Enns and Steyrtaler Flysch Mountains

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Enns and Steyrtaler Flysch Mountains
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Highest peak Spadenberg ( 1000  m above sea level )
location Upper Austria
part of Upper Austrian Pre-Alps (AVE)
Classification according to Upper Austria spatial planning
Coordinates 47 ° 57 '  N , 14 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 57 '  N , 14 ° 32'  E
Type Promontory
rock Flysche
surface 230 km²
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The Enns and Steyrtaler Flysch Mountains are a mountain group of the northern Alps in Upper Austria and are located in the Eisenwurzen region . They form one of 41  Upper Austrian spatial units .

location

The spatial unit comprises three spatially isolated sub-areas that are separated by the Enns and Steyr rivers and are located in the Kirchdorf and Steyr-Land districts.

The area of ​​the Enns and Steyrtal Flysch Mountains is around 230 km². The deepest area is around 330  m above sea level. A. at Steyr . The highest point in the area is the Spadenberg at 1000  m above sea level. A. , on the border with Lower Austria .

The following municipal areas are mostly in the Enns and Steyrtaler Flysch Mountains (starting in the north): Sankt Ulrich bei Steyr , Garsten , Aschach an der Steyr , Waldneukirchen , Reichraming and Maria Neustift .

The room unit is surrounded by the following Upper Austria room units (clockwise, starting in the north): Lower Enns and Steyrtal , Traun-Enns-Riedelland , Almtaler and Kirchdorfer Flyschberge and Enns and Steyrtal pre-Alps . The spatial units Steyr and Teichltal as well as Ennstal divide this spatial unit into the three sub-areas.

Characteristic

  • Flysch mountainous country with rounded peaks between 400 and 1000 m above sea level. Partly steep slopes and deeply cut V-valleys.
  • Natural forest remains on steeper slopes ( beech - fir and ash - sycamore forests ), but spruce dominates . Especially the ridges and northern slopes are often wooded.
  • North-south running river valleys of the Enns and Steyr with a dense network of streams and near-natural upper courses. The larger streams and rivers are often regulated. The stream valleys and ditches are either gallery forest-like or extensively forested, thus strongly structuring the landscape.
  • Small-scale agriculture with a high proportion of extensively managed grassland, with arable farming only being found locally in lower elevations. Abandonment of meadows and pastures in steep slopes, associated with the impoverishment of near-natural cultural landscape elements.
  • Richly structured (many small orchards , bushes, hedges , small forests and rows of trees). Many significant remains of species-rich poor and fat meadows in the entire area in steep and hilltop locations.
  • Vernässungspotential high proportion of wetlands and Quellvernässungen due Drainagierungen low.
  • Rainfall-rich (foothills of the northern dam ) local recreation area.
  • Increasing settlement and urban sprawl in the valleys in the middle and lower reaches. Mostly there are small, isolated square courtyards .

literature

  • Office of the Upper Austrian Provincial Government, Nature Conservation Department (Ed.): Nature and Landscape / Guiding Principles for Upper Austria. Volume 29: Enns and Steyrtal Flysch Mountains spatial unit . Linz 2007 ( pdf [accessed February 17, 2017]).

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