Karwendel Gebirge

Naturpark Karwendel - Playgrounds, fixed rope paths, a paradise of plants and a zoo.

Secluded meadows, strange rocky peaks, an endless network of hiking paths, traditional Alpine lodges and mountain huts captivate thousands of visitors every year.

There are over 2000 different types of animals in the Karwendel – the biggest conservation area in Tirol - covering an area of 730 square kilometres. The Karwendel has the largest golden eagle population in the Alpine area, and the 101 Alpine areas cover a surface area which is equivalent to 80,000 football fields. There are several 'gateways' to the wondrous of the Karwendel: via Stans, Vomp and Terfens you can hike (on foot) to Lamsenjoch and Engalm. The latter can also be accessed by car via Hinterriss.
Most of the Karwendel is in Austria, however the Karwendel is enclosed by the surrounding mountains of the Wetterstein range in the west, the Bavarian Voralps in the north, the Rofan to the east and the Tux Alps in the south. The loveliest natural areas in the Karwendel in Alpenpark Karwendel are under conservation protection order.


Naturparkhaus Alpenpark Karwendel

The constituency of Hinterriss (in the district of Vomp) which has 43 inhabitants, has in recent times been a spectacular centre providing information about Alpenpark Karwendel. Close to the hunting lodge owned by the Dukes of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha, Alpenpark Karwendel was established as a centre. We wanted to create a building which 'jumped out at you', as Architect Rainer Noldin was quoted as saying in a Tirol daily newspaper. Via a path, in whose concrete base the footprints of the animals which live in the Karwendel have been immortalized; while via a transparent you reach the entrance area which has been set up as a black cave, and which also serves as a buffer zone between the information point, the souvenir shop and a little museum. Old tools and photos, votive pictures and also animal and plant specimens provide a complex insight into the Karwendel-Naturpark. And when during the opening of one of the 'wonder doors' Vivaldi's 'Vier Jahreszeiten' resounds, this too has a link to the Karwendel. Alice Harnoncourt plays the piece on a Stainer violin whose wood comes from the area around Hinterriss.

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