Highlights

Since its nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007 and the first extension in 2011 with the corresponding nomination of the five German forest areas, the World Heritage Site has celebrated numerous milestones. Owing to the successful multinational cooperation of the participating countries in recent years, the World Heritage Beech Forests have evolved into a brand, which unites Europe's many ancient beech forest areas as one. A unity that reflects the UNESCO vision of international understanding and cooperation perfectly and that may be extended to include important (primeval) beech forests in other European countries in the future.