This area of approx. 25,700 ha described by the Council Directive 92/43/EEC largely corresponds to the large Landscape Protection Area Bernstein-Lockenhaus-Rechnitz (Provincial Law Gazette No 19/1972) and includes three Nature Protection Areas: “Gößbachgraben“, (9,26 ha), “Galgenberg“ (9.25 ha) and “Trockenbiotop beim Friedhof in Rechnitz“, an arid biotope near the Rechnitz cementary (2.86 ha).

The “European Conservation Area Lafnitztal“ with a total area of 566,327 ha comprises two areas protected by laws on nature protection at the moment: The 70 ha large alluvial forests “Nature Protection Area Lafnitz-Stögersbach-Auen“, in the community Wolfau as well as the 31 ha site “Protected Landscape Lahnbach“ near Dt. Kaltenbrunn. In addition to that, the "Life-Project Site Loipersdorf-Kitzladen“ is also part of that area.

The natural forest reservation and European Conservation Area “Lange Leitn Neckenmarkt“ (German ’Leitn’ means meadow) is situated on the southern slopes of the “Ödenburger Gebirge” mountains directly at the state border between Austria and Hungary about 4 km north-north-east of Neckenmarkt or 6.5 km south-east of Sopron (Ödenburg) respectively.