List of natural monuments in the Imst district

The list of natural monuments in the Imst district lists all of the objects designated as natural monuments in the Imst district in the state of Tyrol . The 13 natural monuments include, in particular, individual trees, but also an oak forest, a stone pine forest, a lake and an old Roman road. The natural monuments still listed were first placed under protection in 1928, the last in 2007. A large number of natural monuments can be found in the district capital Imst , where six of the 13 natural monuments are located.

Natural monuments

photo		Surname	ID	Location	description	surface	date
		Two spruces near the Melkalpe in the Lower Town "Forest King and Forest Queen"	ND_2_18	Imst , Untermarkter Alm 103 KG:  Imst location	The two spruces are located about 200 m north of the Untermarkter Alm, at the Malchbach drag lift, on the edge of the forest west of the lift route between the 2nd and 3rd support.		1944
		Old Roman road on the federal highway west of Imst in the direction of Mils	ND_2_7	Imst KG:  Imst GrStNr: 4157/415 location	Although the old route of the Roman road (part of the Via Claudia Augusta ) is a cultural and historical monument, it is protected as a natural monument. The remnants of the road that still exist are overgrown with birches and trees. A well-preserved section of the road about fifty meters long was exposed.		1963
		Linden tree near the “Maria Schnee” church in Imst-Gunglgrün	ND_2_13	Imst , Gunglgrün 70, opposite KG:  Imst GrStNr: 2978 location	The summer linden tree is on the right side of the steps leading to the church.		1930
		Imperial tree or bluebell tree	ND_2_8	Imst , Eduard-Wallnöfer-Platz 4, at KG:  Imst GrStNr: 24 location	The bluebell tree ( Paulownia tomentosa ) is in the front yard of the old housekeeping school next to the Luise Wallnöfer house in Imst. The deciduous tree, around ten meters high, has a broad and high-arched, but fairly light crown, which is formed by three strong branches.		1963
		Wellington fir (sequoia) at the "Hotel Sonne"	ND_2_15	Imst , Johannesplatz 10, opposite KG:  Imst GrStNr: 258 location	The sequoia tree ( Sequoiadendron giganteum ) is around 25 m high and has a circumference of around 4 m at the base of the trunk.		1944
		Oak on the oak path	ND_2_17	Imst KG:  Imst location	The pedunculate oak stands next to the Malchbach on Eichenweg between new buildings. It has an approximately 25 m high crown.		1944
		Sweet chestnut northwest of Karrösten	ND_2_11	Karrösten KG:  Karrösten GrStNr: 519 location	The sweet chestnut is located near hiking trail no.5 between Karrösten and Imst. It has a comparatively low height of around ten meters.		1964
		Elm in Untermieming	ND_2_4	Mieming KG:  Mieming GrStNr: 10934 location	The field elm stands opposite the parish church and the Widum of Untermieming . A small park with a fountain and its own benches was created around the tree.		1931
		Kaiserjubiläumslinde near Nassereither See	ND_2_19	Nassereith , Schulgasse 63 KG:  Nassereith GrStNr: 348 location	The linden tree was planted in 1908 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I together with two wild chestnuts and two acacias near the Nassereither See .		2007
		Piburgersee near Piburg above Oetz	ND_2_2	Oetz , Piburger See 1 KG:  Ötz GrStNr: 470/1; 470/7 location	The Piburger See is located at 913 m above sea level and is the heart of the Achstürz-Piburger See nature reserve. The lake covers 13.4 hectares and is a maximum of 24.6 meters deep. On the northern edge of the lake there is a silting bog with occurrences of fever clover ( Menyanthes trifoliata ) and rosemary heather ( Andromeda polifolia ), and water lilies grow in the bay.		1928
		Stone pine forest in Obergurgl	ND_2_9	Sölden location	The Obergurgl stone pine forest covers around 20 hectares and is located on a hilltop between the Gurgler Ache and the Rotmoostal south of Obergurgl. The tree population was thinned or rejuvenated by a fire in the 19th century and extends up to 2180  m above sea level. In addition to stone pines of various ages, there are also dwarf shrubs such as the rust-brown alpine rose ( Rhododendron ferrugineum ) and a small moor in a hollow.		1963
		Stams oak forest	ND_2_12	Stams KG:  Stams location	The oak forest, a mixed deciduous forest with abundant occurrence of linden and elm trees, was placed under protection as early as 1929 and is one of the oldest still existing natural monuments in Tyrol. He was placed under protection by a new decision in 2006. The Stams oak forest is the last remnant of the formerly extensive mixed deciduous forests in the Innauen and their side valleys. The forest belonging to the Cistercian monastery of Stams owes its survival to its protective forest function.		1929
		Stone pine tree in Tieflehn	ND_2_10	St. Leonhard im Pitztal , Tieflehn 58, opposite KG:  Pitztal GrStNr: 5640 location	The protected stone pine is located in the Tieflehn district of the municipality of St. Leohnhard in Pitztal.		1963

Former natural monuments

photo		Surname	ID	Location	description	surface	date
		Stone pine near the Hämerwaldalpe	NDW_2_14	Silz KG:  Silz location	The protection of the stone pine was revoked by decision of September 17, 2002.

Web links

Commons : Natural monuments in the Imst district  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Natural monuments Tyrol - punctiform and flat at data.gv.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Imst waterworks. Austrian Association for Gas and Water, accessed on July 29, 2015 . 
2. ^ Heinrich Prochaska: Festschrift about the memorial trees planted in 1908 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the reign of Sr. Majesty Emperor Franz Josef I in Tyrol and Vorarlberg. Notices from the Forest Association for Tyrol and Vorarlberg, issue 18, Innsbruck 1910, p. 76 ( PDF; 4.3 MB )

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