• Spring lesser celandine
    13
    Mar
    Also called figwort
    The first sunny days are now warming the forest floor. The spring lesser celandine opens its yellow flowers in the protection of the national park.
  • Wood anemone
    14
    Mar
    A sea of flowers
    The wood anemone is a harbinger of spring, covering large areas of the national park with its flowers.
  • Coltsfoot
    15
    Mar
    First the flower, then the leaf
    The coltsfoot is now one of the first early bloomers to appear on the chalk slopes in the national park.
  • Migratory birds
    16
    Mar
    There you are again
    The first migratory birds are now returning to the national park.
  • Warming rays of sunshine make the forest sprout.
    17
    Mar
    Warm blanket
    The warming rays of the sun heat up the surface of the forest floor. The leaves and flowers of shallow-rooted herbs and grasses sprout.
  • Opening ceremony of the KÖNIGSSTUHL National Park Center
    18
    Mar
    Happy Birthday
    The KÖNIGSSTUHL National Park Center opens in 2004. After 6 years of renovation and extension work, the modern information center opens its doors.
  • Demolition at the Wissower Klinken.
    19
    Mar
    Impressive
    In 2003, a chalk eruption occurs at the "Wissower Klinken". This breathtaking natural spectacle is part of the natural dynamics of the chalk coast.
  • The high position of the sun heats up the shallow beach water again.
    20
    Mar
    Here we go again
    In calm weather, the high position of the sun heats up the chalk cliffs and the shallow beach water.
  • The golden buttercup opens its yellow flowers.
    21
    Mar
    How golden
    The first sunny days are now warming the forest floor. The golden buttercup opens its yellow flowers in the protection of the national park.
  • Wild garlic
    22
    Mar
    Beguiling
    The humid valleys of the national park are now filled with the aromatic scent of garlic. The wild garlic is beginning to sprout.
  • A blackbird
    23
    Mar
    Singing artist
    The blackbird is now reaching the peak of its singing season. Its song can also be heard in the primeval forest of the national park.
  • Migrating cranes
    24
    Mar
    Brass players
    Trumpet songs ring out: The cranes leave their winter quarters and make a short stopover in the national park.
  • Mouflon
    25
    Mar
    From hunter to hunter
    In 1980, around 25 mouflons, a Corsican mountain sheep, were released into the wild in what is now the national park.
  • Carpet of anemones in the national park
    26
    Mar
    The early blossom catches the light
    Spring arrives in the national park. Anemone flowers appear everywhere, transforming the forest floor into a white carpet.
  • Stork building a nest
    27
    Mar
    Off to the nest
    Many birds are now starting to build their nests.
  • A jumping frog
    28
    Mar
    Water spawning
    The tree frog lives in the water-rich deciduous forests of the national park. It is now starting to spawn.
  • An adder
    29
    Mar
    Woke up
    The seven-month hibernation period of the adder is now coming to an end. Thousands of these small venomous snakes still live in the protection of the national park.
  • Common toad migrates to spawning waters
    30
    Mar
    Piggy-back
    Now the common toads are looking for their spawning waters. Males and females meet during the migration. The males are carried piggy-back.
  • [Translate to English:] Zart rosa – Hohler Lerchensporn in Blüte
    31
    Mar
    Soft pink
    The first sunny days are now warming the forest floor. Under the protection of the national park, the hollow corydalis opens its delicate pink flowers.
  • 1
    Apr
    Natural spectacle
    In 1981, part of the shore at the "Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Sicht" breaks off. This breathtaking natural spectacle is part of the natural dynamics of the chalk coast.
  • 2
    Apr
    Great interest
    In 1992, guided tours were offered for the first time by the rangers of the National Park Authority.