 According to Töpper, a prerequisite was unity between the parties that no national park should be in the Steigerwald.Seehofer was to ensure that, by the end of January 2014, a measure adopted by the Bamberg council for a controversial, 775-hectare forest reserve in the Ebrach Forest was withdrawn.Authority for the disputed protected area was withdrawn in September 2015 because it was determined to be illegal.