List of natural monuments in the Lienz district

The list of natural monuments in the Lienz district lists all objects designated as natural monuments in the Lienz district (East Tyrol) in the state of Tyrol . The 44 natural monuments include a large number of summer and winter linden trees as well as numerous larches and maples . There are also groups of trees, a park, stretches of water, ponds and a high moor among the natural monuments. The first protection took place in 1931, the last in 2014.

Natural monuments

photo		Surname	ID	Location	description	surface	date
		Village linden on the square in front of the music pavilion	ND_7_21	Abfaltersbach KG:  Abfaltersbach GrStNr: 883 location	The protected winter lime tree characterizes the townscape of Abfaltersbach and stands in front of the music pavilion. A park bench was built around the trunk.		1965
		Linden tree by the church in Abfaltern	ND_7_25	Abfaltersbach KG:  Abfaltersbach GrStNr: 811 location	The summer linden tree stands next to the parish church of St. Andrew in Abfalter. It was placed under protection together with the winter lime tree in Geselhaus, about a kilometer away .		1969
		Linden tree in Geselhaus	ND_7_25	Abfaltersbach KG:  Abfaltersbach GrStNr: 199 location	The winter lime tree is located next to a fountain near an underpass of the Pustertalbahn in the Geselhaus district. It is a Zwiesel with two equal stems with recognizable lightning damage to the trunk and an additional, overgrown trunk tear. The winter lime tree was placed under protection together with the summer lime tree in Abfaltersbach.		1969
		Grove of trees near the so-called beer cellar	ND_7_17	Ainet KG:  Ainet location	The group of trees is located in an underground rock cellar at the foot of the Isel valley under a large rock fall on the northern edge of the village. The group of trees consists of several sycamore trees, spruces, and summer and winter linden trees. The group of trees originally consisted of more trees than today, but several trees had to be felled after a rock fall in 1966. The linden trees in particular reach a height of up to 30 meters.		1962
		Old lake	ND_7_31	Amlach KG:  Amlach GrStNr: 497/2; 489/2; 491 location	The Alte See is located west of the Tristacher See at 830  m above sea level. A. and is around 140 m long and 50 m wide. Sedge pads form several small islands. On the west side is an extensive silting moor with swinging lawn . On the bank areas there is rich vegetation with more than 70 types of flowering plants and two rare horsetail species , the adjacent forest is home to a diverse woody flora, which is due to the different rocks in the subsoil.		1977
		Winter linden tree on the village square	ND_7_53	Amlach KG:  Amlach GrStNr: 389 location	The beautifully grown winter linden tree , over 25 m high, dominates the village square of Amlach. Due to cutting measures, the crown has lost some of its original expansion. The tree is rich in mistletoe . The linden tree is a symbol of Amlach and can be found in stylized form in the municipal coat of arms.		1964
		"Klammbrückl" gorge route of the Galitzenbach	ND_7_47	Amlach KG:  Amlach location	The natural monument is located in the nature reserve Kerschbaumeralmtal and Galitzenbachgraben and comprises an 80 m long and 33 m deep gorge stretch of the Galitzenbach below and above the Klammbrücke. Rock outcrops are exposed on the steep rock flanks that extend into the Triassic . The surrounding area is covered with a moist canyon forest flora.		1995
		Linden tree on the square in front of the former care building	ND_7_19	Anras , Anras 45 KG:  Costs GrStNr: 2 location	The summer linden tree stands on a small lawn between the cemetery of the parish church and the former Bressanone nursing court . The linden tree has a conspicuous, widely branched aboveground root plate, a short thick trunk and a wide spreading crown that shadows the whole place.		1964
		Ash on the Pustertal High Road	ND_7_44	Assling KG: Location  costs	The landscape-defining ash stands on the edge of the terrain opposite the cost chapel at 1,437  m above sea level. A. The trunk has been damaged several times by vehicles coming off the road, resulting in rot. Nevertheless, the ash tree has retained its sweeping crown, which is now being secured .		1992
		Ash in junk village	ND_7_46	Assling KG:  Schrottendorf location	The tall ash tree with a double trunk stands in front of the Bacher Erbhof (1625) in Schrottendorf. The very old tree was shortened and secured with two crown straps.		1995
