Geopark Karawanken
The Geopark Karawanken/Karavanke is located in the
Geography and geology
On both sides of the border there are in total 14 participating municipalities, namely Bad Eisenkappel, Bleiburg, Črna na Koroškem, Dravograd, Feistritz ob Bleiburg, Gallizien, Globasnitz, Lavamünd, Mežica, Neuhaus, Prevalje, Ravne na Koroškem, Sittersdorf and Zell.
The highest mountain peaks in the geopark are Obir, Petzen and Koschuta. The special geological situation with exceptionally deep valleys results from the contact of several
The area has a rich
The mineral wulfenite can be found in the former mine in Mežica that is now used for touristic purposes. In Bad Eisenkappel and in Mežica geopark informations centers have been set up.
Politics
The geopark is an ecotouristic project with an additional aspect of international understanding. The idea goes back to botanist and conservationist Angela Piskernik, who intended to create a transboundary nature park in this region already in the 1960s.[3]
References
- ^ Karawanken/Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark (Austria & Slovenia) UNESCO, accessed 24 May 2021.
- ^ Vojko Strahovnik (Ed.): Geopark Karavanke/Karawanken. Skrivnosti zapisane v kamninah-In Stein geschriebene Geheimnisse-Secrets written in Stone. GEAart, Nazarje 2015, ISBN 978-96193902-0-7, p. 30.
- ISBN 978-0-85745-525-3, p. 250.