Wiegensee

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Wiegensee
AV- Wiegensee.jpg
Wiegensee
Geographical location Austria , Vorarlberg
Drain to Ill
Location close to the shore Gaschurn
Data
Coordinates 46 ° 58 '34 "  N , 10 ° 5' 28"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 58 '34 "  N , 10 ° 5' 28"  E
Wiegensee (Vorarlberg)
Wiegensee
Altitude above sea level 1920  m above sea level A.

particularities

FFH area

The Wiegensee is located northeast of the district of Partenen in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg in the municipality of Gaschurn . At the foot of the Versalspitze , at an altitude of 1920  m above sea level. A. , the lake can only be reached on foot.

The nutrient-poor moor lake is situated within the 65 hectares large FFH - area Wiegensee ( AT3413000 ). The protection of which contents are natural living high moors , transition and quaking bogs , peat moss - Schlenken , Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels and a mountain pine -Moorwald.

The Wormser Höhenweg , a 28-kilometer hiking trail that leads from the Verbellaalpe to the mountain station of the Tafamuntbahn , runs past Lake Wiegensee .

literature

  • Markus Staudinger, AVL Arge Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Planning: Gaschurn . Community report. In: Georg Grabherr; Vorarlberg Landscape Conservation Fund; Vorarlberger Landesregierung - Department of Environmental Protection IVe (Ed.): Biotopinventar Vorarlberg . Vorarlberger Verlagsanstalt, Bregenz June 2008, Großraumbiotop Tafamunt-Wiege-Versal (Biotop 11018) , p. 15th ff . ( pdf , vorarlberg.at; online , VOGIS - 1st recording of part of the Montafon inventory. 1984.).

Web links

Commons : Wiegensee  - collection of images, videos and audio files