Inntal (room unit)

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The Inntal is one of the 41  Upper Austrian spatial units and is located in the Innviertel along the Inn . It includes the Austrian parts of the Lower Inn .

location

The spatial unit is in the districts of Braunau , Ried and Schärding .

The area of ​​the Inn valley is around 231 km² and extends over around 60 km. The width varies between 200 meters and 9 km. The deepest area is around 312  m above sea level. A. at Schärding. The highest area of ​​the area is at Fuchshofen at 406  m above sea level. A.

The following municipal areas have a large share of the Inn Valley (alphabetically sorted by district): Altheim , Braunau , Burgkirchen , Mining , St. Peter / Hart , Überackern , Weng , Antiesenhofen , Geinberg , Kirchdorf , Mörschwang , Mühlheim , Obernberg , Reichersberg , St. Georgen / Obernbg. , St. Martin / Innkr. , Schärding , St. Marienkirchen / Schärding , St. Florian / Inn , Suben and Wernstein .

The room unit is surrounded by the following Upper Austria room units (clockwise, starting in the north): Danube gorge and side valleys , Sauwald , Inn and Hausruckviertel hill country , Mattigtal , Neukirchner Platte , Weilharts and Lachforst and Salzachtal .

The Inn Valley is divided into four sub-units:

  • Inn and alluvial forests
  • Lower terrace with cultural landscape
  • Terrace landscape
  • Hillside forests

Characteristic

  • Broad valley on the right bank of the Inn with alluvial forest and chain of power plants.
  • The alluvial forests consist mostly of gray alder , white willow - and ash . They are an important waterfowl area and there is a stable beaver population. There is conflict between anglers and environmentalists over the bird sanctuary. The alluvial forests also occur outside the power plant dams (e.g. near Mining and Kirchdorf).
  • The cultural landscape between Mühlheim and Hagenau has many structural elements. Numerous hedges , small forests, orchards and swamps can be found. There are also small settlements in this subunit.
  • The hillside forests are near-natural forests with ash, maple , beech, oak and hornbeam . There are also many small streams and ponds here.
  • Running waters from the adjacent hill country are often regulated in the Inn Valley. The Antiesen flows through a gorge up to 40 meters deep with streak walls .
  • The high and low terraces are used intensively for agriculture. This area is covered with loess , the proportion of forest is less than 4%.
  • The settlement areas lie along the terrace edges and there is only a dense development in Braunau. The numerous castles and monasteries (e.g. Reichersberg Monastery ) shape the landscape.
  • Traffic routes (e.g. Innkreis Autobahn ) cut through the area.

literature

  • Office of the Upper Austrian Provincial Government, Nature Conservation Department (Ed.): Nature and Landscape / Guiding Principles for Upper Austria. Volume 27: Inntal room unit . Linz 2007 ( pdf [accessed on January 18, 2017]).

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