		Maple in front of the chapel in Thal-Aue	ND_7_11	Assling KG:  Thal location	The sycamore next to the Josefskapelle has a mighty rhizome and a trunk with a circumference of almost 4 m. The 20 m high crown is heavily branched, wide and overgrown with moss due to its shady location.		1962
		Two winter linden trees in KG Stribach	ND_7_51	Dölsach KG:  Stribach GrStNr: 45/18 location	The two winter linden trees to the left and right of the St. Oswald wayside shrine in Stribach are around 21 m high. Both trees have dense branches, including numerous so-called tows, weak branches that hang down strongly.		2001
		Oak in Untergaimberg	ND_7_10	Gaimberg KG:  Untergaimberg GrStNr: 279 location	The mighty English oak stands at the foot of the slope east of Lienz. The trunk has a circumference of more than 6 m, it divides at a height of around 2 m into two trunks that are fused with strong branches. The crown is over 25 m high and just as wide.		1962
		Sinker lake	ND_7_52	Innervillgraten KG:  Innervillgraten GrStNr: 1635 location	The Sinkersee is a spring lake only a few square meters in size and fed by hillside springs. It is surrounded by a damp bog forest in which various mosses ( peat moss , star moss ), blackberries , cranberries and prickly juniper grow. To protect against grazing cattle, the natural monument was enclosed with traditional wooden fences.		2004
		Stone pine tree in limestone	ND_7_1	Innervillgraten KG:  Innervillgraten GrStNr: 2197 location	The protected stone pine is the last of originally five that stood in limestone around the widum of the Maria Schnee pilgrimage church. The tree has a very large height of around 25 m for its species and a trunk circumference of over 3 m. At a height of around 6 m, arched strong branches branch off from the straight trunk.		1931
		Zwischenberger Lacke wetland	ND_7_43	Iselsberg-Stronach KG:  Stronach GrStNr: 485/1 location	The silting bog is 1470  m above sea level. A. northeast of the Zwischenberger saddle near the border with Carinthia and includes the shallow ditch that descends from the top of the pass through a hollow to the east. The moor consists of a silted-up lake surrounded by gray alder and spruce trees . The remaining open water area of ​​around 600 m² is almost completely overgrown with the pond horsetail . The moor offers a habitat for various amphibians, such as the mountain newt or the common frog .		1992
		Linden tree at Wallnighof	ND_7_56	Iselsberg-Stronach KG:  Iselsberg GrStNr: 390/3 location	The landscape- defining summer linden tree stands next to the Wallnighof on the Gemeindestraße at an altitude of 1243  m above sea level. A. It has a height of around 29 m and a maximum circumference of 3.6 m.		2014
		Schleier waterfall, Staniskabach	ND_7_24	Kals am Großglockner KG:  Kals location	The Schleier waterfall is formed by the Staniskabach and is located on the left side of the Kalsertal valley south of the hamlet Haslach on Kalser Straße . The steep drop of the Staniskabach is surrounded by dense forest, whereby the name of the Schleier waterfall comes from the atomizing water masses that flow from the Schobergruppe over the Staniskabach, especially in spring.		1967
		Juniper groups and tree juniper grove in Forcha	ND_7_34	Lavant KG:  Lavant GrStNr: 594 location	A species-rich dry forest has formed on the debris cone of the Frauenbach . This includes a relatively large population of tree juniper , a different growth form of the common juniper , which here is up to 4 m high. Humidity-loving plants also grow on the adjacent water, the floodplain.		1986
		Linden tree in front of the Angerburg	ND_7_9	Lienz KG:  Lienz GrStNr: 187/1 location	The multi-stemmed winter linden tree shadows the entire area in front of the Angerburg. It was renovated in the 1980s with arboriculture .		1962
		Linden tree in front of the Klösterle	ND_7_8	Lienz KG:  Lienz GrStNr: 1832 location	The 20 m high winter linden tree with a symmetrical crown stands together with a fountain and a freedom fighter memorial in front of the Dominican convent.		1962
		Red pine on the Taleracker	ND_7_15	Lienz KG:  Lienz GrStNr: 1840 location	The red pine on the southern bank of the Drau just before the confluence of the Isel is more than 20 m high and has a trunk almost 1 m thick. This is slightly sloping and only has branches in the upper half, some of which are several decimetres in diameter and form the umbrella-shaped crown typical of old pines. Their age was estimated to be 280 years.		1962
