National Park Neusiedler See-Seewinkel

Geschichte

The Neusiedler See-Seewinkel National Park is a national park in eastern Austria. The park extends over an area of 97 square kilometres of the province of Burgenland and protects parts of the westernmost lake of the Eurasian Steppe.HistoryThis national park is located on the eastern edge of the Alps and on the western edge of the Little Hungarian Plain. Because of its location, the area has, for centuries, been a buffer zone between the great powers of Europe. In 1994, as the first national park in Austria, it received a category II label from the IUCN.DescriptionThe area of the national park is a meeting point for different plant and animal species. These include alpine, pannonian, asian, mediterranean and northern European species. This results in a mosaic of environments, including wetlands, herding meadows, meadows, sand steppes and salt areas. In the west the area is bordered by the Leitha Mountains, the Parndorf Plain in the north and the Hanság in the east. The mire of Hanság was for centuries a part of the Neusiedler lake. The Neusiedler See itself lays at the lowest point of the Little Hungarian Plain at an altitude of around 115m above sea level.

"Im äußersten Osten Österreichs liegt ein ganz außergewöhnliches Naturjuwel - der Nationalpark Neusiedler See - Seewinkel. Hier, eingebettet zwischen Alpen und Tiefebene, findest du neben einer unvergleichlichen Landschaft auch einen unglaublichen Reichtum in der Tier- und Pflanzenwelt. Das Mosaik aus Wiesen, Salzlacken, und nicht zuletzt dem Neusiedler See bietet einer Vielzahl an Arten Lebensraum.So gut. So weit."