Pouring ditch (Krumpenwasser)

Gießgraben Gießbach, Krampugraben
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Water code	AT : 322 2 0 0 0 0 0
location	Lower Austria , Austria
River system	Danube
Drain over	Krumpenwasser  → Danube  → Black Sea
source	at Hohenwarth 48 ° 30 ′ 15 ″  N , 15 ° 50 ′ 4 ″  E
Source height	approx.  310  m above sea level A.
muzzle	Tullnerfeld coordinates: 48 ° 22 '34 "  N , 15 ° 55' 22"  E 48 ° 22 '34 "  N , 15 ° 55' 22"  E
Mouth height	179  m above sea level A.
Height difference	approx. 131 m
Bottom slope	approx. 6.9 ‰
length	approx. 19 km
Catchment area	91.5 km²
Left tributaries	Neudegggraben
Right tributaries	Wiesengraben Schinderlahn
Communities	Hohenwarth-Mühlbach am Manhartsberg , Großriedenthal , Kirchberg am Wagram , Koenigsbrunn am Wagram

The Gießgraben (also Gießbach or Krampugraben ) is a river on the Wagram in Lower Austria .

topography

The river arises below Hohenwarth , whereby the river is fed from ditches that only carry water when it rains. So there is no source. It then flows via Großriedenthal , Ottenthal, Ober- , Mitter- and Unterstockstall and on through the Tullnerfeld via Bierbaum towards the Danube , where it also dries up when it is dry. In the event of heavy rainfall, however, the pouring ditch can rise noticeably. It reaches a length of approx. 19 km before it takes up the Schinderlahn in the Donau-Au and flows into the Rondellenwasser (also Rondellwasser or Rabischwasser), an oxbow lake in the Donau-Au, which is called Krumpenwasser in the following.

Especially in the summer months, the pouring ditch hardly carries any water, but it swells when it rains.

Tributaries are the Neudegggraben and the Wiesengraben , which also carry little water.

Naming

The name varies depending on the formation of the valley. While the river is barely noticeable in the upper reaches, from Ottenthal, where its valley is perceptible as a clear ditch, it is more commonly referred to as a Gießgraben or Krampugraben , and in the lower reaches from Unterstockstall, where it enters the Tullnerfeld plain, it is called a Gießbach .

Flood in 1962

On the night of May 10, 1962, a devastating storm caused the pouring ditch to swell strongly, the water masses first poured over Oberstockstall, until a dam broke at a mill in Mitterstockstall and the mudslides extended to the Unterstockstall.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 103. PDF download , accessed on July 8, 2018.