Gesäuse National Park, National park in Styria, Austria
Gesäuse National Park is a protected area in Styria featuring limestone mountains with steep slopes, narrow gorges, and the Enns River gorge. The river has carved a dramatic passage through the rock over thousands of years.
The area became a national park in 2002, making it Austria's most recent protected site of this status. This designation allowed the Alpine landscape and its ecological features to be preserved for future generations.
The park spans four communities where farmers still work the land using methods passed down through generations. This traditional way of farming shapes the landscape and remains a living part of the area.
The visitor center in Gstatterboden is the best starting point and provides information about hiking trails and climbing routes. From there, visitors can easily access marked paths and viewpoints throughout the area.
More than 200 animal species live only in this park and are found nowhere else in the world. The common sandpiper nests on the gravel banks of the Enns River and is a characteristic sight of this wild river landscape.
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