class=notpageimage| Black Forest National Park in the southwest of the map

The Black Forest National Park (German: Nationalpark Schwarzwald) is a national park in the state of Baden-Württemberg in the southwest of Germany.

It has an area of 10,062 hectares (100.62 km²; 38.85 sq mi) and is located on the main crest of the Northern Black Forest, mainly between the Black Forest High Road (Schwarzwaldhochstraße) and the valley of the Murg. It comprises two separate areas, roughly 3.5 kilometres apart, around Ruhestein (7,615 ha) and Hoher Ochsenkopf/Plättig (2,447 ha) and is part of the Central/North Black Forest Nature Park (Naturpark Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord). The park was officially opened on 3 May 2014^[1]