Kremstal (Upper Austria)
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Section between Micheldorf and Kirchdorf |
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location | Northern Alpine Foreland , Upper Austria | |
Waters | Krems | |
Mountains | Upper Austrian Pre-Alps : Almtaler and Kirchdorfer Flysch Mountains ; Traun-Enns-Riedelland | |
Geographical location | 47 ° 55 ' N , 14 ° 6' E | |
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length | approx. 40 km |
The Kremstal in Upper Austria is the valley of the Krems river .
geography
The approximately 40 kilometer long valley extends from Haid near Ansfelden, a little southeast of Linz, southeast and then southwards. At the beginning it runs through the Traun-Enns-Platte , the undulating Riedelland of the Traunviertel as a flat, wide trough valley . From Wartberg it forms a wide valley funnel of the foothills of the Alps, which narrows sharply towards Kirchdorf . In Michelsdorf the valley ends in the Talwasserscheide of Nice , while the Krems something previously made a short alpine run ( In der Krems ) from Krems origin of the right to enter the valley.
It is the namesake for the places Rohr im Kremstal and Inzersdorf im Kremstal . The most important places in the valley, Kirchdorf an der Krems and Kremsmünster , are also named after the Krems .
Larger places in the Kremstal are:
- Micheldorf
- Kirchdorf an der Krems
- Schlierbach
- Wartberg on the Krems
- Kremsmünster
- Rohr in the Kremstal
- Inzersdorf in the Kremstal
- Kematen on the Krems
- Neuhofen an der Krems .
The most important side valley is the out-of-the-alpine valley of the Sulzbach with Bad Hall and Adlwang . On both sides of the lower Krems there are several smaller valleys between the riedeln which stretches out towards the lower Traun valley .
With the Pyhrnbahn and the Pyhrn Autobahn , as well as the B 138, the Kremstal Straße and the Pyhrnpass Straße , several nationally important traffic routes lead through the valley.