Moosham can be explored through three specific themes: a named hiking trail, the coin hoard and landforms from the Riss Ice Age. This combination is useful when planning a stay because it offers different focuses: exercise, cultural history or nature. If you are looking for a holiday apartment, you can first decide which of these themes you would like to shape your stay, then plan the rest of your trip accordingly.
Hiking in Moosham
The 1a Moosham hiking trail is 8.80 km long and is listed in the municipal hiking trail directory. Its length gives you a concrete measure for planning your trip: you can make the route a focus of your hiking plans and compare it with your ideas for a day outdoors. As a named trail, it provides a clear local reference point for visitors who want to make exercise a priority.
Coin history: discovery and concealment
A coin hoard was discovered in Moosham, now MĂĽnzfeld, in 1963. It comprised 1,200 coins from the declining Babenberg period and had been buried around 1250. The three dates place the find in different contexts: the declining Babenberg period refers to the coins, around 1250 to their concealment, and 1963 to their discovery. Objects from the coin hoard can be viewed at the Kammerhof Museum in Gmunden. This means the find site and the place where the objects can be viewed are two distinct points of reference: Moosham for the discovery, and Gmunden for the museum objects.
The Riss Ice Age and landforms
The ridge from Baumgarten via Steinbichl to Moosham is part of the Riss Ice Age landscape. Below the hamlet of Moosham, extending to Lehenbauer, remnants of high terraces have been preserved; they consist of gravel deposits formed by meltwater runoff during the Riss Ice Age. The geological context therefore has two specific points of reference: a named ridge and the terrace remnants and their deposits. Anyone wishing to understand the area through its geological history can focus on both. The ridge and the high terraces represent different landforms: a range extending from Baumgarten via Steinbichl to Moosham, and preserved terrace remnants below the hamlet of Moosham, extending to Lehenbauer.
Pond, moor and beech forest
North of Moosham is a pond covering around 580 m², which is important for local amphibian populations. During field surveys in 2001, a total of 72 plant taxa were recorded in a remnant area of the Grafinger Moor north of Moosham. In Gschwandt, on the border with Laakirchen, only small remnants of wet meadows and wet scrub remain in the Grafinger Moor. West of Moosham, a small beech forest with a slight warm influence and orchid species is located on a terrace slope. The locations help distinguish these natural features geographically: the pond and moor area lie north of Moosham, while the beech forest lies to the west. For nature enthusiasts, the information offers different perspectives: the pond is described in terms of its area and importance for amphibians, and the moor and forest in terms of their plant and habitat characteristics.
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