Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer - Use-free Area

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Key Information

DESIGNATION
National Park Protection Zone
LOCATED IN
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
AREA
122 km2 MARINE AREA
126 km2 TOTAL AREA i
MANAGED BY
Bundesamt für Naturschutz
LEVEL OF FISHING PROTECTION (LFP)
Marine life removal is prohibited (or entry is prohibited)
DATA SOURCE(S)

Boundary: State Agency for Coastal Protection, National Parks and Marine Conservation Schleswig-Holstein (Unmodified)

DATA VERSION

2.0

LAST REVIEWED

August 2025

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Purpose

To reserve this area for the undisturbed development of nature.

Regulations Summary

Restrictions

A. Any use of resources is prohibited. B. It is further prohibited to:
1. run aground with watercraft in the General Protection Areas or in the Special Protection Areas, unless a permit zone has been designated, or
2. navigate in Special Protection Areas outside the fairways, during the respective protection periods for seals, birds, or seagrass meadows, except for the designated protected area waterways and protected area routes.
C. It is prohibited to navigate with a motor-powered watercraft faster than 8 knots over ground in the Special Protection Areas outside the fairways located there and subject to the permissibility of navigation outside the Protection times.

Allowed

Only the fairway may be navigated.

Governing Regulations