Upper Austrian Ennstal

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ET , in the southeast corner of Upper Austria

The Ennstal is one of 41  Upper Austrian spatial units and is located in the Eisenwurzen . It includes the narrow valley of Enns from Gesäuse and the border to Styria to entry into the Alpenvorland in Steyr .

location

The spatial unit includes the river valley of the Enns and the valley around Gaflenz and is located in the Steyr-Land district .

The deepest area is around 303  m above sea level. A. at Steyr . The highest point in the area is 410  m above sea level. A. near Altenmarkt in Styria . The length of the spatial unit is around 60 km, the width barely exceeds 500 m due to the narrow river valley.

The following municipal areas have a share in the Ennstal (starting in the north): Ternberg , Garsten , Gaflenz , Reichraming , Großraming and Weyer . The spatial unit is surrounded by the following Upper Austrian spatial units (from north to south): Lower Enns and Steyrtal , Enns and Steyrtal Flysch Mountains and Enns and Steyrtal Pre-Alps .

As a regional term, the Ennstal typically encompasses the following communities (alphabetically): Gaflenz , Großraming , Laussa , Losenstein , Maria Neustift , Reichraming , Ternberg , Weyer .

Characteristic

  • Narrow valley course (gorge) with narrow terraces and steep slopes (partly directly to the Enns) from the state border with Styria to Steyr. In the area of ​​the flysch zone in the north, valley widening with wider river terraces.
  • Only very small-scale forest areas, mainly used as spruce forests . Ash-rich forests, often along streams . Alluvial forests are only developed locally and in small areas.
  • Almost continuous power plant chain with six power plants , no fish passes . As a result, there is largely a lack of flowing water dynamics. Fine-grained landings with willow vegetation in the storage spaces. Debris dumps from landfill material from the reservoirs.
  • The mouths of the brooks from the surrounding area have been heavily influenced by regulation and dam activity, including several huts and walkways here.
  • Intensive use of grassland in the valley area, increased arable farming in the north . In some places there are still large populations of fruit trees, otherwise the valley area is often structureless. At the edges of the terraces and the sloping edges of the lime-semi-arid lawn and extensive pastures, reforestation pressure is high.
  • Alternating appearance of the cormorant .
  • Larger localities in the area of ​​flattening and valley widening with a tendency to sprawl almost in the entire valley area with the exception of the narrow valley stretches. Eisen Straße (B115) on the right, railway on the left bank of the Enns.
  • Warm valley location.

literature

  • Office of the Upper Austrian Provincial Government, Nature Conservation Department (Ed.): Nature and Landscape / Guiding Principles for Upper Austria. Volume 14: Ennstal room unit . Linz 2007 ( pdf [accessed February 17, 2017]).

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