Hohe Wand Nature Park
47°50′02″N 16°02′53″E / 47.834°N 16.048°E
The Hohe Wand region comprises a rock formation with its surrounding area, situated on the Hohe Wand mountain in Austria, that is protected as a nature park. It is located in the Gutenstein Alps in the state of Lower Austria.
Description
The area forms the eastern edge of the
. The nature park is easily accessible, but charges are levied for certain facilities and for access by car.The nature park is located in the municipalities of Wöllersdorf-Steinabrückl, Bad Fischau-Brunn, Hohe Wand and Höflein an der Hohen Wand. It is also part of a European protected area, the Northeastern Perimeter Alps, and the Hohe Wand-Dürre Wand Nature Reserve.
Natural attractions
The Hohe Wand is a wooded plateau whose
Man-made attractions
There has long been a tourist infrastructure on the plateau. In the 1930s, a public road up to the plateau was hewn out of the rock. There even used to be a chairlift to the area; it is now closed. On the plateau itself are the following facilities:
- A semi-natural playground with adjacent petting zoo and a so-called "play and fun mountain" with a wild animal park, observation tower and large-scale marmot to climb on,
- An alpine and local history museum,
- A nature park room,
- A dense network of hiking paths, secured klettersteigs, and open climbing terrain as well as launch sites for hang gliding and paragliding,
- At the edge of the Wand plateau is an observation terrace, called the "Skywalk" (see illustration) and a so-called "cliff path" (Felsenpfad) near the Kohlröserlhaus,
- Guided woodland tours, adventure tours and llama trekking.
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