Heidenreichsteiner Moor Nature Park
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The Heidenreichsteiner Moor nature park is a nature park in the area of the municipality of Heidenreichstein in the northwestern Waldviertel and is located at an altitude of about 600 m above sea level. A. up to 610 m above sea level A.
The core of the biotope complex includes around 30 hectares of moorland , which is designated as a nature reserve Gemeindeau and a Natura 2000 area and is part of the large-scale FFH area Waldviertel pond, heather and moorland (AT1201A00) and the Waldviertel bird reserve (AT1201000, both of which have a joint management plan) ) are.
The Hanging Stone natural monument is located on the border of the nature park . The nature park is freely accessible all year round. Guided tours are offered from May to September.
description
The nature park , which was founded in 1989 with the name Hochmoor Gemeindeau - Heidenreichstein , has been a community nature reserve since 1981 . In 2005 it was redesigned and renamed the Heidenreichsteiner Moor Nature Park . It is an example of moors that have been carefully opened to tourism, while at the same time concepts for conservation and careful use are implemented.
The moor landscape begins in the north as a high moor and continues to the south as a transition moor . At the edge of the Winkelauerteich there is a silting bog. In addition to the Winkelauerteich, the community pond is another stagnant body of water in the nature park.
The Heidenreichsteiner Moor is a case of former peat cuttings that have regenerated naturally since they were no longer used. The regeneration has reached a stage in which the moor surface has grown out of the groundwater area to such an extent that woody plants (birch, red pines) can develop. The old drainage ditches, which are still active, play a special role. In order to preserve the open moorland as an element of the local cultural landscape, it is necessary to stabilize the water table with dams just below the moor surface and to remove the emerging woody plants. A corresponding project is being carried out on a scientific basis by a research institute at the University of Vienna.
Natural values
Flora and fauna in the nature park
Around two thirds of the moorland is covered with spruce , pine and birch trees , and around ten hectares are open moorland.
There are peat moss , cotton grass , pipe grass , blueberry , bogberry , cranberry and sundew .
Flora and fauna in moor landscapes were vividly depicted in a film that was created over many years in the Heidenreichsteiner Moor Nature Park and described in detail in an accompanying text.
Natural monument
The recognized natural monument Hängender Stein is located on the northern edge of the designated nature reserve at an altitude of 608 m above sea level. A. This rocking stone is one of the typical examples of granite weathering that can be found several times in the Waldviertel. People often visited these places as places of worship.
Built sights
The 2.8 kilometer long moor path and the 3.2 kilometer pond path have been signposted. Information about ten thousand years of vegetation history is available on display boards. It is possible to get directly over the open moorland on a whipping footbridge. In addition, an observation tower, a tree horoscope and a moor treading facility were set up.
Moor and peat museum
In addition to the nature park, the municipality of Heidenreichstein has set up a moor and peat museum that is unique in Europe and has already received national and international prizes, including a European Museum Prize in Helsinki in 1991.
An attempt is made to illustrate the formation of the moors in Central Europe. Flora and fauna in these areas are presented, as well as the economic use and medical importance of peat. Other sections include nature conservation, fairy tales and legends about moorland and the replica of a moor corpse including a description of the accidents that can lead to fatalities in the moor.
Awards
The nature park was named Austrian Nature Park of the Year by the Association of Austrian Nature Parks (VNÖ) in 2005 because it managed to manage the balancing act between protecting the sensitive moorland and opening it up to visitors.
In 2007, the Nature Park Association received the Hans Coppel sponsorship award for special achievements in nature and environmental protection in Lower Austria in connection with the various events that take place in the nature park throughout the year.
Educational film
- Wolfram Adlassnig, Thomas Lendl, Marianne Peroutka, Irene K. Lichtscheidl: Ecosystem Moor , educational film by the Institute Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure Research Unit, Department of Cell Physiology and Scientific Film, University of Vienna
literature
- Our moor u. The peat museum is under construction . In: Kulturbrief und Stadtnachrichten from Heidenreichstein, 23rd year, No. 2, Heidenreichstein, February 1988, p. 1, 2 fig .;
- Unique moor museum: opening on September 22nd. In: Gmünder Zeitung (NÖN), Volume 120, No. 38, St. Pölten, Sept. 21, 1989, p. 10; Heidenreichstein Moor and Peat Museum. Heidenreichstein - Kleinpertholz 36. Writing: Wolfgang Müllebner. MI u. Ed .: City of Heidenreichstein. Heidenreichstein 1989;
- Official opening of the nature park. In: Das Waldviertel, 40th (51st) year, H. 4/1991, Horn, Krems 1991, p. 365
- Gratzl Ernst: International recognition for the Moor and Peat Museum: "European Museum Prize"! In: Gmünder Zeitung (Neue NÖN), Vol. 122, No. 39, St. Pölten, Sept. 26, 1991, p. 3;
- Heidenreichstein. "Moor corpse" buried. In: Das Waldviertel, 40th (51st) year, H. 3/1991, Horn, Krems 1991, p. 270 f .;
- Wittig Alfred: The Moor and Peat Museum Heidenreichstein. A museum show of a very special kind, unique in all of Central Europe . In: Our community Amaliendorf-Aalfang, vol. 11, no. 1/1992, Amaliendorf-Aalfang, 1992, pp. 11-13, 2 figs .;
- Heidenreichstein. The Moor Museum is also a gallery. In: Das Waldviertel, 42nd (53rd) vol., H. 4/1993, Horn, Krems 1993, p. 389
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.umweltbundesamt.at/fileadmin/site/publikationen/M038A.pdf
- ↑ Wetland Management Oberes Waldviertel, Accompanying Research to the EU-Life Project: Landscape- Ecological Significance, Usage History and Revitalization Concepts of Protected Moors in the District of Gmünd University of Vienna IECB Project Descriptions ( Memento from January 1, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) queried on February 21, 2010
- ↑ Ecosystem Moor accompanying text ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PDF accessed on February 21, 2010
- ↑ Ecosystem Moor ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. queried on February 21, 2010
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 5 ″ N , 15 ° 8 ′ 40 ″ E