Tannermoor is now even more attractive to visitors

To rediscover and enjoy the ecological wealth of a natural landscape that has grown over 10,000 years from a contemporary perspective. This was the goal of an extensive, cross-border project to improve visitability in the Tannermoor. On Saturday, this “moor experience” was officially opened with a ceremony on the banks of the Rubner pond.

“In all of our measures, we have aimed to ensure that nature conservation and gentle tourism are in balance,” said Liebenau’s Mayor August Reichenberger. In coordination with the nature conservation department of the state of Upper Austria, a future-proof infrastructure was created with parking spaces, sanitary facilities, and the renovation of paths and bridges. With the six-kilometre-long “Tanner Trail” and the one-kilometre-long “Rubner Trail”, which is suitable for prams, two attractive circular routes invite you to explore the moor. In addition, a clear and experience-oriented mediation of the content is available to visitors at ten information stations. Both circular routes combine places with impressive vantage points and thus contribute to a better understanding and careful handling of the subject of moors. The moor as a special ecosystem can be experienced with all senses in the future.

“Morshes have recently become a focus of our work because their abilities as CO2 storage and water storage cannot be overestimated,” said Michaela Heinisch from the state’s nature conservation department. As the largest high moor in Austria, the Tannermoor occupies a special place.

A total of 640,000 euros was invested in the Tannermoor project. In cooperation with the Czech partner city of Teltsch, EU funding was also obtained. But not only enormous sums of money were invested: Countless hours of planning and work also flowed into the moor experience. “There were nights when we didn’t sleep so well. But in a joint effort we have now reached our goal,” said Mayor Reichenberger, thanking the project team and the landowner, the Foundation of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha’s family.

Deputy Governor Manfred Haimbuchner and State Councilor Michaela Langer-Weninger paid tribute to this cohesion. As a native of the Waldviertel, Langer-Weninger emphasized the alliance with other regions that had taken place here: “It creates a solid basis for the success of the project.” For Haimbuchner, the moor experience is a generational project: “What we do here for nature conservation, we do for future generations.”