Gesäuse National Park
A national park in Upper Styria, covering large parts of the Gesäuse range in the Ennstal Alps. The Enns river cuts a steep water gap through it between Admont and Hieflau, and it is popular for climbing and rafting.
- Where
- Admont, Styria, Austria
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 47.5922, 14.6489
Get the Gesäuse National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Gesäuse National Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Styria volume with your photos and a note.
Near Gesäuse National Park
Admont Abbey 14 km
A Benedictine monastery on the Enns river in Styria, and the oldest surviving monastery in the province. Its library, finished in 1776, is counted as the largest monastery library in the world, with a hall of pale Baroque frescoes.
Ötscher 51 km
A prominent peak of 1,893 metres in south western Lower Austria, in the Ybbstal Alps of the Northern Limestone Alps. Its name has Slavic roots and is roughly a diminutive of father.
Lake Toplitz 54 km
A deep lake in a forested valley in the Styrian Salzkammergut, surrounded by steep cliffs and reached on foot or by a small electric boat. Legend says the Nazis sank treasure and forged banknotes in its waters in 1945, and divers have recovered crates from it.
Kremsmünster Abbey 64 km
A Benedictine monastery in Kremsmünster in Upper Austria, founded in 777. It is known for its seven storey observatory tower, built in the 1750s, and for the Tassilo Chalice, a treasured work of early medieval art.
Altaussee Salt Mine 68 km
A working salt mine in the Styrian Salzkammergut that is open to visitors, who ride in on a miners' train and slide down wooden chutes. In the last months of the Second World War it hid thousands of artworks taken by the Nazis, later recovered by Allied troops.
Traunsee 70 km
A lake in Upper Austria with a maximum depth of 191 metres, the deepest in the country. The town of Gmunden lies at its northern end, with the Schloss Ort castle on a small island, and the Traunstein mountain rises on the east shore.
St. Florian Monastery 71 km
An Augustinian monastery in the town of Sankt Florian, founded in the early ninth century and refounded by the Augustinians in the 11th century. It is the largest monastery in Upper Austria and is known for its Baroque rooms and its organ, played by Anton Bruckner.
Hallstätter See 74 km
A lake in the Salzkammergut, lying below the town of Hallstatt, which has mined salt for thousands of years. Steep mountains rise from its shore and boats cross it between the villages.
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Questions
Where is Gesäuse National Park?
Gesäuse National Park is in Admont, Styria, Austria. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Admont Abbey (14 km), Ötscher (51 km), Lake Toplitz (54 km).
How do I get the Gesäuse National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Gesäuse National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Styria volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Gesäuse National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Styria volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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