!!!Wienerwald

Vienna Woods, Lower Austria/Vienna, wooded northeastern foothills of 
the Alps near Vienna, popular recreation area in the vicinity of 
Vienna. The northern part belongs to the flysch zone ("Sandstone 
Vienna Woods", highest peak: Schoepfl mountain, alt. 893 m), the 
southern part to the limestone Pre-Alps (Peilstein, alt. 716 m). 
In the west, the Vienna Woods are bounded by the Rivers Grosse Tulln 
and Traisen, in the north by the Tullnerfeld Plain and the River 
Danube and the  Wiener Pforte Gap, in the east by the  Vienna Basin 
and in the south by the Triestingtal and Goelsental valleys. The 
regions to the west and east of the Woods are also referred to as 
"Viertel ober dem Wienerwald" (= region above the Vienna Woods, i.e. 
the "Mostviertel" in Lower Austria) and the "Viertel unter dem 
Wienerwald (= region below the Vienna Woods, i.e. the 
"Industrieviertel", also in Lower Austria). The highest peaks in the 
Vienna Woods are Schoepfl mountain (alt. 893 m), Gfoehlberg 
mountain (alt. 885 m) and Hoher Lindkogel Mountain (alt. 
843 m). The Vienna Woods are situated in a zone mainly influenced 
by the Atlantic transitional climate. The northeastern part of the 
Vienna woods extends to the western municipal districts of Vienna ( 
Wald- und Wiesenguertel). In the north (Flysch Vienna Woods), 77% of 
the Vienna Woods consist of deciduous forest (especially beech, oak 
and hornbeam), about 46 % of the wooded area in the southeast 
(Limestone Vienna Woods) is made up of coniferous trees (spruce, black 
pine, fir and larch); the eastern slopes of the Vienna Woods are used 
for wine growing, in the west are the Lainzer Tiergarten Nature 
Preserve and the Sparbach Nature Park. Along with the rivers already 
mentioned above, the Rivers Wien and Schwechat ( Helenental) are also 
of importance. The Vienna Woods were a protection forest and hunting 
ground for local princes for a long time; In the years 1870-1872, J.  
Schoeffel saved the Vienna Woods from deforestation. Today, the Vienna 
Woods are a conservation area but threatened by the indiscriminate 
spread of low-density settlements and pollution, making them one of 
the most damaged forests in Austria today. The Vienna Woods are 
crossed by the Western Railway, the Westautobahn motorway (A 1) 
and the connection between Westautobahn and Suedautobahn motorway via 
Alland (A 21). Important municipalities situated at or in the 
Vienna Woods include Klosterneuburg, Purkersdorf, Pressbaum, Bad 
Voeslau, Baden, Gumpoldskirchen, Moedling, Brunn am Gebirge and 
Perchtoldsdorf.

!Literature
G. Trumler, Das Buch vom Wienerwald, 1985; Verein 
Wienerwald-Konferenz (ed.), Wienerwald-Konferenz: Alarm im Wienerwald, 
Wienerwald-Tag 1991 in Purkersdorf, 1993; B. Ploechinger, Der 
Wienerwald, 1993.


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