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Donau-Auen
National Park
Where the blue
danube goes green
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Conservation
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Welcome to the Donau-Auen
National Park!
Water Habitats
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General Map of the Donau-Auen National Park
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The Donau-Auen National Park has many natural resources:
habitats which have now become rare, and a huge variety
of animal and plant species, some of which are endangered
and strictly protected. This brochure is meant to give readers
a better understanding and appreciation of these natural
treasures and the efforts being undertaken to protect them.
Meadow Habitats
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Forest Habitats
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Outlook
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Discover the uniqueness of this sanctuary. Take a walk or
even a guided tour and see the many hidden wonders along
the way.
Cover image: Welcome home. Endangered species like the Little Ringed Plover
have once again found a home in the Donau-Auen National Park.
Welcome to the Donau-Auen National Park –
the Green Wilderness on the Big River!
Imprint:
Publisher/owner: Nationalpark Donau-Auen GmbH, Schloss Orth, 2304 Orth/Donau, Austria, Tel. +43(0)2212 3450, e-mail: nationalpark@donauauen.at,
www.donauauen.at. Photos: Antonicek, Baumgartner, BirdLife, Grotensohn, Hoyer, Kern, Koller, Kovacs, Kracher, Kurth, Madzigon,
Neumair, Popp, Roland, Swoboda. Design and layout: Hödl & Partner Werbe- und Marketing GmbH. Printed by Druckerei Berger, print
run of 5,000. © December 2010. Produced using environmentally-friendly technologies and materials. Errors and omissions excepted.
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The Donau-Auen National Park
Far-ranging wetlands environments have become rare
in Europe. Founded in 1996, the Donau-Auen National
Park preserves the last signiicant wetlands located
in a rapidly-developing region. The construction of the
hydroelectric facility planned for Hainburg was prevented.
Instead, this stretch of the Danube was declared a National
Park.
Once the water recedes, these bare spaces are soon covered
in new growth – a constant state of lux. But only
when the Danube can low freely, as it does in these
reaches, can its workings prevail.
Here, one can still feel the unbridled energy of the great
river which once had the power to form the surrounding
landscape. Flood waters create and re-create the wetlands,
forming new bodies of water, carrying away the earth along
with the trees and plants rooted in it, bringing forth new,
bare spaces.
Unique. The National Park stretches across 93 km 2
and protects one of the last major, nearly intact
wetlands environments in Central Europe.
Green corridor. The Donau-Auen National Park is embedded
in the up-and-coming Centrope region. Its neighbours:
metropolitan areas of Vienna and Bratislava.
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“Wetlands” also means forests. The Danube wetlands
boast a veritable mosaic of water and land-based habitats
which are maintained by the constant ebb and low of
the Danube. There is enormous biodiversity, with over
800 vascular plant species, more than 30 mammalian,
100 breeding bird, 60 ish, 13 amphibian and eight
reptilian species found in the National Park, not to mention
the countless terrestrial and aquatic insects as well as
invertebrates.
Protecting and maintaining the unique dynamic character
of the Danube wetlands to the east of Vienna is the core
mission of the National Park. Yet nature should also be
accessible to people as a site of recreation and ediication.
Our network of marked paths, visitor facilities and wide-
ranging programme of excursions make this possible. What
is more, the National Park administration is also dedicated
to environmental research and education in order to
deepen existing knowledge of natural resources and impart
this knowledge to visitors.
Primeval. Despite extensive lood
protection measures, parts of the
wetlands remain untamed.
Biodiversity. Eight reptile species may be
found in the Danube wetlands, including
the endangered Dice Snake.
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Nature Conservation at the
Donau-Auen National Park
intervention has left its mark. Built-up “hard” banks,
river regulation, structures erected for shipping and lood
protection: all these reduce the connectivity between the
river and the surrounding wetlands. And the impact of
the nearly uninterrupted chain of power stations along
the Danube can be seen in movement of bed loads and
drainage patterns.
wetlands meadows. In this way, typical wetlands habitats
are being preserved and sustained.
In addition to the Austrian Danube wetlands, there are
many other areas with unique lora and fauna worth
preserving along the river and its tributaries. International
partnerships are essential to sustainable preservation, as
Mother Nature does not heed borders. The transnational
project DANUBEPARKS, initiated by the Donau-Auen
National Park, bundles these efforts.
The Danube is the lifeline of the National Park. Thus
effective conservation means sustaining and improving the
dynamic processes characteristic of riparian landscapes.
Even though the Danube wetlands are largely intact, human
Administration of the National Park is carried out by the
Nationalpark Donau-Auen GmbH, the Donau-Auen National
Park operations of the Austrian National Forests (ÖBf), and
the National Park Administration, City of Vienna Municipal
Department 49 (Forestry Ofice and Urban Agriculture).
Innovative water engineering measures such as
reconnecting side arms to the river and removing hard,
built-up banks are being utilized to re-establish more natural
conditions.
Numerous projects have been successfully completed in
tandem with valued partners. The City of Vienna and its
municipal departments 22 (Environmental Protection) and
45 (Water Engineering); the Environmental Protection
Department of Lower Austria; and via donau (formerly
known as the Austrian Waterways Authority) have
contributed signiicantly to project implementation.
Financing has been made possible in large part through EU
funds made available via the LIFE Nature Project.
For especially endangered species, additional dedicated
conservation programmes are in operation. There are also
other measures for the ecological enhancement of areas
affected by forestry operations, and for the maintenance of
Moving principles. The best way
to preserve the wetlands is to let
the river do its work!
Energetic. Revitalization projects and regulatory interventions
help preserve the wetlands. More and more volunteers from
companies and clubs are lending a helping hand!
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