Hörfeld Marsh

At 145 Hectares the Hörfeld is the biggest inner alpine marsh area, from the air the area is a mosaic of blue and green including the Hörfeld stream, source pool and bog which offers the beauty of nature.

The moor is home to various animal life such as butterflies, dragon flies, beetles and various other crawling insects. The marsh is made up of 8m of different layers of sediment such as stone and sediment. Home to 116 different bird types including the protected water rail, black stork, warbler and rose finch, not forgetting Teal, dippers and kingfisher. Plant life consists of bogbean, spearwort and broadleaf.

In connection with the Ramsar Convention, the marsh is part of the Natura 2000 protected areas.

What is the Ramsar convention?

In 1971 the small Iranian town of Ramsar hosted the first international protection of wetlands convention, since then and until the year 2000, 119 countries have signed on contributing more than 1021 wetland areas of a combined area of 80 million hectares