Austria’s Ramsar sites at a glance

Austria map of the Ramsar areas
Photo: Umweltbundesamt

Rivers and brooks, bogs, lakes and marshes (wet meadows). The diversity of wetland habitats is part of the Austrian identity and uniqueness. 24 Austrian areas have been designated as Ramsar sites.

The areas included in the list of wetlands of international importance meet criteria relating to their ecological, botanical, zoological, limnological and hydrological value. The following table provides an overview of Austria’s Ramsar Sites.

Number Ramsar Site Federal Province Ramsar Site since Area in ha
1 Lake Neusiedl - Seewinkel Burgenland 1983 60,000
2 Donau-March-Thaya-Auen Lower Austria 1983 38,500
3 Lower Inn Reservoirs Upper Austria 1983 870
4 Lower Lobau Vienna 1983 915
5 Rhine Delta, Lake Constance Vorarlberg 1983 1,960
6 Pürgschachen Mire Styria 1991 62
7 Sablatnig Mire Carinthia 1992 96
8 Hörfeld Mire Carinthia/Styria 1996 120
9 Rotmoos in the Fuscher Valley Salzburg 1995 58
10 Pond, bog and river landscapes in the Waldviertel Lower Austria 1992 13,000
11 Lafnitz Valley Burgenland/Styria 2002 2,180
12 Nationalpark Kalkalpen (National Park Limestone Alps) Upper Austria 2004 18,532
13 Mires of the Pass Thurn Salzburg 2003 190
14 Mires of the Sauerfelder Forest Salzburg 2004 119
15 Mires of the Schwarzenberg Salzburg 2004 266
16 Mires of the Überling Salzburg 2004 264
17 Mires of the Nassköhr Styria 2004 211
18 Mires and lakes of Keutschach-Schiefling Carinthia 2005 543
19 Mires of the Bayrische Wildalm and Wildalmfilz Tyrol 2005 132
20 Autertal (St. Lorenzen Raised Bog) Carinthia 2011 48
21 Ponds of Güssing Burgenland 2013 148
22 Wilder Kaiser Tyrol 2013 3,781
23 Upper Dravy River Carinthia 2014 1.0330
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Lendspitz Maiernigg moorland, marsh forest and lake landscape

 Carinthia 2023 78

Table 1: Austria’s Ramsar Sites