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Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve
The
Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve
, often shortened to
Schorfheide
, is a
biosphere reserve
in the
German State
of
Brandenburg
near the
Polish
border. The reserve was established on 1 October 1990 following the
German Reunification
and is under the protection of the
UNESCO
Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme
. It stretches over the
German districts
of
Barnim
,
Uckermark
,
Märkisch-Oderland
and
Oberhavel
and incorporates an area of 1291 square kilometers. Notable towns are
Eberswalde
,
Joachimsthal
and
Friedrichswalde
. The core area of the reserve is formed by the Schorfheide forest, one of the largest cohesive woodlands of Germany.
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