Waldaist-Naarn
Waldaist-Naarn is the name of a 4158 hectare European protected area in the districts of Freistadt and Perg in the Mühlviertel in Upper Austria in the valleys of the Aist and Naarn .
Catchment area
The FFH area nominated by the Upper Austrian provincial government by resolutions of May 6 and July 1, 2002 includes precisely designated, non-contiguous areas in the communities of Allerheiligen im Mühlkreis , Bad Zell , Gutau , Kaltenberg , Liebenau , Pierbach , Pregarten , Rechberg , Sandl , Tragwein , Schönau im Mühlkreis , St. Leonhard near Freistadt , Unterweißbach , Weitersfelden and Windhaag near Perg .
The nature reserve belongs entirely to the Upper Austrian spatial unit Aist-Naarn-Kuppenland and is located in the valleys of the Schwarzen Aist and Waldaist between Liebenau and Pregarten and the Kleine Naarn and Naarn between Unterweißbach and Perg offer the freshwater pearl mussel a valuable habitat.
The protected areas in the Mühlviertel Nature Park are in the area of the communities of Allerheiligen, Bad Zell and Rechberg .
description
In the sections with deeply cut rock gorges, natural forest types have been preserved, offering the eagle owl and black stork undisturbed retreats. The silicate rocks shape the landscape everywhere. Widening stretches of the watercourses with small-scale cultural landscapes and meadow valleys are important for the Heller Wiesenknopf blue ant , Dunker Wiesenknopf blue ant and the green wedge damsel .
Habitats and species
The Natura 2000 area has a number of worth protecting habitats such as species-rich montane Nardus grasslands on siliceous soils, Luzulo - beech forests , ravine and slope mixed forests, alluvial forests with alder and ash , rivers of flat and hilly country with underwater vegetation, silicate rocks with crevices vegetation and Fettenhennen -Pioniervegetation .
The habitats listed offer for otters , freshwater pearl mussel, newt , brightness and darkness Large Blues and Green Clubtail.
Hiking trails
Several hiking trails have been signposted, some of which lead through the nature reserve, including the supraregional hiking and pilgrimage route Johannesweg and numerous local hiking trails.
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ N , 14 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ E