Lingenau | when water turns to stones

Name: Lingenau | when water turns to stones
Rating: 2.5

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2.46km

566 - 670m

Distance

91hm

103hm

Ascent

01:30h

Duration

Bregenzerwald

Brief description: Nice tour to the calcareous tuff in Lingenau, which is one of the most remarkable calc-sinter formations to the north of the Alps.
Difficulty: easy
Rating: Technique

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Experience
Starting point: Lingenau swimming pool car park (Hotel Quellengarten)
Route: Kapelle Heilige Anna auf dem Felde place of worship
0.1 km

Rain locality
0.6 km

St. Anna locality
2.2 km
Best season: Jan

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Description: The calc-tufa in Lingenau is one of the most unique calc-tufa formations north of the Alps, making it one of the outstanding geological phenomena in Vorarlberg. The water flows in small flumes over rocks as far as the riverbed of the Subersach, forming canopies and sinter curtains. Five information boards describe the geology and vegetation of this spectacle of nature. The nature trail takes you mainly across a passable gravel path with wooden bridges and steps.
Directions: The calcareous tuff in Lingenau is one of the most remarkable calc-sinter formations to the north of the Alps. The water flows in small flumes over rocks as far as the riverbed of the Subersach, forming remarkable canopies and sinter curtains. Calcareous tuff is easy to process, and has long been used as a buildingmaterial, such as in the baroque St. Anna Chapel.
Highest point: 670 m
Endpoint: Lingenau swimming pool car park (Hotel Quellengarten)
Height profile
Safety instructions: Safety instructions
EMERGENCY CALL:
140 Alpine emergency Austria
144 Alpine emergency Vorarlberg
112 Euro-emergency call
www.vorarlberg.travel/sicherheitstipps
Tips: The wooden bridges can be slippery when wet!
Additional information: Detailed directions are available from the tourist office.
Chances to stop off for a drink/food:
inns in Lingenau
Directions: from Germany: Motorway Lindau - Pfänder Tunnel - Motorway exit Dornbirn Nord (toll sticker required) - Bregenzerwald - Hittisau; oder Autobahn Kempten - Immenstadt - Oberstaufen - Ach - Riefensberg - Krumbach - Langenegg - Lingenau

from Switzerland: Motorway St. Gallen - St. Margrethen/Au - Lustenau - Dornbirn - Bregenzerwald - Alberschwende - Lingenau
Public transportation: www.vmobil.at
Parking: car park at the Hotel Quellengarten (swimming pool)