Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle

The Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle (KLF) is a research facility in Grünau im Almtal (Upper Austria), maintained jointly by private and public entities.

The KFL is dedicated mainly to behavioral biology of birds and named after the Nobel laureate Konrad Lorenz, who established the facility in 1973.

[1] The facility was created in 1973, when Konrad Lorenz retired from his position as chair of the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology in Seewiesen (Germany) and returned to his native country Austria.

Since 1990, the reformed Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle is maintained by a private association, the federal province of Upper Austria and the University of Vienna.

[4] In line with the legacy of Konrad Lorenz, the research focus of the KLF lies on behavioural biology of birds and cognitive studies.