Richtung Klatovy Richtung Lam National Park Shop The shop of the National Park, run by the Bund Naturschutz NATIONALPARKZENTRUM Service GmbH, presents a shop-window of the region. You can FALKENSTEIN find additional information on the National Park, a broad varie- Ludwigsthal Bodenmais ty of books, typical local crafts made of wood and glass as well NATIONALPARK as high quality toys. These products are mainly local. ŠUMAVA www.nationalpark-laden.de B 11 Tel: 0 99 22 50 02 113, [email protected] Richtung Deggendorf A3 B 85 NATIONALPARK BAYERISCHER WALD Culture in the evening NATIONALPARKZENTRUM Beyond our regular hours of opening we offer a divers cultural LUSEN program. Your will receive information on this program at the Neuschönau info-desk or by using our website: www.nationalpark-baye- rischer-wald.de/aktuelles/Veranstaltungen. GRAFENAU Richtung Passau FREYUNG By Train and Bus From the ICE station Plattling the Waldbahn-train arrives hourly at the ‘Haus zur Wildnis’. For more information see: www.Bayerwald-Ticket.com National Park Restaurant Construction and Art By Car Local, fair and organic the restaurant appears in the centre. In The idea of Daniel Kufner, an artist from Ludwigsthal: He placed From the BAB 3 (exit Deggendorf) via B 11. the light-flooded restaurant and on the large patio you will be three granite rocks with a German-Czech epigraph on the way For more information see visitors’ service at the car park. spoiled with seasonal delicatessen from the region as well as from the car park to the ‘Haus zur Wildnis’. The three profound Information with homemade ice cream and cakes. About 90 % of the food is epigraphs: NO LONGER - NOT YET - FOREVER inspire to reflect Nationalparkzentrum Falkenstein, Haus zur Wildnis, Ludwigsthal, 94227 , local, which to the 2008 award “regional + fair” by Biokreis. on nature and wilderness. Tel.: 0 99 22 - 50 02 - 0, Fax: 0 99 22 - 50 02 - 167 www.gastronomie-hauszurwildnis.de E-Mail: [email protected] www.nationalpark-bayerischer-wald.de

Funded by the EU-Initiative The National National Park Visitors’ Centre INTERREG III A Park has been holding the European Diploma since 1986 Mt. Falkenstein

Haus zur Wildnis | animal EnclosurEs | stonE agE cavE Haus zur Wildnis (Visitor Centre) Welcome! Stone Age Cave Global Wilderness Icons of Wilderness Visitors’ Information Fascinating images will put you into the mood - from famous The Bavarian and Bohemian Forests are one of the last and most Our competent staff is pleased to provide you with infor- wilderness areas worldwide to Mt. Großer Falkenstein, our local important retreat areas in Central Europe for species, which can mation on activities and with suggestions how to plan and Nature subsists on changes-since the settlement of our The glance at the past starts at the Stone Age Cave by a time mountain. Wilderness does not only exist in faraway countries only survive in or return to places where man leaves nature to spent your time in the National Park region on both sides of its own devices. the border. ancestors during the New Stone Age, natural landscapes travel into earliest history. What was it like, when our ancestors - but also in our National Park! Manifold Nature: German National Parks Traveler through Space and Time have been transformed into cultural landscapes that leave met the then large animals, roving through the landscape of Fourteen National Parks between Lake Königssee and Königs- How can wild animals, e.g. Roe Deer, Deer and their predators, Play and Adventure Area almost no space for wilderness. the Bavarian Forest at the Ice Age? For certain: At that time wild stuhl reflect the complete diversity of our natural landscapes. use the landscape of the inner part of the Bavarian Forest as Children are given priority and learn by playing - with or horses, reindeer and aurochs determined the setting - and not Each of them represents an unfinished piece of art in nature. their habitat? Telemetry helps to find answers to this question. without guidance - what they can discover outside in the On your hike from the Stone Age Cave, along the animal mankind. Join our journey through these enormous treasuries. Hidden Wilderness wild forest and how many interesting things can be found enclosures to the “Haus zur Wildnis”, we invite you to reflect The scenery of wild horse and aurochs of the famous Grotte “Europe’s Green Roof” Joining the root tip of a beech, you are on a 300 years-long ex- out there. But knowledge of natural history is only one side; on space and time and to regain the amazement at nature Chauvet in the south of France, reconstructed on an artificial Animal Enclosures The model of the area shows the National Parks Bavarian Forest pedition through the underground life of a tree. The children this refuge becomes an experience, especially when stories during a ‘time travel’ from earliest history to the present. rock, reminds of the coexistence of men and the large animals We invite you to watch the lynx, the howling pack of wolves and Sumava, surrounded by the protected landscape Bohemi- will be accompanied by the omnipresent ‘Schratzl’ in his earth- are told or when playing with lights and shades……. at the Paleolithic era. This portrait of lifelike animals is evidence an Forest and the Bavarian Forest Nature Park, with more than ly kingdom. During holiday season special events will take place. or peacefully grazing wild horses and aurochs in their naturally Don’t miss the vivid experience of reawakening wilderness of the extraordinary perception of the old masters as well as of 100 attractions. lifetime shaped enclosures. Lynx and wolf are again part of the natural in the Bavarian Forest National Park. Along with the neigh- their endeavors to cast a spell on their prey by magic. Times of Wilderness All creatures fulfill the same tasks during their lives: Emerging, Nature in the Theatre range of species in the Bavarian Forest. Wild horses and aurochs boring Czech Sumava National Park this region comprises Additionally an informative movie, expositions and stereosco- We want to convey the idea of National Parks to you and help growth, and decay. Experience a vivid stereoscopic wilderness trip in the thea- are the connection between the Ice Age, a period, when these the largest borderless forest wilderness in Europe. pic pictures demonstrate the changes in climate, landscape and you to realize that forests owe what we are always missing: ti- For this circle the Shrew Mouse gets 3 months, but the Yew Tree tre. It reveals the forest to you and will guide your view to species used to live in our area as well, and present times. fauna since the last Ice Age and the beginning of the post-glaci- me. 5000 years! interesting structures during your next hike. The film “Wo We are looking forward to your visit! al period, and mankind’s reaction to the environmental and cli- My Wilderness Creator of Wilderness Wildnis erwacht” introduces the National Park area of the Animal Enclosures are open all year matic changes by innovations concerning hunting techniques. Only those who take time to go outside, look, smell, feel, taste Wind throws, Bark Beetle, snow break - with patience these Mts. Falkenstein and Rachel. A film on the Sumava National and perceive will truly experience wilderness, but in a different incidents allow a fantastic variety in species, a new virgin fo- Park and many other nature films complete the offer. Karl Friedrich Sinner way each and every day. rest-generation. As a result dead wood develops, offering nu- Head of the Bavarian Forest National Park Board Hours of opening: Constant Change trition and habitat for many species, finally being decomposed Hours of opening: December, 26th to March, 31st 9 am to 4.30 pm Only the changing of nature is constant in a permanent process by Fungi. This process of decay releases nutrients for the next December, 26th to March, 31st 9.30 am to 4.30 pm April, 1rst to the end of the first week in November 9 am to 6.30 pm of adaptation, development and unfolding. tree generation. This is where we perceive the times of big April, 1rst to the end of the first week in November 9 am to 6.30 pm -Admission free- Experience Mt. Falkentein in the turn of the year. changes. -Admission free-

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