Landscape Feature; Designation

In the interest of ecological balance or to enhance the landscape, landscape features may also be protected by statutory regulation. The parts of nature and the landscape protected as landscape features may not, as a general rule, be destroyed or altered.

The district administrative authorities (district offices and municipalities independent of a district) are, as lower-level nature conservation authorities pursuant to Art. 51(1)(5b) of the Bavarian Nature Conservation Act (BayNatSchG), responsible for issuing regulations regarding protected landscape features (Section 29 of the Federal Nature Conservation Act (BNatSchG)) up to and including 10 hectares in size.

For protected landscape features larger than 10 hectares, the higher-level nature conservation authorities (= state governments) are responsible pursuant to Art. 51(1)(5c) of the Bavarian Nature Conservation Act (BayNatSchG).