Fugnitz (river)
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 The Fugnitz shortly before it flows into the Thaya in Hardegg |
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| location | Lower Austria ( Austria ) | |
| River system | Danube | |
| Drain over | Thaya → March → Danube → Black Sea | |
| source | Wolfsgraben south of Trautmannsdorf 48 ° 46 ′ 9 ″ N , 15 ° 42 ′ 53 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 500 m above sea level A. | |
| muzzle | in Hardegg in the Thaya Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 20 " N , 15 ° 51 ′ 34" E 48 ° 51 ′ 20 " N , 15 ° 51 ′ 34" E |
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| Mouth height | 285 m above sea level A. | |
| Height difference | approx. 215 m
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| Catchment area | 138.7 km² | |
| Small towns | Hardegg | |
| Communities | Geras , Weitersfeld | |
The Fugnitz is a right tributary of the Thaya in the north-eastern Waldviertel ( Lower Austria ).
The Fugnitz has its source between Harth and Dallein (cadastral communities of Geras in the Horn district ) and flows into the Thaya in Hardegg . On her way she also crosses the village of Fugnitz (municipality of Geras) and the Fugnitz forest .
The name Fugnitz can be derived from the Slavic bukovnica and refers to a river with beech trees growing on its banks.
The river, also known as the Fugnitzbach because of its small size, has a catchment area of around 137 square kilometers.
A severe storm in the catchment area on June 30, 2006 caused the Fugnitz to rise sharply in a short time. The embankment of the local railway Retz – Drosendorf was so undermined by the tidal wave that the train traffic of the so-called phylloxera express to Drosendorf had to be temporarily stopped and a road bridge in the course of the Thayatal Straße (B 30) was also damaged. There was also severe devastation in Hardegg.
No documents can be found about a small power plant that was located between Heufurth and Hardegg and was powered by the Fugnitz.
In the Beneš memoranda for the Paris Peace Conference 1919/1920 (Memorandum No. 10: Problems with the correction of the Czechoslovak and German-Austrian borders), among other things, the demand for a border correction in the area south of Frain an der Thaya was raised. Had this requirement been met, Hardegg an der Thaya, Merkersdorf and Karlslust Castle would have become part of the Czechoslovak Republic and the Fugnitz would have become partially a border river.
Individual evidence
- ↑ BMLFUW (Hrsg.): Area directory of the river areas: Danube area from the Enns to the Leitha. In: Contributions to Austria's Hydrography Issue 62, Vienna 2014, p. 136. PDF download , accessed on July 8, 2018.
- ↑ Albrecht Greule : Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch: Etymologie der Gewässernamen and the associated area, settlement and field names de Gruyter Mouton, Berlin 2014 ISBN 3110190397
- ↑ Weblink: ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Weblink: ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Weblink: http://www.forost.ungarisches-institut.de/pdf/19180000-10.pdf (page 3, Thaya valley)
