Protected assets

The nature park is a valuable protected area in the Vienna Woods

The area of ​​the nature park is a typical cultural landscape of the Wienerwald. It is subject to the following categories of protection:

  • "Nature Park" according to the Nature Protection Act of the province of Lower Austria.
  • Landscape protection area
  • Part of the Wienerwald Biosphere Reserve
  • Europe Protected Area
  • Natura 2000 area (flora-fauna-habitat, bird protection)

Rare birds and wild trees

The nature park is home to rare birds and wild trees. 

  • Rare birds: Black stork, White-backed woodpecker, Middle-spotted woodpecker, Black woodpecker, Gray-headed woodpecker, Collared flycatcher, Red-breasted flycatcher
  • Rare wild trees: European bladdernut, Dog rose, Wild service tree

Habitats

There are four habitat types classified as important throughout Europe in the nature park:

  • "Mullbraunerde-Buchenwälder" grow on alkaline and fresh soils. 
  • "Hainsimsen-Buchenwälder" occur on sites with poor alkalinity and on acidic soils with a moderately dry to moderately fresh water balance. 
  • "Labkraut-Eichen-Hainbuchenwälder" are dominated by the sessile oak and hornbeam, interspersed with other tree species such as wild cherry, European red pine and wild service tree. 
  • "Pannonisch-balkanische Zerreichen- und Traubeneichenwälder" are built up from sessile oak and Austrian oak; hornbeams are largely absent.

There is also a forest-flower meadow, which is another important habitat.

Species with high protection requirements

A nature protection study carried out in 2018 showed that there are 26 animal and plant species of European importance in the Nature Park.

Of these species, 8 were classified “high”, 1 as “very high” and 1 as “priority” protection needs.

High protection requirements:

Animals: Yellow-bellied toad, Agile frog, Great capricorn beetle, Stone crayfish, Spiketail damselfly.
Plants: "Waldhornkraut" (Cerastium sylvaticum),
Forest communities: Hainsimsen-Buchenwald, Labkraut-Eichen-Hainbuchenwald.

Very high protection requirement:

Dicke Tönnchenschnecke (Orcula dolium)

Priority protection requirement:

Black ground beetle (Carabus variolosus)