• Ein Luftbildaufnahme mit Gebäuden und einem Spielplatz
    ©Wolfgang Dolak

The Nature Park Centre

Eine Naturpark-Mitarbeiterin gibt einem Paar Auskunft und eine Infobroschüre.
©© Naturparke Niederösterreich/weinfranz

The Nature Park Centre

Information Centre & Starting Point

The Nature Park Centre is the ideal starting point for exploring the nature park. Guided tours and walks set off from here, as do the signposted walking trails that lead visitors straight into the heart of nature. The centre also serves as the main point of contact for information about the nature park, its special features and current activities.

 

Café & Shop

A small, cosy café caters for your culinary needs with homemade pastries and light meals. The sunny terrace invites you to enjoy the surroundings in a relaxed atmosphere and take a break.
In the shop, you’ll find books and regional products, as well as souvenirs to take home.

 

Nature Playground

The Nature Park Centre is also an attractive destination for families: a large nature playground, which can be overlooked from our sun terrace, offers children space to explore, play and have fun. A double cable car, swing, slide, balancing course, stilt course, sandpit, snack garden, maze with a play tower, play hill and much more offer variety and fun.

 

Seminar room

The bright seminar room, with direct access to the terrace, is also available to hire on request for seminars, celebrations or children’s birthday parties. 
The room can accommodate up to 80 people and is equipped with everything needed for seminars, workshops and lectures. This includes, amongst other things, a UHD projector, a large sound system with a mixing desk, a wireless microphone and flipcharts.

Facts and FAQs about the Nature Park Centre

Experience nature around the Nature Park Centre

All around the site, there are numerous other opportunities to experience nature with all your senses. In ‘Insect Land’, visitors of all ages can discover fascinating animal worlds. The ‘Literature Forest’ with its tree horoscope provides information on a wide variety of tree species, whilst a barefoot trail allows you to feel different natural materials underfoot.  

Further nature experiences around the Nature Park Centre are already in the planning stage and will ensure that a visit remains an exciting experience time and time again in the future.

  • Ein gemähter Pfad durch eine hohe Wiese
    ©Angelika Ebhart, Naturpark Heidenreichsteiner Moor

    Insectland

    Behind the playground lies a 1-hectare area of unspoilt natural landscape, home to bee colonies, anthills and many interesting insects. There is just one mown path leading through these meadows; please do not stray from this path.
  • Ein abgegrenzter Weg in einer Wiese mit unterschiedlichen Untergründen
    ©Angelika Ebhart, Naturpark Heidenreichsteiner Moor

    Barefoot Trail & Relaxation Booklet

    The barefoot trail leads to the ‘Entspannungsbicherl’, where seating areas overlooking the insect meadow invite you to linger.
  • Eine Informationstafel
    ©Angelika Ebhart, Naturpark Heidenreichsteiner Moor

    Forest of Literature

    As part of the annual ‘Literatur im Nebel’ event held in Heidenreichstein, renowned writers visit the nature park, and a tree is dedicated to you in the Celtic tree horoscope, which is located next to the nature park centre.
  • Ein interaktives Modell einer Landschaft und eine Informationstafel
    ©Angelika Ebhart, Naturpark Heidenreichsteiner Moor

    Water Experiment Station

    On the grounds of the Nature Park Centre, there is a stop on the regional SDG walking trail run by KLAR! Waldviertel Nord. Visitors of all ages can learn there about the importance of moors in terms of water availability in the region.