Horner basin

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The Horner Basin , named after the town of Horn , is a tectonic collapse basin within the crystalline part of the Bohemian Massif on the eastern edge of the Waldviertel . The current surface, which consists of tertiary and quaternary deposits, is about a hundred meters deeper than the surrounding area. This protected location and the low altitude of just over 300 meters create favorable climatic conditions in this closed area. The landscape is drained by the Taffa , which flows into the Kamp flowing past in the peripheral area . With an average annual precipitation of 560 mm, the basin is one of the driest areas in Austria.

The prehistoric man was already attracted by the good climatic conditions and the fertile soils, and his legacies can be traced again and again from the Paleolithic onwards. Above all, the Neolithic and the Iron Age became known for their dense settlement and important settlement inventories. In the Middle Ages , this landscape was given the name Poigreich , which remained common for a long time.

See also: basin (geology)

literature

  • Berthold Bauer: Geomorphology of the southeastern Waldviertel in the catchment area of ​​Krems and Kamp (= dissertations of the University of Vienna. Volume 79). Vienna 1972.
  • Homeland book of the Horn district. 1st volume, Horn 1933.
  • Gregor Schweighofer: Poigreichführer. Horn and surroundings. Horn 1955.
  • Hermann Maurer : Outline of the prehistory and early history of the Waldviertel. In: Mannus. 51, 1985, p. 276ff.
  • Hermann Maurer, Regesten on the prehistory and early history of the Horner Boden. In: Horner calendar. 123, 1994, p. 51ff.