Molln National Park Center

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View from the slope of the Rammelspitz

The National Park Center in the Upper Austrian municipality of Molln (National Park Allee 1) was opened in 2001 and is the largest wooden atrium in Austria. The architect was Dieter Utner . The Kalkalpen National Park Association is located in the house .

Construction and use

For the façade was untreated larch wood used and the laminated beams - post and spruce . The floors are made of beech . There is a parking deck below the center and event and seminar rooms with a total of 100 m² are located on the upper floor. The covered inner courtyard offers 300 seats. The building is barrier-free . The permanent exhibition “Hidden Waters” has been there since it opened.

The “Café am Teich” on the ground floor is named after an artificially created biotope . This is fed by the Mollnerbach , which flows between the center and the neighboring Spar supermarket. There is a drinking fountain on the forecourt on Marktstrasse.

Exterior and interior views
Facade to Marktstrasse
Facade to Marktstrasse
Facade to the National Park Allee
garage
Ground floor
View from the upper floor

  • drinking fountain

  • Sign for the center with the National Park logo: a golden eagle in front of a mountain backdrop

  • The center under construction

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Upper Austrian Timber Construction Prize 2003 (PDF file; 1.34 MB) Submissions p. 7 accessed on August 5, 2020
  2. ↑ www.tagung.info accessed on September 30, 2012
  3. ↑ tiscover.com accessed on September 30, 2012
  4. ↑ updraft . Issue 35, spring 2001 p. 9 (accessed on August 5, 2020)
  5. ↑ The golden eagle - symbol of the Kalkalpen National Park ( Memento from February 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 1.93 MB) accessed on February 14, 2014

Web links

Commons : National Park Center Molln  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 53 ′ 4.2 ″  N , 14 ° 15 ′ 20.2 ″  E