Das Platzertal

A small, remote valley in the Ötztal Alps in the heart of Tyrol - that's the Platzertal. It is one of the few extensive high valleys in Austria with large areas of moorland and wetlands. Here you can still experience the Alps in their original form. However, the valley is acutely threatened - by the planned construction of a pumped storage power station and the destruction that this would entail.

This illustrated book presents the extraordinary landscape and the rich and special flora and fauna in a variety of photographs. Informative texts by well-known specialists, various voices on the construction of the power plant and an article by the Almerin and the Almer complete the photographic documentation of this extraordinary habitat and its inhabitants.

Over the course of a year and a half, nature photographer Sebastian Frölich visited the remote high valley at an altitude of over 2,000 metres many times to document the natural treasures and thus contribute to the protection of the valley and the local mountain world. The resulting photographs show both the magnificent landscape and macroscopic details of various animal and plant species - and encourage individual exploration and the necessary protection of mountain nature.