Walster

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Walster
Data
location Türnitz Alps , Styria , Austria
River system Danube
Drain over Salza  → Enns  → Danube  → Black Sea
origin Confluence of the Black and White Walster below the Hubertussee
47 ° 48 ′ 25 ″  N , 15 ° 21 ′ 32 ″  E
Source height 820  m above sea level A.
muzzle in the lower Halltal in front of the Salzaklamm in the Salza coordinates: 47 ° 46 '2 "  N , 15 ° 20' 40"  E 47 ° 46 '2 "  N , 15 ° 20' 40"  E
Mouth height 785  m above sea level A.
Height difference 35 m
Bottom slope 5.6 ‰
length 6.2 km
Catchment area 57.34 km²
Reservoirs flowed through Hubertussee

The Walster is a small river in the Türnitz Alps near Mariazell in Styria .

Run

The water intake of the whale is based on the white whale and the black whale. The Walster drains the Walstern (Valley of the White Whalers), the Fadental (Black Walster) and, as a unified course, the Rechengraben on the east side of the Bürgeralpe .

The river has a length of 6.2 km and flows into the Salza from the right in the Lower Hall valley before the Salzaklamm .

Hubertussee

In the course of the White Whales there is the approx. 15  hectare Hubertussee. Its dam is a few meters above the confluence of the Fadental. The lake was created on the occasion of the silver wedding anniversary of the then hunting master Arthur Krupp in 1906 and was a gift from Margret Krupp to her husband, who was enthusiastic about hunting. This created a larger fish area. Today you can find lake trout , brown trout , rainbow trout and grayling in the Hubertussee and Walster lakes .

Leisure and culture

The area along the Walster belongs to the Austrian Federal Forests . The entire valley of the Walster is a nature reserve . There are extensive hunting and fishing grounds here . Monuments show that u. a. Emperor Franz Joseph I , Count Morzin and the Prussian military Karl von Bülow also stopped to hunt.

On the shores of the Hubertussee is the Bruder-Klaus-Kirche (built 1966–1967), which is consecrated to St. Niklaus von Flüe .

The Walster is also used by kayakers at higher water levels .

Due to its well-preserved nature, Kurt Mündl shot a documentary film with the title Das Stille Tal - Naturpfade zum Hubertussee throughout the year 2010 , which was broadcast on ORF .

  • Hubertussee

  • Dam of the Hubertussee

  • Run the whale beneath the dam

  • Brother Klaus Church

  • Altar of the Brother Klaus Church

  • Hubertus Chapel

literature

  • Dietmar Lautscham : The Walster Book. Searching for traces in a quiet valley in the Styrian-Lower Austrian border region. Illustrated book, Kral Verlag, Berndorf 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the digital Styrian body of water index. State of Styria , accessed July 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ BMLFUW (Hrsg.): List of areas of the Austrian river basins: Enns area. In: Contributions to Austria's Hydrography Issue No. 61, Vienna 2011, p. 32. PDF download , accessed on July 7, 2018.
  3. ^ "Experience Austria" on Sunday, April 10th, on "The silent valley - nature trails to the Hubertussee" . OTS, April 7, 2011, accessed April 12, 2011