Brunnbach (Hagertal)

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Brunnbach
Brunnbachfall at the Bäckenalm

Brunnbachfall at the Bäckenalm

Data
Water code AT : 2-8-270-94
location Kitzbühel District , Tyrol , Austria
River system Danube
Drain over Großache  → Alz  → Inn  → Danube  → Black Sea
source on Fellhorn
47 ° 36 '47 "  N , 12 ° 30' 13"  E
Source height 1610  m above sea level A.
muzzle in the Großache im Hagertal Coordinates: 47 ° 38 ′ 9 ″  N , 12 ° 27 ′ 32 ″  E 47 ° 38 ′ 9 ″  N , 12 ° 27 ′ 32 ″  E
Mouth height 608  m above sea level A.
Height difference 1002 m
Bottom slope 17%
length 5.8 km
Catchment area 8.96 km²
Communities Kirchdorf in Tirol , Kössen

The Brunnbach is a body of water in the Hefferthorn-Fellhorn-Sonnenberg nature reserve in Tyrol (Austria).

Source and history

It rises at an altitude of 1610  m below the Fellhorn in the Chiemgau Alps and reaches the valley via several waterfalls in the Kreuzangergraben. The stream is additionally fed by tributaries from the Eggenalm via the Hasenauer Alm. In a last waterfall above the Bäckalm (now Einfangalm) the water falls again and collects in a lagoon-like basin.

From there the torrent winds its way north. It receives further tributaries from the trenches of the Einfangalm, the Hackalm, the Martenalm and the Weissensteinalm. In the Hagertal between Kössen and Kirchdorf in Tirol it flows into the Großache after two kilometers as a right tributary .

Quirks

The peculiarity of this body of water lies in the originality of the winding course and the natural vegetation on the banks. The natural stream is between 2 and 6 meters wide. When there is increased rainfall, the water swells quickly and shallowly overflows its banks, but flows through the windings at low speed. This creates the typical fertile floodplain here. In very severe winters (2018), the waterfall at the Einfangalm (Bäckalm) almost completely freezes and there is no surface water to be seen.

Surname

In the historical maps up to 1860 it was still listed as “Brunnen Bach”, but “Brunnbach” is now common both in language usage and in the Tyrolean regional planning registers.

  • Brunnbach in the Shire

  • Brunnbach in the Hagertal

  • Auwiesen am Brunnbach

Web links

Commons : Brunnbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d tirisMaps
  2. ↑ a b tirisMaps . Nature conservation plan for rivers. Accessed January 12, 2015
  3. ↑ Cultures-Skeleton-Map, around 1860 Retrieved on January 12, 2015