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Europe Coordination Office Pathways to Cultural Landscapes

The Spessart is a large, mountainous region still dominated by woodland. Together with the Odenwald and the Rhön it forms the northern border of Southern-Germany. The human impact has changed this landscape several times, from a forested area to a mainly agriculturally used area back to a forested area.
The main aim of the Spessart Project is to understand the development of the landscape through history and the mechanism of interaction between man and his environment. The project shall also help to change the attitude of the local people toward their own landscape, to ”give it back” its history. The results are directed toward spatial planning and landscape management, where they shall advise and help foster the dialogue with developers and planning institutions.