 This 'illegality' was confirmed by the government of Upper Franconia.As a result, on 1 September 2015, the regulation was lifted.According to the legal view of the Government of Upper Franconia, the "regulation by the Bamberg Council for the protected landscape of 'the high beech woods in the Ebrach Forest' dated 16 April 2014 was illegal because the regulation was not covered by the enabling provision of § 29 BNatSchG."