Naturpark Sierningtal-Flatzer Wand, Nature park in Lower Austria, Austria
Naturpark Sierningtal-Flatzer Wand lies in the Gutensteiner Alps in southern Lower Austria, on the upper reaches of the Sierning in the municipality of Ternitz, at the edge of the Schneeberg massif. The park covers the northeastern part of the Sierningtal landscape protection area, between Hintenburg, Raglitz and the Strengberg. Its highest point is the Gösing at 898 m, and the Flatzer Wand is a rock face with numerous secured and unsecured climbing routes.
The Sierningtal landscape protection area was already designated before the nature park was founded in 1976. The park is managed by the Verein Naturpark und Erholungsgebiet Sierningtal and covers the northeastern part of the protection area between Hintenburg, Raglitz and the Strengberg. Both protection zones lie about half within the FFH area Nordöstliche Randalpen: Hohe Wand-Schneeberg-Rax.
The managing association, Verein Naturpark und Erholungsgebiet Sierningtal, set up a marked nature information trail and the Pechereimuseum, which documents resin tapping (Pecher) once practised in these woods. Near Sieding the association runs a park with a children's playground and animal enclosures; a fitness course lies at Ternitz. The Neunkirchner Naturfreundehaus is the park's mountain hut.
The park lies in the municipality of Ternitz on the upper Sierning, between Hintenburg, Raglitz and the Strengberg. A marked nature trail, several barbecue stations and a viewing tower on the Gfiederberg are laid out; the Neunkirchner Naturfreundehaus serves as the park's shelter. A park with playground and animal enclosures sits near Sieding, and a fitness course near Ternitz.
The park's three natural monuments are trees: the Fleischesser Föhre, the Vierbrüderbaum and the Sesselbäume. The Neunkirchner Naturfreundehaus serves as the park's mountain hut, and a Pechereimuseum documents local resin-tapping. The Gösing, at 898 m the highest summit, has a viewing bench just below the top.
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