Therefore, one of the main tasks of the National Park administration, founded in 1998, was to make the National Park known to the public and enjoyable for the visitor. It was necessary to create a minimum of tourist infrastructure in and around the National Park. However, for all the measures carried out in the National Park, the protection goal of “securing and creating an undisturbed process in which nature can continue” had to be taken into account. At the edge of the National Park, at the starting points for signposted circular walks, several car parks were installed with information facilities. In the first year of the park’s existence, four information centres were installed around Hainich in order to provide the visitor with information on the National Park (visitors to the information centres in 2004: ca. 23,000).