Trudner Horn Nature Park

The Trudner Horn Nature Park is a unique hiking paradise. It consists of 7,000 hectares of land and is the most southern of the seven South Tyrolean nature parks. With high forests and bush forests, as well as wide Alpine meadows, it spreads to an altitude of 220 metres to 1,700 metres. Through its sub-Mediterranean vegetation zone, it provides a habitat for many plants and animals.

Nature Park House

The Nature Park House in Truden offers you several exhibition areas, giving information about the park. An amphibian pond, a herb garden and a corn field are part of the facility. The elevator mill was built in 1948-49 and is the only functioning mill of its kind in South Tyrol. It was carefully renovated and grinds up to 2,000 kg of corn daily for the farmers of Truden and the surrounding area.

Opening times
The Nature Park House is open from mid April to mid November.
Tues – Sat 9 a.m. to noon and 3 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. (July-September also Sundays)
Tel. +39 0471 869 247

Protected flora

Certain types of vegetation can only be kept alive if their habitat is protected.  Many of the protected types of vegetation offer indirect protection to endangered habitats.  The flora legislation (L.G. 13/'72) protects 23 species.  All other wild-growing types of plants must only be picked to a maximum of 10 flowers per day per person. 
In the nature parks and biotopes, all plants are fully protected.

» List of protected plants

Something special: Altrei coffee

The Altrei 'coffee bean' comes from a plant, which is neither coffee nor a bean. The Altrei coffee is a type of lupin, which for decades has been used for a type of coffee, which is mixed with barley or wheat. This plant is called Altrei coffee and is a local speciality from a botanic point of view, as well as part of the South Tyrolean cultural history. The coffee, which exists in the form of only a few plants and seeds, was well protected by some women in Altrei and believed to revive your spirits.