List of natural monuments in the Wels-Land district

The list of natural monuments in the district of Wels-Land lists the objects designated as natural monuments in the district of Wels-Land in the state of Upper Austria . Of the ten natural monuments, nine of the protected objects are trees or groups of trees, one natural monument concerns a protected stretch of water. The trees and groups of trees designated as natural monuments include various species, two natural monuments including winter linden ( Tilia cordata ) and two summer linden ( Tilia platyphyllos ) or horse chestnut ( Aesculus hippocastanum ) or pedunculate oak ( Quercus robur ). Spatially, the natural monuments are spread across the municipality of Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting , where three of the twelve natural monuments are located. There are also two natural monuments in Lambach .

Natural monuments

photo		Surname	ID	Location	description	surface	date
		Friedhofslinden	nd057	Aichkirchen KG:  Aichkirchen GrStNr: 582/1; 582/2 location	The six winter linden trees ( Tilia cordata ) are to the north and east of the local cemetery in Aichkirchen outside the cemetery walls.		02/17/1969
		Kastanienallee	nd058	Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting KG:  Wimsbach GrStNr: 66/1; 77/1; 434 location	The double-sided, around 800 m long avenue made of common horse chestnuts ( Aesculus hippocastanum ) between the cemetery of Wimsbach and the Ehrenfeld chapel was supposedly planted in 1893.		02/17/1969
		Tuff springs on the left bank of the Laudach	nd577	Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting KG:  Kösslwang GrStNr: 438; 463 location	The tuff springs on the left bank of the Laudach are north of the Blankenberg stop. There are several sources, some of which have cascaded tuff formations over a length of 200 m.		11/18/1999
		Oak in Oberperwend	nd530	Buchkirchen KG:  Oberperwend GrStNr: 1608 location	The pedunculate oak ( Quercus robur ) is in Oberhocherenz at km 6 on Buchkirchner Strasse . At the time it was placed under protection, the tree had a trunk circumference of 3.35 m (at a height of one meter), a crown diameter of 16 m and a height of around 36 m and was estimated to be around 100 years old.		04/12/1994
		2 pollarded willows in Trensing	nd551	Eberstalzell , Eberstalzell 100 KG:  Eberstalzell GrStNr: 3096 location	The two Sal willows ( Salix caprea ) are located near the Eberstalzell 100 building. At the time they were placed under protection, the willows had a trunk circumference of 6.5 to 6.9 m, a common crown diameter of 25 m and a height of around 12 m.		10/14/1996
		Chestnut tree in Gunskirchen	nd400	Gunskirchen KG:  Straß GrStNr: 715/1 location	The horse chestnut ( Aesculus hippocastanum ) is around 100 m southwest of the house at Sängerstrasse 6. At the time it was placed under protection, the tree had a trunk circumference of 2.65 m, a crown diameter of 15 m and a height of 19 m.		January 15, 1990
		100-year-old linden tree	nd505	Lambach , Haferlstraße 9 KG:  Lambach GrStNr: 332/22 location	The summer lime tree ( Tilla platyphyllos ) is located in the garden of the house at Haferlstrasse 9. At the time it was placed under protection, it had a trunk circumference of 3.1 m (at a height of one meter), a crown diameter of 15 m and a height of around 30 m .		04/02/1993
		Oak on the anniversary square	nd525	Lambach KG:  Lambach GrStNr: 808/10 location	The pedunculate oak ( Quercus robur ) is on the Jubilee Square behind the post office or across from the Lambach monastery. At the time it was placed under protection, the tree had a trunk circumference of 3.05 m (at a height of one meter), a crown diameter of 21 m and a height of around 27 m and was estimated to be 150 years old.		12/13/1993
		Pear tree in Marchtrenk	nd596	Marchtrenk KG:  Marchtrenk GrStNr: 1134 location	The wild pear tree ( Pyrus pyraster ) is on the property at Aufeldstrasse 1 in Marchtrenk.		01/30/2003
		Cemetery linden tree	nd243	Pichl bei Wels KG:  Pichl bei Wels GrStNr: 157 location	The summer lime tree ( Tilia platyphyllos ) stands southwest of the parish church at the cemetery of Pichl near Wels. At the time it was placed under protection, the tree had a trunk circumference of 2.5 m, a crown diameter of around 10 m and a height of around 25 m.		02/09/1984

Former natural monuments

photo		Surname	ID	Location	description	surface	date
		Oak	gnd011	Lambach coordinates are missing! Help.	The oak stood in front of the Sand 309 house.
		Upholstered linden tree	gnd055	Sipbachzell KG:  Scharrendorf GrStNr: 1587/2 location	The upholstered linden tree , an approximately 18 m high winter linden tree ( Tilia cordata ), stood at the intersection of Sitzberger and Rutzenberger Gemeindestraße. It was already in very bad condition in 2014, was deleted from the list of natural monuments and felled.		06/17/1986
		Linden tree at the Ehrenfeld chapel	gnd059	Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting coordinates are missing! Help.	The winter lime tree ( Tilia cordata ) stood at the Ehrenfeld chapel at the end of Kastanienallee (nd058) before it suddenly rotted and overturned due to unexplained circumstances. It had a trunk circumference of 5 m and an estimated age of 300 years.
		Friedhofslinden in Wimsbach	gnd060	Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting KG:  Wimsbach GrStNr: 66/4 location	The group of three winter linden trees ( Tilia cordata ) stood in the middle of the local cemetery of Wimsbach around a simple cross on a stone. The trees were around 26 m high, had a common crown diameter of 22 m and trunk circumferences of 3 m, 2.5 m and 1.7 m.		02/17/1969
		Linden near Fischlhamerbach	gnd518	Fischlham coordinates are missing! Help.
		Linden tree	gnd056	Stadl-Paura coordinates are missing! Help.

Web links

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

• State of Upper Austria nature conservation database and nature conservation book
• Natural monuments (Province of Upper Austria) at data.gv.at

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap