Pillersee – Microworld

Collecting samples in the Lauchsee moor, June 2012

Pillerseetreffen 2012

In the summer of 2012 I took numerous samples in several moors in Tirol, Austria, during the Pillersee seminar, a meeting for microscopist with all kind of interest. The moors are located around the village of Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee. My guide to these locations was Angie Opitz, an expert on these moors and peat bogs and organizer of the seminar.

Tirol, the arrow indicates the village of Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee

The visited moors around the Pillersee.

Fieberbrunn

Lauchseemoor

Reither moor

Sima moor and Schweizer alm

Hochfilzen and Streufilz

Fieberbrunn and St. Jakob i. H. Moor

Ferry Siemensma
Created February 28, 2019
Last updated January 31, 2021

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