Precious Anniversary Route Herzogenburg

Along a walking trail with secluded resting places, robust fruit and nut rarities can be experienced at themed stations with variety signs and snack fruit at harvest time.

Created as a citizen participation project to mark the city's 90th anniversary, the walk, which is accompanied by fruit trees and shrubs not far from the city center, fulfills several aspects. Above all, it is intended to promote encounters and exercise in the cultivated landscape close to the city and to convey interesting ecological knowledge about the varieties themselves and the insect world through the signage. Gift trees for residents' anniversaries created initial relationships with the trees. Shady resting places on a stone wall or under old trees offer the opportunity to experience the changes in the annual cycle from fragrant blossoms in spring to the first ripening of some seemingly exotic fruits. May berries, Indian bananas, heart nuts, seedless plums and the like are there to arouse interest, be eaten and loved.

When the play of colors on the leaves in autumn heralds the approach of winter and the fruit has been eaten or processed for storage, hikers and fruit lovers can think about the time to propagate their favorites with scions and sign up for pruning courses. The hardy varieties also represent an important genetic reserve, which is being expanded and secured in a network with interested parties. The processing and tasting of fruit will also receive attention in the coming years.