- Sandstein-Wienerwald natural park
The Sandstein-Wienerwald natural park ("Naturpark Sandsteinwienerwald") is a
natural park nearPurkersdorf in theVienna Woods ("Wienerwald"),Austria . Although a protected area under Austrian law, it is freely accessible.The park's 77
hectare area is mostly covered byoak forest. Its highest point is the "Rudolfshöhe " (475 m), on whose top alookout tower has been constructed. Another hill, the "Schöffelstein " (431 m) features a memorial toJosef Schöffel , who is remembered as the "saviour of the Vienna Woods" on account of his 1872 campaign to protect the woods fromlogging .cite web|title=Naturpark Sandstein-Wienerwald|publisher=Wienerwald.info|url=http://www.wienerwald.info/d/default.asp?id=57625|language=German]Visitors' amentities in the park include a
nature trail [cite web|publisher=Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water|language=German|title=Naturlehrpfad Naturpark Sandsteinwienerwald|url=http://lehrpfade.lebensministerium.at/lehrpfade/pfad/detail/1454] and a visitors' centre featuring expositions on topics of local interest. The park also includes an enclosure in which with deer andboar s are kept; as well as apetting zoo .References
External links
* [http://www.naturparke.at/index2.html?sandst/home.html Website of the Sandstein-Wienerwald natural park] De icon
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