Klausgraben (Liesing)

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Klausgraben
Dried out upper reaches of the Klausgraben

Dried out upper reaches of the Klausgraben

Data
location Vienna , Austria
River system Schwechat
Drain over Liesingbach  → Schwechat  → Danube  → Black Sea
source in Kalksburg
48 ° 8 ′ 31 ″  N , 16 ° 13 ′ 26 ″  E
muzzle in Kalksburg in den Liesingbach Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '16 "  N , 16 ° 13' 53"  E 48 ° 8 '16 "  N , 16 ° 13' 53"  E

The Klausgraben is a brook in the 23rd district of Liesing in Vienna . It is a feeder of the Liesingbach .

course

The Klausgraben runs through the Kalksburg district . It rises in the Dorotheerwald south of the Eichwiese. Its ravine is up to 10 m deep. It flows through a fish table before it crosses the Breitenfurter Straße in a pipe passage and flows into the Liesingbach.

There is no risk of flooding at the Klausgraben. In the event of a flood of the century , neither the infrastructure nor the resident population are affected.

history

The pipe passage for the Klausgraben under the Breitenfurter Straße was built in 1950.

ecology

The Klausgraben fish pond serves as spawning water for common toads ( Bufo bufo ) and common frogs ( Rana temporaria ). Fire salamanders ( Salamandra salamandra ) spawn further upstream . White-backed woodpeckers ( Dendrocopos leucotos ) have also been observed by the stream .

On the left bank of the Klausgraben, there is a mixed forest of distressed and sessile oaks , to which ash , summer linden , beech , hornbeam , service tree and pointed maple are mixed. Among the dominant species in its herb layer includes the batting sedge ( Carex pilosa ). The plant species real daphne ( Daphne mezereum ) and black germer ( Veratrum nigrum ), which are strictly protected under the Vienna Nature Conservation Act, also grow on the stream .

See also

Web links

Commons : Klausgraben (Liesing)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johanna Scheiblhofer, Wolfgang Schranz: Diverse Nature in Liesing. (PDF) Biosphärenpark Wienerwald Management GmbH, October 2019, pp. 86 and 102 , accessed on January 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ MA 45, review of the discharge capacity of various torrents in connection with flood protection. Activity report 2014. (PDF) City Audit Office Vienna, April 2014, p. 8 , accessed on January 3, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Bridge Information Vienna. Vienna Bridge Construction and Foundation Engineering (Municipal Department 29), Municipal Authority of the City of Vienna, accessed on January 3, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Heinz Grillitsch, Silke Schweiger: Final report on the survey of amphibian spawning waters in Vienna “Spawning waters mapping 2015 and 2016”. (PDF) Vienna Environmental Protection Department (Magistratsabteilung 22), November 2016, pp. 23, 43, 84 and 89 , accessed on January 3, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Johanna Scheiblhofer, Wolfgang Schranz: Diverse Nature in Liesing. (PDF) Biosphärenpark Wienerwald Management GmbH, October 2019, p. 37 , accessed on January 3, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Johanna Scheiblhofer, Wolfgang Schranz: Diverse Nature in Liesing. (PDF) Biosphärenpark Wienerwald Management GmbH, October 2019, pp. 89–90 , accessed on January 3, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Johanna Scheiblhofer, Wolfgang Schranz: Diverse Nature in Liesing. (PDF) Biosphärenpark Wienerwald Management GmbH, October 2019, pp. 120 and 122 , accessed on January 3, 2020 .