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The Hohe Tauern National Park

The National Park idea and history

In 1913 1,100 hectares of land in the Stubach and Ammer  valley in the Hohe Tauern region were bought by a German-Austrian Union, "Verein Naturschutzpark". Inspired by the already existing and well-known American National Parks they wanted these 1,100 hectares to become a conservation area.

Initiator of this purchase was Dr. August Prinzinger, a Member of the Salzburg Provincial Parliament, and due to him the National Park Idea was brought to the Hohe Tauern. Because of wars and economic crisis the National Park was founded decades after the purchase, in the 1980ies as the first National Park in Austria. With 1,856 km² it is the biggest National Park in the Alps with a unique and pristine natural and cultural landscape.

Facts and figures:
  • With 1,856 km² it is the biggest nature reserve of the Alps and the biggest Nationalpark in Central Europe
  • The National Park covers parts of the three privinces of Salzburg, Tyrol and Carinthia
  • The part of the province Salzburg is about 805 km², that are 80.500 hectares
  • The west-east-extension is 100 km, the north-south-extension is 40 km
  • 266 peaks above 3,000 m sea level, approx. 130 km² of glacier
  • 550 lakes and 279 natural mountain streams are forming the wealth in water
  • In 1967, the Krimml Waterfalls were awarded with the European Diploma of Protected Areas
  • Besides the natural alpine ecosystems in the core zone the centuries-old cultural landscape in the buffer zone is also protected
  • All important alpine ecosystems do exist here undisturbed and extensvie
  • Valleys formed during the ice age, alpine heathland, forests with larches, spruces and swiss stone pines, untouched glacial streams
  • The "Tauern Window" is a geological sensation and unique in shape and size worldwide
  • More than 220 different minerals - from crystals to emarlds - are forming the crystal treasure troves of the Hohe Tauern
  • Golden eagle, bearded vulture and griffon vulture, marmots, chamois and ibex are native
  • More than one third of all botanical species and half of all amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammalians which are found in Austria, can be found in the Hohe Tauern National Park
  • A walk from the  valley up into the mountains corresponds to a journey through all vegetation layers from Central Europe to the Artic

Here some impressions from the Hohe Tauern National Park

The unique 1,800 m² alpine world of experience. The Hohe Tauern national park with the highest peaks of Austria and its inhabitants as ibex, chamois or snow mouse seem close enough to touch. ten stations can be expored. The National Park center is daily open.

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Pistes
Status Typ Name
I Wildkogelbahn I
II Wildkogelbahn II
III Smaragdbahn I
IV Smaragdbahn II
V Ganzeralm
VI Frühmesser X-press
VII Pfeifferköpfl
VIII Braunkogel Schlepplift
IX Gensbichlalm
X Ganzeralm Tellerlift
XI Wolkenstein Tellerlift
XII Preimis Schlepplift
XIII Eggerfeld Anfängerlift
XIV Wennsergletscher I
XV Wennsergletscher II
XVI Kaserboden
XVII Wildkogelscharte I
XVIII Wildkogelscharte II
XIX Ganzer X-press
Status Typ Name
19 1 Wildkogelbahn Berg - Mitte
18 1a Wildkogelbahn Mitte - Neukirchen Talabfahrt
18 2 Pfeifferköpfl Berg - Smaragdbahn Berg
19 2 Wildkogelbahn Berg - Pfeifferköpfl
20 2 Pfeifferköpfl
18 3 Ganzeralm Blau
19 3 Ganzeralm Rot
18 4a Wildkogelbahn Berg - Ganzeralm
18 4b Smaragdbahn Berg - Braunkogel / Ganzeralm
18 5a Pfeifferköpfl (Autobahn)
18 5b Geisl Hochalm - Ganzer X-press
18 6a Wildkogelbahn Berg - Gensbichlalm
18 6b Neukirchen Talabfahrt
20 6 Neukirchen Talabfahrt
18 7 Gensbichlalm Blau
19 7 Gensbichlalm Rot
18 8 Gensbichlalm - Braunkogel
19 9 Braunkogel
20 10 Braunkogel - Ganzeralm
19 11 Braunkogel / Frühmesser Süd - Ganzeralm
19 12 Frühmesser - Ganzeralm
18 13 Frühmesser
19 14a Smaragdbahn Berg - Mitte
19 14b Smaragdbahn Mitte - Bramberg Talabfahrt
20 16 Braunkogel
18 17 "Skimovie" Rennstrecke
18 18 Funslope / Familypark
20 19 Ganzer X-press
18 1b Skiweg Stockenbaum
18 14a Skiweg Bramberg
18 14b Skiweg Smaragdbahn Mitte - Bramberg
18 15 Skiweg Neuhaus
22 32 Pfeiferköpfl
19 Rutsche 1 „Liesl“
19 Rutsche 2 „Toni“
18 Rutsche 3 „Heidi“
18 Rutsche 4 „Max und Moritz“
20 Rutsche 5 „Sepp“
20 Rutsche 6 „Hias“
19 Rutsche 7 „Thresl“
18 Rutsche 8 „Hänsel und Gretel“
18 Rutsche 9 „Sissi und Franz“
19 Rutsche 10 „Hans“
Status Name
Wennserloipe
Talloipe Bramberg
Loipe Neudau
Loipe Dürnbach
Loipe Rosental
Loipe Sulzau
Loipe Trattenbach
Loipe Schönbach
Loipe Einöd
Loipe Markteinstieg Stockerfeld
Status Name
14a Rodelbahn Bramberg
14b Rodelbahn Smaragdbahn Mitte - Bramberg
1b Familien-Rodelbahn Stockenbaum
15 Familien-Rodelbahn Neuhaus
Rodelbahn Kühnreit