Preface by Dr. Eva Eva Nowotny, President of the Austrian UNESCO Commission 4 Experiencing the adventure of geology firsthand in the UNESCO Geoparks of Austria - Preface by Dr. Heinz Kollmann, chairman of the Forum of Austrian UNESCO Geoparks 5 Preface by the editors 6 UNESCO-Geopark Ore of the Alps (Pongau / Salzburg) (Horst Ibetsberger, Gerhard Feitzinger and Hans Steyrer) 8 Copper Ore Trail 26 Waterfall Trail 42 Heukareck, Paarseen and Schuhflicker 44 Liechtensteinklamm (Liechtenstein Gorge) 45 UNESCO-Geopark Karawanken / Karavanke (Walter Poltnig, Mojca Bedjanic , Gerald Hartmann, Suzana Fajmut Strucl, Christian Varch, Lenka Rojs, Antonia Weissenbacher, Primoz Vodovnik, Franz Glaser, Uros Herlec and Fritz Klaura) 47 Geotrail Mela Koschuta 64 Geotrail Hainz valley 66 Geotrail Hochobir 69 Geotrail Kärntner Storschitz 72 Geotrail Petzen 75 Geotrail Eisenkappel South 78 UNESCO-Geopark Karnische Alpen (Hans P. Schönlaub and Gerlinde Krawanja-Ortner) 82 Geotrail Plöckenpass - vom Urknall zum Gailtal 96 Geotrail Garnitzenklamm - gigantische Kräfte am Werk 104 Geotrail Laas - Versteinerter Urwald - Lebendige Geologie 112 Geotrail Wolayer See - Wandern auf Meeresgrund 117 Geotrail Zollnersee - Alpine Landschaft mit Geschichte 123 Geotrail Nassfeld - entlang fossiler Meeresstrände 129 The Nature and Geopark Styrian Eisenwurzen (Oliver Gulas and Heinz Kollmann) 137 Exploring geology along the GeoTrail of the GeoVillage Gams 148 Discovering the Seven Lakes in Wildalpen 155 In Devil's Church - Spitzenbach Gorge in St. Gallen 164 Anisian times - A geological hike in Landl 167 List of geographical names 174