!!!Urwald

Primeval Forest, Lower Austria, virgin montane mixed forest in the 
"Rothwald" forest, in the Northern Limestone Alps, south of 
Lunz am See, consisting of 2 parts (large and small primeval forests); 
with almost 300 hectares the largest remains of a primeval forest 
in Central Europe. Contains firs and spruces, some of which are over 
50 m high and more than 500 years old, having girths of up to 
4.8 m, and European beeches over 35 m high and more than 400 
years old, with girths of up to 2.8 m. Another, definitely virgin 
rest of a primeval forest, 20 hectares large, is 
"Neuwald" in the region around Lahnsattel pass (municipal 
area of St. Aegyd, Lower Austria), near the Styrian border.


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