Geologisches Freilichtmuseum Blockheide

Om museet

The Blockheide near Gmünd in the upper Waldviertel is known for its massive granite boulders and rocking stones. The protection of the landscape is due above all to the sculptor Carl Hermann, originally from Styria, who came to Gmünd after the Second World War. On his initiative, the Blockheide was declared Austria's second-oldest nature park in 1964.

The nature park's museum offerings include the Geological Open-Air Museum in the Kirchenwald forest. In 2004 the Naturpark Blockheide association completely redesigned it: since then, 34 types of rock from the Waldviertel – granites, gneisses, marble and other rocks – have stood in a semicircle arranged by origin and are explained on trilingual panels. The educational trail is called “GRANITnaTOUR”.

In the centre of the park, a new wooden lookout tower was built from 2003, already the third on this spot. Beneath it, the former water reservoir built in 1908 was converted into the nature park centre with information and a shop. On the climb up the tower, a diorama display titled “The Birth of the Rocking Stones” shows how granite and the boulder landscape came into being.

Themed trails, a natural playground and the neighbouring Schutzhaus round off the visit; the nature park itself is freely accessible all year round.

Højdepunkter

• 34 types of rock from the Waldviertel in the semicircle of the open-air museum
• Diorama display “The Birth of the Rocking Stones” in the former water reservoir
• Lookout tower with views as far as the Czech Republic
• Rocking stones and natural monuments such as the Christophorusstein and Teufelsbett
• Natural playground at the nature park centre

Permanente udstillinger

• Geologisches Freilichtmuseum („GRANITnaTOUR“) – Outdoor display of 34 types of rock from the Waldviertel, arranged in a semicircle by origin and explained in three languages.
• Die Geburt der Wackelsteine – Diorama display on the ascent of the lookout tower about the formation of granite, the Blockheide and rocking stones.

Ejer

Verein Naturpark Blockheide Gmünd-Eibenstein

Entrépriser & rabatter

Admission covers the tower climb with the exhibition “The Birth of the Rocking Stones”. The nature park and the Geological Open-Air Museum are freely accessible; donations are requested in the boxes at the entrances. Free admission once with the Niederösterreich-CARD.

Tilgængelighed

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Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Legeplads / legehjørne

Natural playground at the nature park centre; family activities and programmes for kindergartens in the events calendar.

Transport & parkering

The nature park centre can only be reached on foot (about 15 minutes).

Service & spisesteder

• Restaurant
• Museumsbutik

Shop in the nature park centre; Schutzhaus Blockheide next to the tower (snacks), Café-Restaurant Latschenhütte nearby; barbecue area in the nature park.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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