Holzäpfeltal

Holzäpfeltal ( Rotte )
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Liezen  (LI), Styria
Judicial district	Liezen
Pole. local community	Wildalpen   ( KG  Wildalpen)
Locality	Wild Alps
Coordinates	47 ° 40 ′ 35 "  N , 15 ° 0 ′ 49"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 35 "  N , 15 ° 0 ′ 49"  E
height	637  m above sea level A.
Building status	34 (2012)
Post Code	8924
Statistical identification
Counting district / district	Wild Alps (61 251 000)
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; GIS-Stmk

The Holzäpfeltal is a side valley of the Salza in the Ybbstal Alps in Styria and is part of the Wildalpen community in the Liezen district .

geography

Holzäpfeltalbach Holzäpfelbach, Lassing
location	Northeast Styria , Styria ; Lassingalpen , Ybbstal Alps
River system	Enns
Drain over	Salza  → Enns  → Danube  → Black Sea
River basin district	Danube below Jochenstein
confluence	High barn trench and Ennsleitengraben 47 ° 41 '44.85 "  N , 15 ° 2' 38.62"  O
Source height	739  m above sea level A.
muzzle	in the Salza
length	6 km
Catchment area	22.74 km²
Communities	Wild Alps
Lower Lassing 0.645 km; River length with Hochstadlgraben approx. 9 km;

The Holzäpfeltal is located in northeastern Styria and extends eastward from the municipality's capital to the herb massif, almost parallel to the Salzatal, which meanders only a little to the south, into the southern Lassingalpen .

The Holzäpfeltalbach (also Holzäpfelbach ) rises as a Hochstadlgraben on the northwest slope of the herb massif, at about 1655  m above sea level. A. below the Graskogel  ( 1742  m above sea level ), still in the Gußwerker municipality. After 3½ kilometers it unites, already at the foot of the Kräuterin at 739  m above sea level. A. , with the Ennsleitengraben , which comes to the north from the Froschbauersattel on the Kleiner Kreuzberg  ( 1367  m above sea level ). Until then, he has worked with Henn Lucke ditch Schartergraben and Weißgraben left added three more flume of Kräuterin-northwest flank.

From here the Holzäpfeltalbach flows for about 5 kilometers in a heavily graveled sole valley, and takes on the left Kaltergraben, Schifterkogelgraben and Scheidergraben . This section of the river is the place Holzäpfeltal . It is located as a Rotte along the brook, and also includes the localities of Musel, Casari and the now uninhabited Christerbauer , a total of 34 buildings with addresses, with the downstream houses (near Musel) directly adjacent to Hopfgarten . Only the lower half of the valley is inhabited.

At Musel, the brook takes the Hopfgartenbach , its largest tributary, from the right and is also called Lassing from here on . The Jägertal brook flows from the north, and after a further 700 m and a total of around 9 km the Holzäpfeltalbach flows into the Salza in the Wildalpen village.

In the north there is Scheinberg  ( 943  m above sea level ), Weittalkogel  ( 949  m above sea level ), Krumpenkogel  ( 1098  m above sea level ) and Baumkogel  ( 1105  m above sea level ), a wooded foothills of the herb store, im The main herb ridge runs south from the Hochstadl main summit  ( 1919  m above sea level ) via Kleine Hochstadl  ( 1835  m above sea level ), Kräuterspitze  ( 1726  m above sea level ), Mauerkögel  ( 1049  m above sea level ) and Mitterberg  ( 978  m above sea level ) against Wildalpen and separates the Holzäpfeltal from the Salzatal.

The entire catchment area of the brook system covers around 23 square kilometers, the direct catchment area, i.e. the Holzäpfeltal itself, 16.9 km².

Neighboring places

Hopfgarten
		(Herbalist)    Rotmoos (Gem.  Gußwerk )
Wild Alps	Well

geology

The valley extends in the Göller ceiling , a partial ceiling of the limestone-alpine Ötscher ceiling system ( Central and Upper Triassic , 245–230 ma), with Wetterstein limestone and main dolomite in the south, separated by thin pure graben slate . In the south, the partially steep fault SEMP line (Salzach – Ennstal – Mariazell – Puchberg) runs through WSW-ONO-stiching. Spreads find breccias of the Quaternary , as post- Pleistocene , the late Würmvereisung be classified.

History and nature

With the upswing of the iron industry around the Erzberg and its resource requirements for wood, intensive logging began in the Salzatal from the early modern period. The first reports of uncontrolled forest devastation in the Wildalpener area date back to 1627. The Innerberger Main Union intensified forest construction in the later 17th century.

