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Cultural Landscape & Nature Conservation

We distinguish between cultural landscape projects and nature conservation projects

"We live in the Tiroler Lech Nature Park " - an important guiding principle that constantly accompanies us. Most of the protected areas in Tyrol are mountain ecosystems and far away from inhabited areas. In contrast, the Lech River with its side streams forms the largest contiguous protected area in the valley area of Tyrol. This extensive valley location is a special feature, because the economic and permanent settlement area of the population along the Tyrolean Lech borders directly on the areas of natural significance.
The protection of rare habitats and species of fauna and flora is a fundamental mission for the Tyrolean Lech Nature Park. The preservation of the last wild river landscape of the Northern Alps with its species inventory represents a special responsibility for the nature conservation work in our nature park. For the implementation of our nature conservation projects, we are supported by the province of Tyrol and the European Union as important funding bodies.

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Environmental Education

Biodiversity and environmental education

Making environmental education concepts tangible

The Nature Park Tiroler Lech is part of the cooperation project of the Tyrolean nature parks, which is funded by the province of Tyrol. Biodiversity and environmental education are linked in a variety of ways. The ecosystem meadow with all its inhabitants is the focus of the project, because species-rich
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© Niels Willems
Nature conservation project

Transboundary protection of species and biotopes

Successful conclusion and basis for the future

The four nature parks Ammergauer Alpen, Nagelfluhkette, Karwendel and Tiroler Lech presented on October 05, 2021 in Scharnitz the completed Interreg small-scale project "Species protection without borders" which serves as a common nature conservation basis for a more intensive cross-border cooperation.
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© Tyrolean Lech Nature Park
Nature conservation project

Lady's slipper area Martinauer Au

Visitor guidance new

The pine meadow in the Martinau is home to an endangered and protected orchid. The yellow lady's slipper (Cypripedium calceolus) immediately catches the eye with its shoe-shaped, yellow-red-brown flower. On an area of 2.5 hectares in the Martinau floodplain in Europe's largest contiguous women's
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© Mario Posch
Nature conservation project

Life on the wild river

Successful completion!

At the end of 2020, the INTERREG project "Diverse life on our mountain rivers" will also come to an end. We celebrate this special event, not as planned with a closing event, but with a specially produced video, which highlights the main aspects of the project.
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© Francesca Wolf
Nature conservation project

Visitor guidance for Tyrolean nature parks

Tyrolean Lech Nature Park

The Tyrolean nature parks are among the most beautiful landscapes in Tyrol. In order to make it easy for the many visitors to discover these landscapes, a common standard for signposting their attractions is being developed for all Tyrolean nature parks.
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© Lechwege advertising association
Nature conservation project

SpeciAlps 2

Visitor management in alpine pilot regions

The need of many people to seek their balance and recreation more and more in nature is constantly increasing. This is of course very positive for human health, but it also puts pressure on many landscapes. In order to balance recreation and nature
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© Tyrolean Lech Nature Park
Nature conservation project

Exhibition Nature Park House Klimmbrücke

The nature park house Klimmbrücke gets an exhibition!

The interactive exhibition deals with the following topics: The dynamics of the Lech River with the decisive factors of change. The unique flora and fauna The history of the nature park The history of flood protection The exhibition of the nature park house is to
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© Eva-Maria Cattoen
Nature conservation project

Bearded Vulture Monitoring

Establishment of a transboundary bearded vulture monitoring system

The Nature Park Tiroler Lech participates in the cross-border project for Bearded Vulture monitoring in the region Bavaria - Tyrol. The aim is to establish a multi-layered network and the development of a permanent organizational model in order to record sightings of the bearded vulture more easily.
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© Tyrolean Lech Nature Park
Nature conservation project

Ranc Valley

Variety in a small space

At first glance, it is noticeable that all the logs are strongly curved just above the ground. This indicates that the ground has moved. The cause of this is to be sought in a mudflow or rockfall. The beech stand is already very old - slow-growing mosses and lichens on the lower T
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© Tyrolean Lech Nature Park

Vilser Lände

In the northeast of the town of Vils on the border with Germany, the Vilser Lände is located between 805 and 975 m above sea level. The Vils River represents the southern border of this area. The Vilser Lände is a small-scale (54.2 ha), heterogeneously structured area, which includes a wide range of
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© Anton Vorauer

Moss Mountain

The south-exposed Moosberg is located in the nature park municipality of Weißenbach. It is part of the Natura 2000 and nature reserve Tiroler Lech and extends between 900 and 1,140 m above sea level. In the past, the Moosberg was traditionally farmed and grazed. Especially the open meadows and pastures were
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© Isabella Hilti
Nature conservation project

German tamarisk reintroduction 2018

German tamarisk reintroduction 2018

Staff members of the Danube Floodplain National Park and the Gesäuse National Park visited the Tiroler Lech Nature Park in mid-July 2018. On the one hand, the occurrences of the dwarf bulrush (Typha minima) were to be visited, and on the other hand, the last natural stands of the German tamarisk (Myricaria germanica) on
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© Anette Kestler
Nature conservation project

German tamarisk reintroduction 2017

In early June 2017, as part of an ANL (Bavarian Academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management) expert meeting, staff from the Donau-Auen National Park visited the Tiroler Lech Nature Park to see a successful reintroduction site of the dwarf bulrush and natural sites of the
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© Mario Posch
Nature conservation project

Life Project II

Dynamic River System Lech

The starting signal for the LIFE project "Dynamic River System Lech", in short "LIFE Lech", was given in autumn 2016. Large gravel banks and intact wild river sections characterize the Tyrolean Lech and the joint border section with Germany. It is precisely this ecosystem that is one of the most m
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© Mario Posch
Nature conservation project

Life Project 1

The Life Project "Wild River Landscape Tyrolean Lech" was completed in April 2007.
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© Felix Lassacher
Nature conservation project

Species conservation project Dwarf bulrush

A little dwarf really big!

The dwarf bulrush (Typha minima) is a typical pioneer species of large alpine floodplains and prefers to colonize freshly created oxbow lakes with sandy-silty sediments, which are always found somewhat away from the main channel. Due to river engineering measures in the last 100 years, today...
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© Andreas Moosbrugger
Nature conservation project

Natterjack toad species conservation project

the survival of the natterjack toad

For the Tyrolean Lech Nature Park, the survival of the natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) has become a matter of the heart. For several years, a species protection program for the natterjack toad has been implemented to secure the population of Austria's rarest amphibian. The measures are primarily concerned with...
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© Caroline Winklmair
Nature conservation project

Jumping weed control with the BRG Reutte

Bundesrealgymnasium Reutte in the service of nature protection - containment of the knapweed

In 2019, just over 100 students from classes 3a, 3b, 3c, 4a, 4b and 4c of the Bundesrealgymnasium Reutte with their teachers as well as volunteers and employees of the association Naturpark Tiroler Lech were once again active in keeping the glandular touch-me-not in check.
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