Eichenhain Nature Park

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Gsängerhütte (not managed)

The Eichenhain area has been protected as a nature park since 1979 and is located in Lower Austria . The approximately 3,800 hectare nature park extends over the municipal areas of Klosterneuburg and St. Andrä-Wierter . The area represents the northern part of the Vienna Woods at the transition to the Danube Valley and the Tullnerfeld , the subsoil consists of sandstone . The nature park is freely accessible.

Natural sights

The specialty of the nature park are its oak and beech forests . The forests are interrupted by meadows used extensively for agriculture, such as the meadow at the Gsängerhütte, the Hohenauer Wiese or the Windischalm. In the area of ​​the nature park there are brooks dug into the soft sandstone, such as the Rotgrabenbach, the Haselbach or the Hagenbach . The latter forms a small gorge accessible via a hiking trail, the so-called Hagenbach gorge . The highest named elevation in the nature park is the 464 m high Table Mountain (also Taferlberg); the highest point at around 495 m is at the entrance to the Windischhütte.

Built sights

In Unterkirchbach (municipality of St. Andrä-Wierter ), connected to the Hagenbachklamm , there is a bird of prey breeding station ( location ) with around 300 birds of prey (30 species). At the Haschhof (municipality of Klosterneuburg ) there is a show orchard with an educational fruit trail. At the Windischhütte there is a health care route for drivers that has been developed by a sports doctor. On the "Klosterneuburg Wine Experience Trail" young and old learn interesting facts about viticulture in the region. At Gugging you hike on the “Gugging Artists” (“Art Brut”) artist's path. There are also numerous mountain bike trails and marked hiking trails with storage areas and shelters in the nature park . In winter, a cross- country ski run of 7 km in length is free for use. Also geocachers find one or another hidden treasure in the nature park.

Web links

Commons : Eichenhain Nature Park  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to ÖK50
  2. ↑ Energy & Environment Agency Lower Austria: Hiking in Lower Austria
  3. ^ Energy & Environment Agency Lower Austria: Eichenhain Nature Park

Coordinates: 48 ° 17 ′ 25 ″  N , 16 ° 14 ′ 27 ″  E