List of natural monuments in the Schwaz district

The list of natural monuments in the district of Schwaz lists all objects designated as natural monuments in the district of Schwaz (state of Tyrol ).

Natural monuments

photo		Surname	ID	Location	description	surface	date
		Maple trees near Alpe Eng on the Großer Ahornboden	ND_9_2	Vomp location	The maple trees, which are designated as a natural monument, are located in the Großer Ahornboden nature reserve . The sycamore trees are 300 to 600 years old, with 2409 sycamore maples being counted in 1966. On the old maple trunks there is a rich growth of mosses and lichens.		1972
		Yew trees by the Ganalm in Vomper Loch	ND_9_23	Terfen's location	The twelve old yew trees are in a pasture below the Ganalm building at around 1190  m above sea level. A.		1942
		Linden tree in the village square next to the church	ND_9_17	Terfen's location	The summer linden tree with a height of around 25 meters is located next to the Terfens parish church. The mayor at the time planted them in 1874.		1938
		Linden tree near St. Georgenberg	ND_9_16	Stan's location	The linden tree in the courtyard of the Sankt Georgenberg monastery was planted by Emperor Franz Joseph shortly before his coronation in 1848.		1938
		Pear Tree Alley at Mitterhart Castle	ND_9_39	Schwaz location			2010
		Grove of trees on the "Minkus hill"	ND_9_37	Schwaz location	The group of trees is located on a knoll on the southern outskirts of Schwaz. It is made up of larch, birch, chestnut trees and a spruce.		1979
		Group of linden trees in the courtyard in front of the Franciscan Church	ND_9_12	Schwaz location	The group of trees consists of three winter linden trees and four summer linden trees , which are located on the square in front of the Franciscan church. Of the seven trees, five very old linden trees reach a height of 25 to 35 meters. The linden trees were first mentioned in the monastery chronicle in 1761, but they were already shown in a drawing in 1710.		1934
		Maple near St. Martin	ND_9_13	Schwaz location	The Norway maple tree is located 200 meters north of St. Martin's Church in the middle of a traffic island. There is a field cross in front of the natural monument.		1934
		Oak tree	ND_9_27	Buch in Tirol location	The protected pedunculate oak grows above the Tufter Hof in the hamlet of Tuft west of Buch in Tyrol.		1954
		Beech grove	ND_9_15	Buch in Tirol location	The beech group consists of four large beeches. They are located above the main road west of Rotholz and reach a height of 25 to 30 meters.		1937
		Notburga spruce at the Rottenburg ruins	ND_9_38	Buch in Tirol location	With a height of around 53 meters, the Notburga spruce is probably the highest spruce in Tyrol. It is located in a ditch at the last bend of the forest path to the Rottenburg ruins and has a trunk circumference of 4.7 meters or a trunk diameter of 1.5 meters at the base of the trunk. Their age is estimated to be almost 200 years.		1979
		Ash	ND_9_28	At the Achensee location	The ash in the Lärchenwiese district has a trunk diameter of one meter.		1972
		Maple trees next to the church in Pertisau	ND_9_8	At the Achensee location	The five large sycamores are located next to the parish church "Zur Krönung Mariae". The southern sycamore maple has a crown height of around 23 meters and a trunk diameter of around one meter. Next to it is a smaller maple with a double trunk. There are also four protected sycamore trees on the road between the parish church and the Pfandlerkapelle. Originally nine trees were protected here, but four had to be felled by a decision from 1977.		1929
		Larch next to the cemetery in Pertisau	ND_9_32	At the Achensee location	The approximately 25 meter high larch is located north of the Pertisau cemetery. The trunk has a circumference of 3.6 meters and a diameter of 1.2 meters at the base.		1973
		Two Virginian juniper trees	ND_9_25	Bruck am Ziller location	The two juniper trees ( Juniperus virginiana ) reach a height of over ten meters and are located next to the music pavilion on the southern edge of Bruck am Ziller.		1942
		Sweet chestnut tree	ND_9_9	Hart im Zillertal KG:  Hart location	The chestnut tree is in a ditch in a clearing above the castle on the slope of Holdernach.		1929
		Ash	ND_9_31	Uderns location	The old ash tree at the beginning of the cycle path along the Ziller to Fügen has a trunk with a diameter of around 1.2 meters and a height of 15 meters.		1968
		Linden tree	ND_9_26	Mute location	The 25-meter-high winter linden tree is in the parking lot between the Lindenwirt inn and Stumm Castle.		1943
		Grove of beech trees	ND_9_7	Finkenberg location	The group of beech trees stands on the hiking trail along the edge of the forest to the west above Finkenberg-Persal.		1928
		Linden tree group	ND_9_19	Schwendau location	The three linden trees stand around an altar stone in the open field.		1938
		Poplar and black locust	ND_9_21	Zell am Ziller location	The poplar tree and the locust tree next to it are on the roundabout opposite the sports facilities and the swimming pool in Zell. The trembling poplar reaches a height of 25 meters and forms an ensemble with the robinia, with a cross between the two trees. Originally a juniper tree also belonged to the group of trees, but this had to be felled.		1941
		Linden trees	ND_9_33	Ramsau im Zillertal location	The row of lime trees is located on the edge of the Ramsau forest path. It consists of a summer linden tree and several winter linden trees .		1974
		Linden group	ND_9_34	Mayrhofen location	The group of trees is located on a knoll north of Mayrhofen on the slope near Schweinberg and consists of yews and spruces in addition to linden trees. The Turk's Union lily also grows in the undergrowth of the wood.		1974
		Surroundings Screw Fall Cave	xND_9_0	Tux location	The screw case cave is a 105 m long through cave southwest of Hintertux . It is traversed by the Tuxbach , which falls over a waterfall after exiting. The cave was probably only formed by the stream after the end of the Würm glacial period around 10,000 years ago and is therefore geologically very young. Note: no ID in the source		1964

Former natural monuments

photo		Surname	ID	Location	description	surface	date
		Linden tree	NDW_9_18	Aschau im Zillertal coordinates are missing! Help.	The winter linden tree is around 20 meters high and has multiple branches. It is on the main street next to the parish church of Aschau . Protection was lifted in 2014.		05/24/1938
		Linden tree	NDW_9_36	Finkenberg location	The summer lime tree next to the Sacred Heart Chapel was around 110 years old in 1975. The 22 meter high linden tree has a trunk circumference of 3.4 meters. Protection was lifted in 2014.		October 16, 1975
		Linden tree	NDW_9_22	Vomp location	The summer lime tree was around 30 meters high and stood immediately to the west of the parish church of Vomp. Protection was lifted in 2009.		1942

Web links

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

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annemarie Baumann-Lener: Terfens. Then and now . Ed .: Municipality of Terfens. 2002, p. 78 .
2. ↑ Oliver Ruggenthaler: The linden trees in front of the Schwaz monastery church. In: Heimatblätter - Schwazer Kulturzeitschrift , No. 52 (2003), pp. 8–9 ( PDF; 2.9 MB )
3. ^ Hubert Trimmel: The Tuxbach gorge near Hintertux (Tyrol) and the age of the screw case cave. In: Die Höhle , Volume 18 (1967), pp. 54–61 ( PDF (2.6 MB) on ZOBODAT )
4. ↑ ^{a b} “Announcement on the revocation of a declaration on a natural monument” in Bote für Tirol, Official Gazette of the authorities, offices and courts of Tyrol from November 5, 2014

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