List of nature reserves in Tyrol

In Tyrol there are 24  nature reserves ( NSG ) with a total area of ​​around 755  km² (as of the end of 2015). The nature reserves make up about a quarter of the protected areas (81 areas) and the protected areas of the state of Tyrol . Three of the areas are cross-border to Bavaria ( NSGA ).

The nature reserve in Tyrolean nature conservation law

The § 21 Tyrolean Nature Conservation Act 2005 (TNSchG 2005) governs the protection category very detailed and comes individually prohibitions and exceptions use one. The specific regulations are laid down by ordinance for each individual protected area .

"The state government can outside built-up areas lying areas caused by a special variety of animal and plant life are excellent or where rare or of extinction endangered plant or animal species or rare communities of animals or plants occur by regulation declare to nature reserves, if the preservation of these areas is in the public , such as in the scientific interest. "

- § 21 TNSchG

They generally serve the " protection of the flora and fauna and inanimate nature" (4th section of the law, on § 21). An express protection purpose must be specified for the nature reserve (Section 21, line 2)

Measures of " normal " agricultural and forestry use as well as hunting and fishing are excluded if the protective purpose is not impaired (§ 21 Z.3). Nature reserves can therefore include both pure natural landscapes and cultural landscapes (such as alpine pastures , hay meadows , etc.), but the focus is on nature conservation.

List of nature reserves

photo		Surname	ID	district	Location	description	surface	date
		Afrigal		Imst	Nassereith KG:  Nassereith GrStNr: 2728, 2730, 2733/1 location	The protected area serves, in particular the preservation of Bergkiefern- or Spirkenwälder on gypsum or limestone, the bush vegetation flop and hairy Almrose and the bottom acidic spruce forests. The area is also designated as a Natura 2000 area .	716.01 hectares	07/12/2010
		Antelsberg near Tarrenz	7010	Imst	Tarrenz KG:  Tarrenz GrStNr: 3364/15, 3364/471, 3364/1, 3364/2, 3364/3, 3364/7, 3364/8, 3364/9, 3364/10, 3364/11, 3364/12, 3364/13, 3364/118 location	The protected area comprises a 200 m wide strip of terrain on the southern slope of the Antelsberg. The forest was placed under nature protection due to the presence of a species of scorpion ( Euscorpius germanus ).	31.68 ha	1971
		Arnspitze	7022	Innsbruck country	Leutasch , Scharnitz location	The protected area includes the rugged peaks of the Arnplattenspitze, Mittleren Arnspitze and Großer Arnspitze ( 2196  m ). There are traces of ice age glaciation and a largely untouched primeval landscape of the montane, subalpine and alpine regions.	12 km²	1942
		Ehrwald Basin	7031	Reutte	Biberwier , Ehrwald , Lermoos location	In addition to the central part of the moor landscape, the nature reserve also includes an approximately 800 m long oxbow lake of the Loisach . In the central area of ​​the wetland there is a transitional moor, which is surrounded by a small-sedge fen and marsh grass meadows. The reserve is an important habitat for insects, including 126 species of butterflies, as well as for endangered bird species, which find good breeding conditions on the Losiach oxbow lake.	29.45 hectares	1991
		Angel wall	7117	Imst	Umhausen location	→ Main article : Umhausen # Engelswand	39.84 ha	December 09, 2008
		Flowing sunny slopes	7110	Landeck	Flow location		118.77 ha	09/18/2001
		Question stone	7026	Innsbruck country	Zirl location	The location at the foot of a rocky slope around the ruins of the castle ruins, which is exposed to the sun and the foehn , results in inner-alpine, continental dry vegetation with warmth-loving bushes and dry grass . This “foehn flora” shows some southern heat indicators that can hardly be found anywhere else in North Tyrol, including the hop beech and manna ash trees , the bladder bush and wig bush and the rare orchid type Violet Dingel .	7.75 hectares	December 20, 1988
		Gaisau	7121	Innsbruck country	Inzing , Hatting , Pettnau location	The Gaisau is one of the last alluvial forests in the Inn Valley, with fish ponds, silting areas, a wet meadow, pouring and poor meadow slopes. It is an important habitat for various bird species.	27.06 hectares	09/16/2009
		Innsbruck pasque flower	7017	innsbruck	Innsbruck KG:  Arzl GrStNr: 1679, 1680 location	The protected area is located on a slope terrace east of Arzl . It is a cultural landscape with rough meadows and the only occurrence of the Innsbruck pasque flower .	0.34 ha	1982
		Kaiser Mountains	7030	Kitzbühel , Kufstein	Kufstein , St. Johann in Tirol , Ebbs , Ellmau , Going am Wilden Kaiser , Kirchdorf in Tirol , Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser , Walchsee location	→ Main article : Kaiser Mountains	93 km²	1963
		Karwendel	7021	Innsbruck , Innsbruck-Land	Absam , Achenkirch , Eben am Achensee , Gnadenwald , Innsbruck , Jenbach , Rum , Scharnitz , Stans , Terfens , Thaur , Vomp , Zirl location	→ Main article : Karwendel	538 km²	1928
		Kauns – Kaunerberg – flags	7101	Landeck	Kauns , Kaunerberg , Faggen location	The nature reserve is part of the Kaunergrat Nature Park and serves u. a. the preservation of rare dry vegetation complexes, the butterfly and wild bee fauna.	36.65 ha	2006
		Kufsteiner and Langkampfener Innauen	7029	Kufstein	Kufstein , Langkampfen location		17.76 hectares	1972
		Loar	7028	Kufstein	Kramsach location	The Loar is a species-rich moorland and as such is one of the last near-natural wetlands in the Inn Valley. It is home to numerous plant species, of which around 20 percent are protected or endangered, 85 bird species, of which 14 are endangered, 35 dragonfly species, 16 grasshopper species, 233 butterfly species, as well as - among other fish species - the Moderlieschen , which was only found here in North Tyrol. A forest path leads along the western and northern edges of the reserve - there are no paths in the nature reserve itself.	5.69 hectares	1984
		Martinswand	7025	Innsbruck country	Zirl location	The location at the foot of the Martinswand , exposed to the sun and the foehn , results in an inner-alpine, continental dry vegetation with warmth-loving bushes and dry grass . This “foehn flora” shows some southern heat indicators that can hardly be found anywhere else in North Tyrol, including the hop beech and manna ash trees , the bladder bush and wig bush and the rare orchid type Violet Dingel .	54.47 ha	1989
		Moor at the Schwarzsee	7027	Kitzbühel	Kitzbühel location	The silting moor extends in a U-shape from southwest to north around the Schwarzsee near Kitzbühel . It is interspersed with groups of trees and small forests and turns into hillside meadows. As a habitat, it is of national importance, it is home to an unusually large number of rare plant species, such as the Traunstein orchid , which was scientifically described here for the first time.	21.4 ha	2000
		Reither Moor	7023	Innsbruck country	Reith bei Seefeld KG:  Reith GrStNr: 473/11, 473/12, 473/13 Location	The Reither Moor connects to the south of the Wildsee . It is a mountain pine bog that emerged from the silting up of the lake. The mountain pines and creeping willows are partially overgrown by peat moss .	2.88 ha	1975
		rose Garden	7019	Innsbruck , Innsbruck-Land	Innsbruck , Patsch location	The nature reserve, located on a glacial gravel terrace, represents a traditional cultural landscape typical of Tyrol, which is still used today for agriculture and forestry.	61.06 hectares	1989
		Alluvial	7118	Kufstein	Walchsee location	The Schwemm is the largest still unaffected moor area in North Tyrol, which was created by the silting up of a lake that was once connected to the Walchsee. The moor offers a habitat for numerous species of birds, bats, butterflies and numerous species of dragonflies.	65.7 ha	2009
		Söller meadows	7083	Kufstein	Kundl location	The Söller Wiesen are a reed meadow landscape and the rest of an extensive wetland area in the valley floor of the Inn Valley. They consist of single- pit sedge meadows , multi-pit fat meadows , stands of tall perennials , reeds , ditches with large sedge and trees made of oak , bird cherry , willow and spruce . The area, which is strongly vertically structured by ridges and hollows, is an important habitat, especially for butterflies, grasshoppers and dragonflies. Detected were 202 butterflies, 16 grasshopper species (eg. B. Marsh Grasshopper , sump grasshoppers , leek Schrecke ) and 18 dragonfly species, including the highly endangered in Tirol sump Heidelibelle .	44 ha	04/05/2005
		Tyrolean Lech	7113	Reutte	Bach , Ehenbichl , Elbigenalp , Elmen , Forchach , Gramais , Häselgehr , Hinterhornbach , Höfen , Holzgau , Kaisers , Lechaschau , Musau , Namlos , Pfafflar , Pflach , Pinswang , Reutte , Stanzach , Steeg , Vils , Vorderhornbach , Wängle , Weißenbach am Lech Location	→ Main article : Tiroler Lech Nature Park	41 km²	05/10/2004
		Tschirgant landslide	7119	Imst	Haiming , Roppen , Sautens location	The Tschirgant massif (mainly composed of Wetterstein limestone ) is located on the southern edge of the Northern Limestone Alps and is separated from the metamorphic Ötztal by the NE-SW trending Inn Valley . The Tschirgant landslide on the southern Whitewall occurred around 3000 years ago and is one of the largest in the Central Alps . The remains of this event today form the Forchet landslide forest, which is under nature protection .	342.53 ha	2009
		Valsertal	7024	Innsbruck country	Vals location	The nature reserve, which is also designated as a Natura 2000 area , is relatively undeveloped and includes all vegetation areas from the montane to the nival elevation. The protected area serves as a habitat and breeding area for numerous species of birds and has an extraordinary wealth of flowers.	35 km²	1942
		Vilsalpsee	7032	Reutte	Tannheim , Weißenbach am Lech location	In addition to the Vilsalpsee at an altitude of 1165  m, the nature reserve also includes the Alplsee ( 1600  m ), the Traualpsee ( 1630  m ) and the Lache ( 1770  m ) as well as the largely untouched mountain landscape consisting of rugged limestone cliffs, peaks and ridges.	18 km²	1957

Former nature reserves

photo		Surname	ID	district	Location	description	surface	date
		Ahrenwald		innsbruck	Innsbruck location	The protected area Ahrenwald (Ahrnwald) is located in the outermost Wipptal on the Brenner motorway and the Brenner railway on a ridge with an average height of 860  m . It was looked after by the Tyrolean ornithological station. The Alpine wallcreeper ( Ticbodroma muraria ), formerly a breeding bird, lately only as a winter visitor , the rock swallow ( Ptyonoprogne rupestris ) on south-facing rock faces and the pygmy owl ( Glaucidium passerinum ) as a winter visitor were observed here . The last rest of the alluvial forest was almost destroyed by the construction of a sewage treatment plant for Innsbruck and the motorway. The protected area was abolished in 1997.	109 ha	08/17/1965

Source: Land Tirol, tiris www.tirol.gv.at/tiris

⁽¹⁾Since the nature reserves are smaller in contrast to landscape protection areas , usually only a number of parcels are affected in the respective communities, and less often a whole cadastral community .

⁽²⁾ Sequence number not official

^(Fl.) Area as announced, area information may vary depending on the scale of the photo

^(G)ordinances valid as laws according to nature conservation law LGBl. No. 31/1951 and before (§ 45 Abs. 1 T-NSG 1991)
VABl. ... Ordinance and official gazette for the Reichsgau Tirol and Vorarlberg

literature

• Peter Aubrecht, Karl Christian Petz: Naturally important areas in Austria. An overview . (M-134). In: Umweltbundesamt (Ed.): Monographs . tape 134 . Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-85457-571-8 , 2.1.1.2 nature reserve ; 3 National Protected Areas , p. 21; 26–92 ( web link , Umweltbundesamt.at, link to abstract (pdf) [accessed on August 25, 2009]).
• Mario F. Broggi, Rudolf Staub, Flavio V. Ruffini: Large-scale protected areas in the Alpine region: data, facts, background . Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag, 1999, ISBN 978-3-8263-3215-9 .
• K. Farasin: Tyrol, Vorarlberg . In: Umweltbundesamt (Ed.): The nature reserves of Austria . (M-038). tape 3 (= monographs vol. 38C). Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-85457-091-0 .
• Maria Tiefenbach, Gerlinde Larndorfer, Erich Weigand: Nature conservation in Austria . (M-091). In: Federal Environment Agency , Federal Ministry for the Environment, Youth and Family (ed.): Monographs . tape 91 . Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85457-393-6 , 4.4.1 nature reserve ; Appendix 1: Nature reserves in Austria , p. 48; 98-107 ( pdf , Umweltbundesamt.at [accessed on August 25, 2009]).

Web links

Commons : Nature reserves in Tyrol  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserves in Tyrol. In: tiroler-schutzgebiete.at. Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government, Dept. Environmental Protection, accessed in 2010 . 
• Nature and landscape. In: tirol.gv.at → Topics → Environment → Nature conservation. Tyrolean provincial government, accessed in 2010 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Announcement of the state government of April 12, 2005 on the re-publication of the Tyrolean Nature Conservation Act 1997. LGBl. No. 26/2005
2. ↑ state law Tirol: Total legislation for protected area Afrigal and definition of the conservation objectives for the Natura 2000 site Afrigal. LGBl. No. 81/2010
3. ^ Franz Niederwolfsgruber: The Tyrolean bird observatory. Retrieved December 26, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Law of November 12, 1997, with which the ordinance LGBl. No. 41/1965, which is valid as a law, is repealed. In: Landesgesetzblatt für Tirol. Retrieved December 26, 2015 . 

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