History and meaning

The history of this jewel in the middle of the Weinviertel is about 6.000 years old.

mit Blick zur Radarkugel
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The Nature Park was founded 1970 because of different reasons:

Keep the nature and culture alive
Stop buildings everywhere
End of Motocross on the Buschberg
To make the region more interessted for tourists
Especially for the citizens of Vienna

Our milestones are:

1970 official founded together with the tower in Oberleis
1975 Opening of the Wildpark Ernstbrunn
1984 founded Bauernmarkt Simonsfeld
2008 Nature Park was merged with the Regionalentwicklungsverein
2010 signs for the trails
2016 VS Ladendorf becomes Nature Park school
2017 VS Ernstbrunn becomes Nature Park school
2019 couting more than 1.200 Juniperus
2020 we won the Brennnessel Nature Conservation Award

Big parts of the Nature Park is also part of the protecting area Weinviertler Klippenzone. We used the synergy to open bushland for grasings sheep to protect the dry grasslands. You can also buy products from the sheep from our farmers.

Still up this day it is a living environment for chalk loving plants. So here grows the pulsatilla grandis which is protected.