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Parks, Reserves, and Other Protected Areas in

Austria
Regions: Info
Protected Areas in Austria
Lower Austria
Styria Nature Parks
Burgenland Nature parks aim at protecting an
Upper Austria extraordinary variety of
Salzburg uncontaminated landscapes and
Tyrol of areas characterized by
Carinthia important cultural highlights,
Vienna which are also open to the
Voralberg public.
In Austria there are 37 nature
parks, covering about 305,000
hectares, which are mainly
distributed in Lower Austria,
Styria and Burgenland. The
number of areas which are going
to become "nature parks" is
Lower Austria constantly increasing.

National Parks National Parks


National parks play a very
Nationalpark Donau Auen (www) important role in the Austrian
Nationalpark Thayatal (www) environmental policy. The
meaning and the activity of these
parks go beyond national
Nature Parks borders and are recognized at an
international level: today only
Blockheide – Eibenstein – Gmünd six among the most beautiful
(www) regions, from an ecological and
Buchenberg – Waidhofen/Ybbs (www) an aesthetic point of view, have
Dobersberg-Thayatal been turned into national parks.
Eichenhain-Klosterneuburg
Niederösterreichische Eisenwurzen Unesco Biosphere Reserves in
Falkenstein-Schwarzau im Gebirge Austria
Föhrenberge-Mödling - Gossenköllesee (1977) Tirol
Geras - Gurgler Kamm (1977) Tirol
Heidenreichsteiner Moor - Lobau (1977) Vienna
Hochmoor Schrems - Neusiedler See (1977)
Hohe Wand (www) Burgenland
Jauerling-Wachau - Grosses Walsertal (2000)
Kamptal-Schönberg Voralberg
Leiser Berge
Mannersdorf-Wüste/Leithagebirge
Nordwald – Bad Großpertholz Sources: Österreichische Naturparke,
Ötscher – Tormäuer UNESCO-Biosphärenreservate in
Österreich, Nationalparks in
Purkersdorf – Sandstein Wienerwald
Österreich
Seebenstein
Sierningtal- Flatzer-Wand
Sparbach
Türkensturz

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Styria

National Parks

Nationalpark Gesäuse (www)

Nature Parks

Gebrenzen
Pöllauer Tal (www)
Sölktäler (www)
Steirische Eisenwurzen (www)
Südsteirisches Weinland (www)
Mürzer Oberland (www)

Burgenland

National Parks

Nationalpark Neusiedler See-Seewinkel


(www)

Nature Parks

Geschriebenstein Irottkö (www)


Landseer Berge (www)
Raab-Örség-Goricko (www)
Weinidylle (www)

Biosphere Reserves

Neusiedler See

Upper Austria

National Parks

Nationalpark Oberösterreichische
Kalkalpen (www)

Nature Parks

Rechberg

Nature Park Projects

Obst-Hügel-Land
Laussa

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Salzburg

National Parks

Nationalpark Hohe Tauern (www)


Nationalpark Oberösterreichische
Kalkalpen (www)

Nature Parks

Riedingtal in Zederhaus (www)

Tyrol

National Parks

Nationalpark Hohe Tauern (www)

Nature Parks

Kaunergrat (Pitztal-Kaunertal) (www)


Zillertaler Alpen (www)

Biosphere Reserves

Gossenköllesee
Gurgler Kamm

Carinthia

National Parks

Nationalpark Hohe Tauern (www)


Nationalpark Nockberge (www)

Nature Parks

Dobratsch (www)
Weissensee (www)

Vienna

National Parks

Nationalpark Donau Auen (www)

Biosphere Reserves

Lobau

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Vorarlberg

Biosphere Reserves

Grosses Walsertal

Europe - World
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