Biosphere Park Wienerwald Core Zones: Lower Austrian Land Use Restrictions

27 core zones covering approximately 5,100 hectares within the Lower Austrian part of the Biosphere Park Wienerwald, where nature conservation is prioritized. The data layer is based on a 2019 ordinance and is provided by Cooperation OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich. It defines areas where building and traffic area dedication is prohibited, and land relocations are restricted to specific types like grassland and agriculture.

Use Cases

• Map protected area boundaries based on the described core and care zones.
• Analyze land use restrictions for planning based on the prohibition of building and traffic areas in core zones.
• Study forest management discontinuation and process nature protection in the defined zones.
• Identify the 51 political communities comprising the Lower Austrian part of the park for regional analysis.

Strengths

• Specific spatial coverage of 5,100 hectares across 27 core zones.
• Legal basis is clearly cited (Ordinance NÖ LGBl. No 53/2019).
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including KML, JSON, and ESRI SHAPE.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich

Collection Method

Based on the legal ordinance NÖ LGBl. No 53/2019 issued on 2 July 2019.

Geography

Lower Austrian part of the Biosphere Park Wienerwald, covering areas of 51 specified political communities.