• tending of the Vienna City forests,
• continuous participation in the shaping of the city development through planning, establishing and maintenance of attractive greenery, maintenance of recreation spaces and recreation facilities (walking paths, banks, grills, pedestrian and cycling paths...),
  
• establishment of new forests,
  
• tending and maintenance of meadows,
  
• establishment of belts of ecological value and shelterbelts,
  
• providing forest vistors with information,
  
• maintenance of roads and streets within the area administered by the Authority,
  
• maintenance of the buildings of the Vienna Authority,
  
• regulation of wildlife,
  
• sales of wood.

With respect to the spring protection forests within the area of Rax and Schneeberg:

• forest tending to secure quality of drinking water for Vienna (protection of wells)
  
• regulation of wildlife,
  
• sales of wood.

Forestry Inspection Vienna (Landesforstinspektion Wien)

The Forestry Authority of the City of Vienna is responsible for the control of the compliance with the Forestry Law in Vienna.

Information & Contact:

Vienna Municipal Department (MD) 49 – Forestry Office and Urban Agriculture
Head: Forstdirektor Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Januskovecz
Volksgartenstrasse 3
4th floor, Rm.No. 514
A-1082 Vienna
Phone: +43 1 4000-97911
Fax: +43 1 4000-99-97911
e-mail post@m49.magwien.gv.at

Agricultural Operations
Head: Ing. Thomas Podsednik
Vordere Zollamtsstrasse 11
A-1030 Vienna
Phone: +43 1 712 24 99 or 713 22 87
Fax: +43 1 712 24 99-72
E-mail: pot@m49.magwien.gv.at

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Organic Farming and Applied Ecology:

Tight cooperation with the agricultural enterprise of the City of Vienna (MD 49):
Research projects in the fields of agriculture, soil biology and agricultural ecology Ongoing projects:

• Agricultural and ecological aspects of the transition to organic farming
  
• Studies into the effects of potassium carbonate as sprinkling substance
  
• Transition to organic farming of agricultural entreprises managing on arable land without lifestock
  
• Effects of non-chemical regulation measures on biomass and regeneration capacity of field thistle
  
• Preparation for the EU-Concerted Action "Development of a strategy for cooperation and optimal documentation and supply of literature on ecological agriculture"
  
• Accompanying investigations to NOx emissions from the soil

Information & Contact:

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Organic Farming and Applied Ecology
Rinnboeckstrasse 15
A-1110 Vienna
Phone: +43 1 795 14-97 940
Fax: +43 1 795 14-99-97 940

FORESTRY ADMINISTRATIONS:

Forestry Administration Lainz
Head: Dipl.-Ing. Gerrit Janda
Hermesvilla
A-1130 Vienna
Phone: +43 1 804 13 15
Fax: +43 1 802 23 10
e-mail: pe-lai@m49.magwien.gv.at

Forestry Administration Lobau
Head: Dipl.-Ing. Gottfried Haubenberger
Elisabethstrasse 17
A-2301 Grossenzersdorf
Phone: +43 2249 235 3 or +43 2249 737-0
Fax: +43 2249 737 02
e-mail: pe-lob@m49.magwien.gv.at

Forestry Administration Hirschwang
Head: Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Mayer
Hirschwang 67
A-2651 Hirschwang
Phone: +43 2666 522 50 or 526 75
Fax: +43 2666 525 48 8
e-mail: pe-hir@m49.magwien.gv.at

Forestry Administration Nasswald
Head: Dipl.-Ing. Irmfried Hanreich
Reithof 10
A-2661 Nasswald
Phone: +43 2667 73 73
Fax: +43 2667 7295
e-mail: pe-nas@m49.magwien.gv.at

Forestry Administration Wildalpen
Head: Dipl.-Ing. Johann Schnaubelt
Wildalpen 192
A-8924 Wildalpen
Phone: +43 3636 451-49575
Fax: +43 3636 45-47 26 37
e-mail: pe-wil@m49.magwien.gv.at

(Source: MD 49 / Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Schwab)