Bluntautal
Coordinates: 47 ° 34 ′ 37 ″ N , 13 ° 7 ′ 54 ″ E
The Bluntautal is a short side valley of the Salzach in the Salzburg municipality of Golling in the Hallein district . The valley is traversed by the Torrenerache (also: Torrener Ache ). The area, which is under landscape protection , is a local recreation area and popular as a hiking and excursion destination.
history
In the Bluntau Valley there were in all likelihood bears, wolves and lynxes that were hunted for. A bear cave (also called bear hole ) in the middle of the valley indicates the existence of bears, especially since bones of such animals were found there. The name Bärenwirt for an inn located in the valley follows this tradition .
The Austrian heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863–1914), who was known as a hunter with the greatest passion, owned a hunting ground in the upper Bluntau valley from 1908 until his death in 1914. In order to reach it comfortably, he had the forest road that still exists today built.
The lower Bluntau valley has been under landscape protection since 1980 and the higher part of the valley has been part of the European protected area Kalkhochalpen since 2002 .
geography
Valley course
The Bluntau valley, which extends from southwest to northeast, is four kilometers long and has a valley floor width of a good 400 m. The valley forms the dividing line between the Göllstock in the north and the Hagengebirge in the south. It starts in the wide Salzach valley at 477 m above sea level. A. at the hamlet of Bluntaumühle and has only a small difference in altitude up to the head of the valley at around 540 m.
After the end of the valley, the geographical dividing line between the mountain ranges continues in the west-northwest direction for around five kilometers up to the Torrener Joch at 1735 m, which lies on the state border with Bavaria.
Waters
Torren revenge
The entire course of the valley is traversed by a stream, which is called Torrenerache (also: Torrener Ache ), Torrenerbach (also: Torrener Bach ) or Fischbach . According to SAGIS , the official geographic information system of the State of Salzburg, the stream in both the steep upper valley section and the one in the flat valley floor is the Torrenerache , named after the Golling village and cadastral community of Torren . The watercourse rises in the Göll massif east of the Pfaffenkegels and northeast of the Torrener Joch at 1740 m on Austrian territory. After about three kilometers of the river, the Ache flows through the Obere and Untere Jochalm and after a further three kilometers of steep gradient it reaches the wide, flat valley floor of the Bluntau valley.
This upper course of the brook is mostly seen as a separate brook called Fischbach . This name for the water in the steep section can already be found in the Franciscan cadastre . The description of biotopes in the Salzburg Nature Conservation Book also uses the term Fischbach .
It is unclear where the Torrenerache originates from this point of view or whether it is only named after the confluence of the Fischbach with two other streams. Because a few hundred meters after the Fischbach has reached the valley floor, it takes up two streams on the orographic right : the Höllbach and shortly before it the water of the Bluntau waterfall, which is also known as the White Torren ; and the Höllbach is recorded on maps as a Torren revenge.
From the level valley floor, the Torrenerache passes the Bluntau lakes after around three kilometers of the river and, together with the Fischbach, arrives at the exit of the Bluntau valley after a total of ten kilometers. Ultimately, the Ache passes the hamlet of Steghof and after 11.9 kilometers flows into the Salzach on the left at 465 m above sea level . In some cases this lower stream is also referred to as the Fischbach .
In the upper part of its course, the Torrenerache and the Fischbach take on a few small unnamed side streams, and immediately after Bluntauwasserfall and Höllbach the Kehrgraben adds water to the left.
Bluntau lakes
The Bluntau lakes are two picturesque lakes in the outer area of the Bluntau valley. The Upper and Lower Bluntausee are only separated from each other by a 20 m wide land bridge. The upper Bluntausee has an area of 2.04 hectares , the lower one of 1.06 hectares; they are at 484 m above sea level.
The lakes are more recent and not yet recorded in the Franciscan land register of the 19th century. They were created artificially, feed themselves from groundwater and tributaries of the Torrenerbach and are known for their clear water.