		Ash on Nussdorferweg in Lienz	ND_7_36	Lienz KG:  Lienz GrStNr: 1475 location	The old ash tree has a trunk circumference of almost 5 m. Although the trunk is now completely hollow on the inside, the tree continues to be supplied via the intact ducts in the outermost trunk area.		1990
		Maples in front of the parish church of St. Andrä	ND_7_6	Lienz KG:  Patriasdorf GrStNr: 1886 location	From the original five large maples in the green area in front of the cemetery wall of the parish church of St. Andrä , three trees, two sycamore maples and one silver maple , have been preserved. All three trees have a similar appearance with very strong, widely spread branches.		1962
		Linden tree at the parish church of St. Andrä	ND_7_42	Lienz KG:  Patriasdorf GrStNr: 1728 location	The mighty, 30 m high winter linden tree is visible from afar at the eastern entrance to the cemetery and the parish church of St. Andrä .		1992
		Linden tree in front of Michaelskirche	ND_7_7	Lienz KG:  Patriasdorf GrStNr: 1729 location	The winter linden tree at Michaelskirche is over 20 m high and has a crown diameter of around 20 m.		1962
		Park near Bruck Castle	ND_7_5	Lienz KG:  Patriasdorf GrStNr: 460 location	The park of Schloss Bruck is home to numerous stately old trees, including a 27 m high pedunculate oak with a trunk circumference of 4.35 m, a 34 m high silver fir , a red beech , linden and a sycamore maple . A summer linden tree more than 400 years old with a trunk circumference of almost 6 m had to be felled in June 2014.		1935
		Sycamore maple on the "Wasserrain", near the Felbertauernstrasse	ND_7_49	Lienz KG:  Patriasdorf GrStNr: 377/1 location	The approximately 200-year-old sycamore on the "Poetensteig" next to the Isel is around 25 m high and has a trunk circumference of 3.5 m at the base.		1996
		Three larches on the Schlossberg Weißenstein	ND_7_33	Matrei in Osttirol KG:  Matrei in Osttirol Land location	The three larches are located on the north side of the mountain on which Weißenstein Castle is located. In a mixed forest of spruce, beech, maple and larch, the three larches on the northern steep slope of the Schlossberg were designated as a natural monument. The trees are each between 30 and 40 meters high, the lowest larch has a short, several meters thick main trunk that branches into three other high trunks.		1986
		Larch "Bergerweg"	ND_7_50	Matrei in Osttirol KG:  Matrei in Osttirol Land location	The larch on the so-called Bergerweg is around 1350 meters above sea level on the way from Berg to the Raneburger Alm. The tree has a trunk circumference of almost 9 meters and a height of almost 40 meters, and is estimated to be 400 years old. At a height of around 10 meters, the larch branches out to form a twister and a mighty strong branch that grows away from the trunk in the shape of a saber.		2001
		Larch stock in the Zedlacher Paradies	ND_7_28	Matrei in Osttirol KG:  Matrei in Osttirol Land location	The Zedlacher Paradies is located above the village of Zedlach . The Zedlacher Forest extends at an altitude between 1300 and 1700 meters and was created as a larch willow. This only larch pasture in East Tyrol owes its existence to the fact that the Zedlacher Alm could only be digged late in the year due to its altitude and the cattle had been grazing in the larch forest until then. This resulted in single larches or in small groups, while the rest of the pastureland was kept free from vegetation. The larches in Zedlacher Paradies have a circumference of up to four meters and a special lichen flora.		1973
		Nörsacher pond	ND_7_40	Nikolsdorf KG:  Nörsach GrStNr: 594 location	The small wetland is located at the Kärntner Tor directly on the state border. It consists of a pond, a silted area overgrown with bulrushes and a small alluvial forest to the east. The wetland is surrounded by dense trees and bushes of gray alder , willow , elder and balsam .		1991
		Linden tree at the Helenenkirche in Oberdrum	ND_7_4	Oberlienz KG:  Oberdrum location	The winter lime tree is located on a knoll above Oberlienz at 1279  m above sea level on a square in front of the Helenenkirche. While the main trunk of the linden tree is completely hollow, the tree has two stems from a height of around five meters. It is believed that the hollow trunk was caused by the breaking out of a stem, which is why the crown is one-sided.		1933
