Danube-Auen National Park
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Danube-Auen National Park | |
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IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
Location | Vienna and Lower Austria |
Nearest city | Vienna |
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Area | 93 km² |
Established | October 27, 1996 |
The Danube-Auen National Park covers 93 square kilometres in Vienna and Lower Austria and is one of the largest remaining floodplains of the Danube in Middle Europe.
The park was designated an IUCN category II national park and spans the areas of Vienna (Lobau), Groß-Enzersdorf, Orth an der Donau, Eckartsau, Engelhartstetten, Hainburg, Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Petronell-Carnuntum, Regelsbrunn, Haslau-Maria Ellend, Fischamend and Schwechat.
[edit] External links
- www.donauauen.at (English)(German)