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Blockheide-Gmünd Nature Park
The Blockheide is a protected area near Gmünd in northwestern Waldviertel in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is a varied heather landscape including meadows, mixed woods, small lakes and small fields. It is famous for its far-flung giant granite blocks, among them some Rocking stones. A nature park A nature park, or sometimes natural park, is a designation for a protected area by means of long-term land planning, sustainable resource management and limitation of agricultural and real estate developments. These valuable landscapes are pres ... with the name Naturpark Blockheide-Eibenstein has been established in the area. Literature * Verein "Naturpark Blockheide Eibenstein-Gmünd": ''20 Jahre Naturpark Blockheide Eibenstein-Gmünd'', 1984. External links Geography of Lower Austria Protected areas of Austria Bohemian Massif Parks in Austria {{LowerAustria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protected Area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood, non-timber forest products, water, ...) is limited. The term "protected area" also includes marine protected areas and transboundary protected areas across multiple borders. As of 2016, there are over 161,000 protected areas representing about 17 percent of the world's land surface area (excluding Antarctica). For waters under national jurisdiction beyond inland waters, there are 14,688 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), covering approximately 10.2% of coastal and marine areas and 4.12% of global ocean areas. In contrast, only 0.25% of the world's oceans beyond national jurisdiction are covered by MPAs. In recent years, the 30 by 30 initiative has targeted to protect 30% of ocean territory and 30% of land territory worldwide by 2030; this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmünd, Lower Austria
Gmünd () is a town in the northwestern Waldviertel region of Lower Austria and the capital of the Gmünd District, Gmünd district. The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden ''Böhmzeil'', ''Breitensee'', ''Eibenstein'', ''Gmünd'' and ''Grillenstein''. Situated on the Lužnice (river), Lainsitz (Lužnice) river where it forms the border with České Velenice in the Czech Republic, it is an important road and railway crossing point, next to the Blockheide-Gmünd Nature Park, Blockheide protected area. The development of the town, first mentioned in a 1208 deed, was decisively pushed by the inauguration of the Emperor Franz Joseph Railway from Vienna to Prague in 1869. By the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919), 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain its northern part Dolní Velenice, German: ''Unterwielands'', with the main station was awarded to Czechoslovakia, forming the new town of České Velenice. Politics Seats in the municipal assembly ''(Gemeinderat)'' as of 2010 elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldviertel
The ''Waldviertel'' (; ; Central Bavarian: ; ) is the northwestern region of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is bounded to the south by the river Danube, to the southwest by Upper Austria, to the northwest and to the north by the Czech Republic and to the east by the Manhartsberg (), which is the survey point dividing the from the region. Geologically it is part of the Bohemian Massif. In the south are the Wachau and Kamptal wine regions. Districts The following administrative districts of Lower Austria are considered to be part of the * * * * * * northern part of * statutory city of Krems an der Donau Economy The northern Waldviertel (Forest Region) had been part of the Bohemian region of glasshouses since the 14th century. In historical times, Waldviertel sands were good raw materials for forest glass production, especially for colored glass. Further reading * Birgit Zotz Birgit Zotz (born 7 August 1979) is an Austrian writer, cultural anthropo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city and state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has Austrians, a population of around 9 million. The area of today's Austria has been inhabited since at least the Paleolithic, Paleolithic period. Around 400 BC, it was inhabited by the Celts and then annexed by the Roman Empire, Romans in the late 1st century BC. Christianization in the region began in the 4th and 5th centuries, during the late Western Roman Empire, Roman period, followed by the arrival of numerous Germanic tribes during the Migration Period. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Austria
Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which has been the capital city, capital of Lower Austria since 1986, replacing Vienna, which became a separate state in 1921. With a land area of and a population of 1.7 million people, Lower Austria is the largest and second-most-populous state in Austria (after Vienna). Geography With a land area of situated east of Upper Austria, Lower Austria is the country's largest state. Lower Austria derives its name from its downriver location on the river Enns (river), Enns, which flows from the west to the east. Lower Austria has an international border, long, with the Czech Republic (South Bohemian Region, South Bohemia and South Moravian Region, South Moravia) and Slovakia (Bratislava Region, Bratislava and Trnava Regions). The state has the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocking Stones
Rocking stones (also known as logan stones or logans) are large Rock (geology), stones that are so finely balanced that the application of just a small force causes them to rock. Typically, rocking stones are residual corestones formed initially by spheroidal weathering and have later been exposed by erosion or glacial erratics left by retreating glaciers.Neuendorf, K.K.E., J.P. Mehl, Jr., and J.A. Jackson, eds. (2005) ''Glossary of Geology'' (5th ed.). Alexandria, Virginia, American Geological Institute. 779 pp. Charles Rowland Twidale, Twidale, C.R., and J.R.V. Romani (2005) ''Landforms and Geology of Granite Terrains.'' A.A. Balkema Publishers Leiden, The Netherlands. 359 pp. Natural rocking stones are found throughout the world. A few rocking stones might be man-made megaliths. Name The word "logan" is probably derived from the word "log", which in the Cornish dialect of English means to rock. In some parts of the United Kingdom, rocking stones or logan stones are called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
