national parks in austria

Nationalparks

in Austria

Austria`s first national park, established in 1981

the biggest protected national region in the Alps

(1 856km²)

part of the federal states Salzburg, Carinthia and the Tyrol

Young groundhogs

warn each other by whisteling

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcTaTsGnK7A

The „BIG FIVE“ of the Alps

The Bearded Vulture

Wingspan up to 2,9 m

Worldwide one of the biggest

flying birds

The Golden Eagle

Bird of pray

Wingspan up to 2,2 m

The Griffon Vulture

stays in the Alps only over summer

The Alpine Ibex

The buck has got enormous horns

that are up to 1m long.

good at climbing and jumping

on the rocks

The fur of the Chamoise`s back is

used to produce a „Gamsbart“

The Chamois

Founded in 1993

Transboarder national park together with the

Hungarian Fertö – Hansàg – Nemzeti - Park

Neusiedler See is the most western steppe lake

A reed belt surrounding the lake is habitat for rare species

founded in 1996

located in areas of Lower Austria and Vienna

„green lung“ and climate regulator between Vienna and

Bratislava in Slovakia

biggest connected floodplain in Middle Europe housing

an unbelievable amount of species

White tailed

seaeagle

largest Austrian forest preserve

spectacular canyons, mountain rivers

mixture of spruce, beech and fir trees

habitat for rare and endangered species as lynx or

lady`s slipper

established in 1997

founded in 2000

located in Lower Austria and the Czech Republic

the smallest Austrian National Park with the smallest

Austrian town (80 inhabitants)

1288 different plant species

habitat of the European Wild Cat

landscape with most biodiversity

the youngest national park, opened in 2002

located in the federal state Styria, near the river Enns

50% covered by forests

home of 1000 different butterflies

89 endemic animal and at least 15 plant species

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