One of the largest intact floodplain landscapes in Central Europe is located in Austria - the Donau-Auen National Park.

The city of Vienna has a small part of the national park in the urban area. The national park stretches eastward to the border with Slovakia.

Extensive alluvial forests, Danube oxbow lakes and hotlands where wild orchids bloom in spring shape the landscape. You can also observe wild animals such as deer, wild boar and sea eagles in the floodplains. And encounters with kingfisher, otters or beavers are not uncommon in the waters.

Since the floodplains are repeatedly flooded, the landscape is constantly changing. So there are always new motifs to discover and the area always remains exciting.

oxbow lake with flower yellow flag:

Views on the Danube:

Beaver:

River Donau is often busy:

In Spring the alluvial forests start to bloom again and in some places everything is covered with wild garlic blossoms.

Poplar seeds on the ground:

Tree mushrooms on a fallen tree:

Autumn crocus or meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale):

Clouds of mist over the water. Combined with the first rays of sunshine of the day, great lighting moods can be captured.

Monument at the crossing point for the French across the river, 42 days after the bloody battle near Aspern, on July 4, 1809, the French army crossed the branch of the Danube from Groß-Enzersdorf at this point:

Hubertusdamm - dike towards the Danube

Full moon and the Danube floods into the wetlands: