 Therefore, the park is (as of 5/2011) not a member of the Association of Nature Parks of Austria (VNÖ).The Nagelfluhkette Nature Park covers 24,700 hectares in the district of Oberallgäu and 16,300 hectares in the adjacent Bregenzerwald, making a total of about 410 square kilometers.Six Oberallgäu communities and eight Vorarlberg communities joined forces for this project