GERMANY

GERMANY / DEUTSCHLAND.

Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park.
Stamp issued on 03.06.2004.
Face value: 55 Euro cents.
Design: Barbara Dimanski.
Printed by Giesecke & Devrient.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 28,500,000 copies.
Size: 35 x 35 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 3331.
- Michel No. 2407.
- Scott No. 2286.
- StampWorld No. 2269.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3277.
- Unificato No. 2239.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2232.

The Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park (German: Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer) is in the Schleswig-Holstein area of the German Wadden Sea. It was founded by the Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein on October 1, 1985 and expanded significantly in 1999. In the North Frisian area, it includes the mudflats around the geest based and marsh islands and the Halligen. With an area of 4,410 km² it covers an area from the North Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein by the Danish border in the north to the Elbe estuary in the south. The land element consists mainly of salt marshes. Since 1990, the national park, including the North Frisian Halligen, has been designated as a UNESCO recognised biosphere. Together with other German and Dutch Wadden Sea areas it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 26 June 2009 because of its relatively undisturbed intertidal ecosystem and its unique biodiversity.