Antholz Bach

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Antholz Bach
Rio Anterselva
Antholz Bach 3.JPG
Data
location Lawn-Antholz municipality , South Tyrol , Italy
River system Etsch
Drain over Rienz  → Eisack  → Etsch  → Adria
River basin district Alpi Orientali
origin Lake Anterselva
46 ° 53 ′ 3 ″  N , 12 ° 9 ′ 35 ″  E
Source height 1642  m slm
muzzle at Neunhaeuser in the Rienz coordinates: 46 ° 46 ′ 21 ″  N , 12 ° 1 ′ 40 ″  E 46 ° 46 ′ 21 ″  N , 12 ° 1 ′ 40 ″  E
Mouth height 980  m slm
Height difference 662 m
Bottom slope 34 ‰
length 19.3 km
Catchment area 112 km²

The Antholzer Bach ( Rio Anterselva in Italian ) is a 19.3 kilometer long right tributary of the Rienza in South Tyrol .

geography

The Antholz Bach rises in Lake Anterselva at an altitude of 1642  m at the head of the Antholz Valley . In its upper reaches it is partially protected in the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park . It drains an area of ​​around 112 km² and is fed by numerous tributaries that flow to it from the Rieserferner group and the Villgraten mountains . In its course it flows through the settlements and localities of Antholz Obertal , Antholz Mittertal , Antholz Niedertal , Oberrasen and Niederrasen , all of which belong to the municipality of Rasen-Antholz . After Niederrasen, the Antholzer Bach reaches the Pustertal , where it flows into the Rienza at Neunhäusern at an altitude of 980  m .

Surname

The Antholzer Bach is attested as early as the 15th century as “the pach that runs through deforestation” or simply “the water” and in 1768 as “Antholzerpach”.

Web links

Commons : Antholzer Bach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Geobrowser of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol
  2. Antholzer Bach on the website of the South Tyrolean Environment Agency
  3. ^ Egon Kühebacher : The place names of South Tyrol and their history . 2: The historically grown names of the valleys, rivers, streams and lakes. Publishing house Athesia, Bozen 1995, ISBN 88-7014-827-0 , p. 26-27 .