Economy and Infrastructure
Bear hut
The Bluntautal is a local recreation area and a popular excursion destination for the population in the near and far. The valley itself is basically uninhabited, but is managed for tourists and day-trippers with the Gasthof Bärenhütte restaurant in the lower part of the valley. The inn is also approached by horse-drawn carriages on a daily basis in summer. On the valley floor, a wide, easily accessible forest path also leads north of the Torrenerache from the valley exit to the Bärenhütte.
Lower and Upper Jochalm
The road to the inn, which runs south of the Torrenerache, then continues up the valley and climbs steeply and in serpentines as a forest road from the head of the valley to the Untere Jochalm (1172 m) and Oberen Jochalm (1399 m). The road to the Jochalm area was laid out at the beginning of the 20th century at the behest of Archduke Franz Ferdinand , for which the local farmers were expropriated. The heir to the throne made intensive use of his hunting ground, which is now owned by the Austrian Federal Forests . It was popular, among other things, because of the comparatively large number of chamois here.
On the Jochalm there is alpine farming with around ten cows and other young cattle . Five farmers have the servitude right to raise cattle. The manufactured products are also offered for sale to guests. The two alpine farms offer hikers food and accommodation.
There is a material ropeway from the Jochalm area to the Carl-von-Stahl-Haus on the Torrener Joch.
Hiking area
The Bluntau valley in its lower flat area is advertised as a family-friendly and scenic hiking and excursion area with the Bluntau lakes and the picturesque views of rugged cliffs. For mountain hikers, it is the starting point for paths across the Jochalmen to the Carl-von-Stahl-Haus and from there to the Jenner and the Schneibstein, among other places . There is a shelter at the bottom of the valley, and there are places to stop for refreshments and overnight stays at the Jochalmen from the beginning of June to September. The upper Bluntau valley is also popular with mountain bikers.
nature
natural reserve
The Bluntautal has been part of the Natura 2000 European protected area Kalkhochalpen ( FFH directive ) since 2002 . However, the low valley floor is an exception. This, together with the surrounding rising terrain, is designated as a protected landscape area Bluntautal ( GLT 000078 ). The area of this landscape protection area, which has existed since 1980, is 43.4 hectares.
Within this protected area there are 50 individually described biotopes of very different sizes. In terms of area, rock and rubble heaps, grass corridors and various forest forms dominate. In addition, most of the waters are biotopically recorded. Great importance is attached to the protected area, among other things for ecology and species protection .
Flora and fauna
Mixed forests are to be found on the valley floor of the Bluntau valley, on the side steep areas scree vegetation and block forest . In addition, you will typically find daphne , nest root and snow rose as well as clematis and various fern species .
In the animal world, large game (especially roe deer and chamois ) can often be found in the Bluntau Valley and various bird species can be found in the forests; fox and hare are rarer . What is remarkable is the fact that half of all butterfly species in the state of Salzburg can be found in the valley . Different types of trout and char are particularly native to the Bluntau lakes .
Web links
proof
- Nature Conservation Book State of Salzburg: Bluntautal Landscape Protection Area
- Jochalmen in the Bluntau valley near Golling. Retrieved September 5, 2017 .
- ↑ All metric information as measured and information on the official geographic information system of the State of Salzburg ( SAGIS ).
- ↑ The spelling of the name is also different from the official side: In SAGIS it is Torrenerache , in the Salzburg Nature Conservation Book both the combined and the separate spelling Torrener Ache is used unsystematically ; there is also the name Torrener Bach (see nature conservation book , accessed on September 4, 2017).
- ↑ The emphasis of this name is on the e .
- ↑ The waters of the Bluntauwasserfall biotope described in the Salzburg Nature Conservation Book (see Bluntauwasserfall biotope , accessed on September 4, 2017) have no name there and are not listed in the SAGIS water network.
- ↑ a b See the entry Bluntautal in the Salzburgwiki , version of August 11, 2016 .
- ↑ See OpenStreetMap in this version , accessed on September 5, 2017.
- ↑ a b Cf. the Franciscian cadastre in SAGIS.
- ↑ Without names according to OpenstreetMap; These streams are not recorded in SAGIS, but appear in the official biotope descriptions, also without their own designation.
- ↑ See fischradar.com , accessed on September 4, 2017.