		Linden tree next to the community center	ND_7_41	Oberlienz KG:  Oberdrum location	The linden tree was planted in 1912 on the occasion of the opening of the old schoolhouse. Today it is located next to the newly built community center of Oberlienz and was included in the design of a green area. The Linde includes a Zwiesel the branches into four Stämmlinge with spreading branches. A linden tree that was also planted at this time by the cemetery was not included in the natural monument.		1991
		Sycamore maple	ND_7_45	Obertilliach KG:  Obertilliach GrStNr: 20 location	The mighty sycamore maple on the edge of a guest garden has symmetrically arranged trunks and broad branches. The tree has a height of over 20 m, a trunk circumference of 3.6 m and an estimated age of more than 100 years.		1994
		Moors at the Essen-Rostocker-Hütte	ND_7_30	Prägraten am Großvenediger KG:  Prägraten location	The moor complex is located around 2200 meters above the tree line next to the Essen-Rostocker-Hütte . These are sour-mesotrophic swamp bogs, which formed directly above the mineral subsoil after the glaciers had receded due to the increased water supply.		1975
		Waterfalls in the Umbal Valley	ND_7_37	Prägraten am Großvenediger KG:  Prägraten location	The Umbal Falls were created by the Isel in the Umbal Valley and plunge into the valley in several steps from a height of around 1700 meters. The upper Isel cataracts are located above a bridge over the Isel, with a water viewing path leading up to this point, which was built in 1976 and recreated in 1985 after the floods. A mountain ravine forest has developed along the Umbal Falls, which includes spruce and larch as well as moisture-loving deciduous trees such as willows, mountain ash and bird cherry. Native are here dipper and gray wagtail . Due to its properties as a glacier stream, the water level of the Isel fluctuates greatly, which is why the highest water level in summer is reached in the late afternoons.		1991
		Linden in Unterleibnig	ND_7_14	St. Johann im Walde , near St. Johann im Walde 7 KG:  St. Johann im Walde location	The protected winter lime tree is located in the Unterleibnig district between a farmhouse and the listed chapel of the Seven Sorrows of Mary on Felbertauernstrasse . Part of the tree's crown has broken away.		1962
		Two linden trees at the parish church in Sillian	ND_7_12	Sillian KG:  Sillian GrStNr: 1; 18 location	The natural monument consists of two large, widely visible winter linden trees , one of which is north and one south of the parish church of Sillian . Two other linden trees, which originally belonged to the natural monument, have already had to be felled.		1962
		"Brunner" spruce	ND_7_55	Strassen KG:  Strassen GrStNr: 1325 location	The group of trees is located in an underground rock cellar at the foot of the Isel valley under a large rock fall on the northern edge of the village. The group of trees consists of several sycamore trees, spruces, and summer and winter linden trees. The group of trees originally consisted of more trees than today, but several trees had to be felled after a rock fall in 1966. The linden trees in particular reach a height of up to 30 meters.		2008
		Linden tree in the community park	ND_7_38	Tristach KG:  Tristach GrStNr: 589 location	The winter linden tree is located in the community park next to the Peststöckl . The squat tree has a short trunk and a richly branched, almost spherical crown, the lower branches of which hang almost to the ground.		1991
		Sycamore maple below Widum	ND_7_54	Virgen KG:  Virgen location	The protected sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus) is located below the Virger Widum in a parking lot near a wayside shrine for the saints Vigil, Florian and Notburga at around 1180  m above sea level. The tree has a short, relatively thick trunk and a closed crown. The limited vitality of the tree is probably due to the later sealing and compaction of the soil (parking lot).		2006
		Linden tree on the village square in Virgen	ND_7_29	Virgen KG:  Virgen location	The mighty winter linden (Tilia cordata) is located in the center of Virgen next to the cemetery gate at an altitude of around 1200 meters. Despite cutting measures on the side branches, the linden tree still has an intact central shoot, which is rare in comparable locations.		1974
		Larch twin in Mitteldorf	ND_7_27	Virgen KG:  Virgen location	The ancient larch is located on the southern side of the Virgental a few meters below the footpath from Mitteldorf to Matrei in East Tyrol at the branching off of a forest path to the Farrach meadows.		1973

