Jessnitz (river)

Jessnitz
Listed stone arch bridge over the Jessnitz in St. Anton an der Jeßnitz
Data
Water code	AT : 411580000
location	Scheibbs district , Lower Austria
River system	Danube
Drain over	Erlauf  → Danube  → Black Sea
origin	Confluence of source streams on the northern slope of the Winterbacher Ötscher 47 ° 56 ′ 59 ″  N , 15 ° 14 ′ 18 ″  E
Source height	555  m above sea level A.
muzzle	near Neubruck (municipality of Scheibbs ) in the Erlauf coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 50 ″  N , 15 ° 10 ′ 44 ″  E 47 ° 58 ′ 50 ″  N , 15 ° 10 ′ 44 ″  E
Mouth height	344  m above sea level A.
Height difference	211 m
Bottom slope	37 ‰
length	5.7 km
Catchment area	36.8 km²
Communities	St. Anton an der Jeßnitz , Scheibbs

The Jessnitz is a river in the Türnitz Alps in Lower Austria .

The Jessnitz rises on the northern slope of the Winterbacher Ötscher, a mountain ridge southwest of Winterbach , flows through St. Anton an der Jeßnitz to flow into the Erlauf at Neubruck .

Notation

While the river is written according to the new spelling Jessnitz , Jeßnitz (Jeßnitzbrücke, Jeßnitztal, Jeßnitzhof, St. Anton an der Jeßnitz) is still used in the local context .

Web links

Commons : Jessnitz (Erlauf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BMLFUW (Hrsg.): Area directory of the river areas: Danube area from the Enns to the Leitha. In: Contributions to Austria's hydrography, issue 62, Vienna 2014, pp. 38/148. PDF download , accessed July 8, 2018.