Hohe Wand Nature Park

47.83416.048Koordinaten: 47 ° 50 ' 2.4 " N, 16 ° 2' 52.8 " E

The area of ​​the high wall is a pledged as marine nature park, rock formation with environment on the Hohe Wand and is located in the Gutensteiner Alps in Lower Austria.

Description

The area represents the eastern edge of the Alps at the transition to the Pannonian region and the Vienna Basin represents the subsoil consists of limestone. The Nature Reserve is freely accessible for certain facilities and for access by car, a fee will be charged.

The nature park is located at the municipal territory of the municipalities Wollersdorf - Steinabrückl, Bad Fischau -Brunn, Hohe Wand and Höflein at the Hohe Wand. It is also available as part of the European Protected Areas Northeastern edge of the Alps and the nature reserve Hohe Wand - drought wall under protection.

Natural Attractions

The Hohe Wand is a wooded mountain plateau in the transition region of the Alpine mountain - influenced rock to Pannonian steppe flora and fauna. The up to 230 meters high rocky cliffs drop to the southeast exposed to the so-called New World back from. In the limestone there are several small and large caves, such as the Kohlröserlhöhle ( Czerny cave ) at rocky path or the Unicorn Cave, a show cave in Dreistetten.

Built sights

At the plateau has been around for a long time tourist infrastructure, already in the 1930s was a public road up to the plateau carved into the rock. Also, a now disused chairlift opened up the area. On the plateau there are the following facilities:

  • A near-natural playground with adjacent petting zoo and a so-called game and fun mountain with wild animal park, lookout tower and walk marmot on human scales,
  • A alpine and Heritage Museum,
  • A nature park parlor,
  • Labeled a dense network of hiking trails, secure scrambling and free climbing terrain as well as launch sites for hang gliders and paragliders,
  • On the wall upper edge an observation deck, called the " Skywalk " (see illustration) and a so-called " rock path " when Kohlröserlhaus,
  • Forest tours, adventure tours, llama trekking.
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