Schwäbische Alb (Swabian Alb) Biosphere Reserve. eco.mont (Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research)|eco.mont Vol. 5 No. 1 5 1|

On 22 March 2008, the Schwäbische Alb Biosphere Reserve (BR) was founded anddesignated by UNESCO in May 2009. It was the 15th BR in Germany and the first ofits kind in the Land of Baden-Württemberg.After a brief preparatory process of just three years, there are now 29 towns andmunicipalities, three administrative districts, two government regions, as well asthe federal republic of Germany (Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben) as ownerof the former army training ground in Münsingen involved in the BR, which covers850 km2 and has a population of ca. 150 000