Former natural monuments

photo		Surname	ID	Location	description	surface	date
		Linden tree on the village square	ND_7_3	Amlach KG:  Amlach coordinates are missing! Help.	The free-standing winter linden tree has a crown over 30 meters high and is located in a park in the center of the village of Amlach. The designation as a natural monument was revoked.		1962
		Linden tree on the village square	NDW_7_18	Amlach KG:  Amlach location	The linden tree was destroyed by a lightning strike or fire, which is why the designation as a natural monument was revoked. The approximately four-meter-high remains of the trunk were provided with a roof.		06/16/1964
		Defregger larch	NDW_7_39	Iselsberg-Stronach KG:  Iselsberg GrStNr: 528/3 location	The ancient larch stands on the old Glocknerstrasse at an altitude of 1200  m above sea level. A. With a height of more than 35 m, it towers far beyond the pine forest next to it. The lowest branches were cut off around 1955 to secure the road and the base of the trunk was reinforced. In 2012 the protection was revoked. The larch was named after Franz von Defregger , who was born in Stronach and who liked to paint under it.		1991
		Larch in the cemetery wall in Hollbruck	NDW_7_20	Kartitsch , at Hollbruck 10 KG:  Hollbruck GrStNr: 1549 location	This tree had to be felled in 2013 because its trunk had started to rot from the inside out and there was an acute danger that it could fall over.		1964
		Linden tree in Alt-Debant	NDW_7_48	Nußdorf-Debant KG:  Obernussdorf location	The two-stemmed winter linden tree on the outskirts of Debant has a height of around 25 m and a crown diameter of 15 m. Like many older linden trees, it is covered with mistletoe . The second linden tree, which originally belonged to the natural monument, has already been felled. The declaration of a natural monument was revoked in 2017.		1996
		Village linden	NDW_7_13	Schlaiten KG:  Schlaiten location	The summer linden tree is located on a small square on the village street of Schlaiten. The approximately 15 meter high linden tree is richly branched, whereby the spreading branches have been cut several times. The declaration of a natural monument was revoked in 2012.		1962

Web links

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

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Amlach in the Tirol Atlas of the University of Innsbruck
2. ↑ Linde am Schlossteich: A natural monument is history in Dolomiten.at from June 17, 2014, accessed on June 18, 2014

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