In 1889 the Wildalpen forest administration was sold to the Styrian Religious Fund by the Alpine-Montangesellschaft , the successor to the Innerberg main trade union . At that time, the forest was largely cleared and hardly re-stocked, and soil erosion due to karstification became a problem. In 1903 the valley floor was almost completely gravel, in 1930 the rearmost courtyards in the valley had to be cleared and the residents relocated.

In the years 1952-54 the Austrian torrent control built an extensive bedload dam (Christerbauersperre) at the abandoned Christerbauer. Due to the wind throw disaster in 1966 , the situation worsened despite efforts to reforest. Today dominate lime-beech and spruce-fir-beech forests , with a typical forestry to high spruce share of book sites as well as those for the Scots pine with Lime Blue Grass - Erika would be typical -Heide.

The valley is part of the Wildalpener Salzatal nature reserve .

Sights and hiking trails

Site plan of the Vienna high spring pipelines

The Holzäpfeltalaquedukt stands near Brandl , an aqueduct of the 2nd Viennese high spring pipeline , over which the water runs from the Gußwerk area to Vienna. It is a listed building .

The Krumpenalm circular hiking trail leads through the valley , from Wildalpen to Brandl inward into the valley, and over the heights of Kräuterhals  ( 709  m above sea level ) to Brunn-Fischerreith and back up to the salza. An easy path leads from Casari to the neighboring Hopfgarten. There are no marked trails through the northwest flank of the Kräuterin, but a route via Reiterbaueralm - Buchsattel alpin to the Hochstadl is possible.

literature

• H. Proske, C. Rinesch, V. Strasser, P. Trinkaus: Basic investigations into the bed load problem of the Holzäpfeltalbach. Project report . Ed .: Joanneum Research. Graz 1997.
• Herwig Proske: Cause analysis of the erosion processes in a calcareous alpine catchment area (Holzäpfeltal near Wildalpen, Styria) . In: Mitt. Ref. Geol. And Paläont. State Museum Joanneum . SH 2. Graz 1998, p. 287–301 ( museum-joanneum.at [PDF]).
• Christine Rinesch, Peter Trinkaus, Volker Strasser, Herwig Proske: The forest / wild problem area based on the case study “Holzäpfeltal” . Ed .: Joanneum Research - Institute for Environmental Geology and Ecosystem Research. Graz July 28, 2006 ( ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: laendlicher-raum.at )).

Individual evidence

• 61251 - Wild Alps. Community data, Statistics Austria .

1. ↑ Digital Atlas Styria → Map Center: Waters & Water Information → Altitude Inquiry
2. ↑ ^{a b} Holzäpfeltalbach . In: Steiermark digital water index, wis.stmk.gv.at: 5,390 km
3. ↑ ^{a b} Lit. Proske: Root cause analysis . 1998, 2. The study area , p. 2 .
4. ↑ ^{a b} Lassing . GEW-CODE 2256 In: Steiermark digital water register , wis.stmk.gv.at
5. ↑ ^{a b} Hochstadlgraben . GEW_CODE = 1468 In: Steiermark digital water register , wis.stmk.gv.at
6. ↑ ^{a b} Information according to Wasserbuch Steiermark totaled: 9.695 km; Hydraulic information: 8.4 km in Lit. Proske: Analysis of causes . 1998, 2. The study area , p. 288 (p. 2) .
7. ↑ so still in the Josephinische Landesaufnahme
   Lassing [ bach ] are also called the next two streams downstream at Gußwerk and at Palfau-Erzhalden (Mendlingbach)
8. ↑ ^{a b} Lit. Rinesch, et al .: Problem area Wald / Wild . 2006, 2. The study area .
9. ^ Proske: Root cause analysis . 1998, 4. Geological conditions , p. 291-295 (p. 5 ff.) .
10. ^ Proske: Root cause analysis . 1998, 4.2. Quaternary cover layers , p. 293 (p. 7.) .
11. ^ F. Hafner: Steiermarks Wald in the past and present. Österreichischer Agrarverlag, Vienna, 1979. Quoted from Proske: Analysis of causes . 1998, 3. Anthropogenic influence and development of use , p. 289 (p. 3.) .
12. ↑ see Adolf Grabner: History of the Wildalpen community. 2nd edition, self-published by the Wildalpen community, Wildalpen 1986 (excerpt: Bibl. Info , eisenstrasse.info; wildalpen.at ).
13. ^ ^{A b} Proske: Root cause analysis . 1998, 3. Anthropogenic influence and development of use , p. 289-290 (p. 3 ff.) .
14. ↑ Krumpenalm circular hiking trail  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   , outdooractive.com (with map and GPS data)