A Latecoming Pioneer: Austria's Hohe Tauern National Park Translated title: Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History 2014, no. 9: A Latecoming Pioneer: Austria's Hohe Tauern National Park

Abstract

Between 1981 and 1992 the Austrian federal states of Carinthia, Salzburg, and Tyrol established the Hohe Tauern National Park in the Alpine mountain range of the same name. As the country’s first national park the reserve occupies a model position in Austria. In a larger spatial framework, however, the pioneer park can be seen as a latecomer with all neighboring countries having considerably older national parks.