Kobernaußerwald

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Kobernaußerwald

The Kobernaußerwald (also Kobernaußer Wald ) is a medium mountain range of hills in the foothills of the Alps in Austria , which forms the western part of the Hausruck and Kobernaußerwald range and is also part of the border between the Inn and Hausruck districts . At 767  m above sea level A. the Steiglberg is the highest elevation of this wide, wooded gravel slab with few settlements and little traffic. The Kobernaußerwaldwarte (village of Stelzen) is located on the Steiglberg .

From a geological point of view, the Kobernaußerwald lies in the so-called Molasse Basin and is a remnant of the last foreland molasse that was deposited .

In the center of the Kobernaußerwald, the proportion of forest is around 90%; Together with the Hausruck Forest, it is one of the largest contiguous forest areas in Central Europe. The Kobernaußerwald consists mainly of coniferous wood (approx. 80%), whereby the spruce with approx. 75% makes up the largest part.

Ownership

Until 1779 the area was part of Bavaria and it was called the Höhnhart Forest . With the Peace of Teschen , the War of the Bavarian Succession was ended, the area became part of Upper Austria and became Austrian state property.

In 1853, the numerous servitude rights were largely replaced. As a result, around 4400 hectares of forest in the Kobernaußerwald became private property. Until 1874, the entire Kobernaußerwald was sold to private owners to discharge the state. In 1940 the Kobernaußerwald was incorporated into the Imperial Forests of the German Empire. The ownership and management of the Kobernaußerwald was transferred to the Republic of Austria ( the Austrian Federal Forests ) in 1949 .

Most of the forest is currently privately owned.

Surname

The name of the Kobernaußerwald (comes from the Kobernaußen part of the municipality of Lohnsburg am Kobernaußerwald ) is one of the place names in Upper Austria with a Romanesque root, which dates back to the time when the area belonged to the Roman province of Noricum ripense , or was continued from the remaining one Romansh-speaking population. This is the Latin word caverna , for cave.

Around the Kobernaußerwald there are also some places with Romanesque names, such as Gurten bei Ried ( curtina = small courtyard), Plain bei Pöndorf ( plana = flat field), Gampern ( campus = field) or the Irrsee , which refers to a novel with the Name Ursus (the bear) goes back. There are also Germanic place names that point to remaining Alpine Romanesque settlements, such as Straßwalchen or Walchen near St. Georgen im Attergau .

population

Particularly in the towns on the northern edge of the Kobernaußerwald, separate communities formed due to their geographical location and remoteness from the respective municipal capitals. The inhabitants of the villages directly on the Kobernaußerwald in the communities of Lohnsburg , Mettmach and Waldzell are still referred to as "Wallner" (pronounced: Woina ).

But the communities of Maria Schmolln (place of pilgrimage) and Sankt Johann am Walde are also known for the fact that, due to the remoteness, they developed or were able to keep their own customs that have long since been forgotten elsewhere.

See also

literature

General:

  • Room unit Hausruck and Kobernaußerwald . In: Office of the Upper Austrian Provincial Government, Nature Conservation Department (Hrsg.): Nature and Landscape / Concepts for Upper Austria . tape 25 . Lochen / Linz 2007 ( land-oberoesterreich.gv.at [PDF; 4.5 MB ]).

Technical literature:

  • Kurt Kriso: The Kobernaußerwald under the influence of humans. A study of forest history . In: Yearbook of the Upper Austria. Museum association . 106th volume. Linz 1961, p. 269–338 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at - with overview V. Chronological overview of the history of the Kobernaußerwald and its foreland. P. 332 ff / PDF p. 66 ff).
  • W. Lohberger: Groundwater investigation Kobernaußerwald 1985/86 . Linz 1985 (report).
  • H. Wimmer: Environmental geohydrology and hydrogeochemistry of the Kobernaußerwald and its framing . Salzburg 1990 (Diss. Univ. Salzburg ).

Web links

Commons : Kobernaußerwald  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The life of a "Woinas". Retrieved February 22, 2018 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 3 '  N , 13 ° 16'  E