Hirzkarseelein

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Hirzkarsee (lein)
(formerly) Hinterer Hirzkarsee
Hierzkarseelein, Upper Austria, Austria.jpg
Hirzkarseelein on the Dachstein
Geographical location Dachstein massif , Upper Austria
Tributaries none
Drain none (underground to Lake HallstattTraunDanubeBlack Sea )
Data
Coordinates 47 ° 30 '39.8 "  N , 13 ° 41' 40.4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '39.8 "  N , 13 ° 41' 40.4"  E
Hirzkarseelein (Upper Austria)
Hirzkarseelein
Altitude above sea level 1814  m
surface 0.05 ha
length 28 m
width 28 m
scope 90 m

particularities

Mountain lake, former group of lakes with 3 lakes

The Hirzkarseelein is a small mountain lake in the high plateau of the Dachstein massif in the municipality of Obertraun , Upper Austria . In the 1960s there was still a small group of lakes with three lakes, Vorderer Hirzkarsee, Mittlerer Hirzkarsee and Hinterer Hirzkarsee , the latter is today's Hirzkarsee, the other two have silted up. There are other partially silted paints in the area.

Location and conservation

The Hirzkarseelein is located south of the Hohe Krippenstein not far from the dilapidated Hirzkaralm . Here one of the high valleys of the Dachstein plateau stretches from the Gjaidalm southeast. Between Hirzkarkogel  ( 1859  m above sea level ) in the southwest and Margschierf  ( 2080  m above sea level ) in the northeast, the Hirzkarsee lies at 1814  m above sea level. A. It is a small high mountain varnish with a diameter of around 25 meters and an area of ​​around 550 m², which is surrounded by a fen zone.

About 70 meters to the west, on the way to the lake, lies another wetland, the silted-up Middle Hirzkarsee  ( 1813  m above sea level   ). 140 meters southwest slightly against the Alm out right on the trail in a trough, is the also dry fallen Front Hirzkarsee  ( 1810  m above sea level. A. ). Another small lake, sometimes referred to as Hirzkarsee in older literature , was located in a sinkhole about 500 m to the east, this has largely fallen dry for a long time (today 1846  m above sea level ). North above the road is yet another nameless paints, formerly probably also larger (now 1,835  m above sea level. A. ). Therefore the formerly “rear” lake is only called Hirzkarsee (lein) ; the term -seelein is customary in the area, and denotes small lakes as well as groups of them. The disappearance of numerous Dachstein lakes due to over-management and the increasing karstification of the high plateau has been documented since the 1950s.    

The lake is located in the Dachstein European Protected Area ( FFH / BSGAT3101000 / EU02 ) and in the Dachstein nature reserve in the communities of Gosau, Hallstatt and Obertraun  ( N098 ), and is part of the Hallstatt – Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape UNESCO World Heritage Site ( WHS 806 ). The Dachstein is also a water reserve . Around the lake there are rare plants such as marsh marigold and the carnivorous sundew .

Karst plateau landscape of the Hirzkar, on the right the karst hollow to the former Middle Hirzkarsee, behind the ridge from the Niederen to the Hohe Krippenstein to the north

Development

Although it is in the high mountains, the lake can be easily reached on foot. In the vicinity of the lake there is a cable car, the Krippensteinbahn (mountain station at the Gjaidalm 2 km west), the lake can be reached from the Gjaidalm - Heilbronner Kreuz path to the left shortly after the dilapidated Hirzkaralm. From the lake head northeast to the Dachstein view , and to the Krippensteinish cave and the Däumelsee .

The lake has drinking water quality and invites you to swim in summer, it is advisable to pay attention to the protected items.

literature

  • R. Schmidt: Postglacial vegetation development and climatic oscillations in the pollen pattern of the Hirzkarsee / Dachstein profile 1800 m above sea level (O.Ö.). In: Linzer biol. Articles , Issue 10/1, Linz 1978, pp. 161–169.

Web links

Commons : Hirzkarseelein  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e parcel 472/14, KG Obertraun; Area according to land register 570 m²; Lake area slightly smaller in 2013
  2. Organic area no. OEKF02195 Hirzkar-Seelein, Dachstein Land Upper Austria, Geographical Nature Conservation Information System (GENISYS)
  3. see Alpenvereinskarte Dachstein group , old issues; recognized the other two lakes are also online at DORIS doris.ooe.gv.at → map theme nature , Layer Protection AreasEU-protected areasprotected goodshabitat types : The habitat ESG0003556 mountain pine scrub saves the three lakes of exactly; the (rear) little lake is mapped as ESG0003555 Moore (OEKF02195).
  4. for example No. 26 in H. Flögl, H. Blaschke: Die Hochwasserretention der Salzkammergutseen . ( The Flood Storage of the Lakes of the “Salzkammergut” ). In: Interpraevent 1980 . Proceedings IV. International symposium on disaster prevention through improved natural space analyzes . Linz 1980, map: Fig 1 Lakes of the "Salzkammergut" , p. 176 ( pdf , interpraevent.at - pdf p. 2, full article pp. 175–194).
  5. ^ Josef Zötl: Hydrological investigations in the eastern Dachstein area . In: Communications of the natural science association for Styria . tape 87 . Graz 1957, On the question of progressive karstification , p. 186 ff . (full article pp. 185–205, PDF on ZOBODAT - PDF p. 5). Josef Zötl: New results in karst hydrology . Investigations in the Dachstein area using the spore drift method. In: Geography . tape
     11 , no. 2 , 1957, p. 107–117 , doi : 10.3112 / erdkunde.1957.02.03 ( article archive , erdkunde.uni-bonn.de, download pdf there). In the 1958 Dachstein Group Alpine Club map , new edition of the 1915 edition, 1924 supplements, a number of wetlands in the area to the east and north-west are still mapped.