Kundler Gorge
Coordinates: 47 ° 26 ′ 45 ″ N , 11 ° 59 ′ 14 ″ E
The Kundler Klamm is a gorge along the Wildschönauer Ache in Austria . It is located in the Kufstein district and connects the Wildschönau high valley with the Lower Inn valley .
geology
The surrounding rock massif made of dolomite rock is around 235 million years old and was created in the course of the alpine mountain formation.
history
The legend of the creation of the Wildschönau
“The Wildschönau was once a lake. A terrible dragon lived in it. A farmer killed him by ruse. In the end, the monster bit through the rock to Kundl, and the lake emptied. This is how the Wildschönau and the Kundler Gorge were created. "
Wood drift
Like other tributaries of the Inn from the wooded side valleys, the Wildschönauer Ache was used for wood drifts until the 20th century . The tree trunks were thrown into the flood-bearing Ache in spring and fished out in Kundl. At that time only one Triftsteig led through the gorge.
Kundler-Klamm-Strasse
At the beginning of the 20th century, transports were almost exclusively carried out by horse-drawn vehicles. Since the road from Wörgl to Wildschönau was very steep, a road was built through the relatively flat Kundler Gorge in 1911/12.
"Customs station and inn"
A “road toll” was levied at the so-called customs house for road use. Today there is an inn in the customs house.
Kundler Gorge Bridge
After the road was completed, it was decided to build a bridge from the east to the west side of the Ache into the center of the village. The bridge, built entirely of wood by the Innsbruck City Building Authority in 1913/14, has a span of 32 meters and was opened on December 2, 1914 on the occasion of Emperor Franz Joseph I's 66th anniversary in government. After 100 years, the bridge is largely in its original state and is a listed building.
Road use
In the inter-war period, thousands of cubic meters of round and sawn timber were transported out of the valley to Kundl by road. The width and height of the carriages had to be precisely adapted to the two small tunnels (“Wildschönauertor” and “Himmelloch Tunnel”). Many Wildschönau residents used the road to Kundl, and at times there was even a passenger taxi from Kundl train station to Auffach . Kundl farmers drove their cattle through the gorge to the alpine pastures in Wildschönau and back again in autumn, while skiers went on tours through the gorge to the Schatzberg .
Formally, according to the Tyrolean Roads Act of 1988, it was a municipal road belonging to the municipalities of Kundl and Wildschönau, which, however, could only be used with a permit. In 2010, the Kundl municipality tried to deviate the road in order to avoid liability and the costs of security measures. Since the state of Tyrol did not approve this, the Kundl area was only downgraded to the municipal path. There is a general driving ban from the Kundler Klamm inn.
Use today
trail
A hiking trail with a slight gradient leads through the gorge from the hamlet of Mühltal in Wildschönau to Kundl . For safety reasons, it is closed from November 15th to March 31st and during or after heavy rainfall. The duration of the hike through the Kundler Gorge is about an hour in each direction. In the summer season it is also possible to reach the gorge with the “Wildschönauer Slow Train” from the starting point in Mühltal.
After a fatal stone fall accident occurred in 2007 , the gorge was closed and rehabilitation and safety work was carried out. After its completion, the gorge has been officially open again since 2009.
Energy generation and channel
Today the Wildschönauer Ache is used by several hydropower plants to generate electricity.
Furthermore, part of the Wildschönau sewage is channeled under the road through the gorge to Kundl and from there to the sewage treatment plant in Kirchbichl.
Route
River
km
0.00 Confluence with the Inn
2.05 Free public car park / TIWAG power station
2.15 Kundler Gorge Bridge
2.16 “Wildschönauertor” tunnel
2.85 “Kundler Gorge” inn (formerly “Zollhaus ") / TIWAG-Wehr
3.78 Taxentalbach from the left
4.57 Stainer-Tal-Bach from the left
4.76 Kundl – Wildschönau municipality
boundary 4.86 Bridge / gorge entrance
5.20 Slow train station / toilet facility
6.10 Bridge / E- Stadler plant
7.55 “Klammrast” inn
8.54 Mühltal junction / “Färberwirt”
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kundler Gorge Wildschönau Tyrol , homepage of the Wildschönau community, accessed on April 24, 2019
- ↑ Historical facts from Wildschönau: Built 100 years ago: The road through the Kundler Gorge (PDF; 393 kB), accessed on April 24, 2019
- ↑ 100 years of Kundl Klammbrücke 1914–2014, anniversary brochure; Tourist office Alpbachtal Seenland; July 2014
- ↑ Tiroler Tageszeitung: Kundl wanted to get rid of Klammweg. (No longer available online.) February 14, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 7, 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Kundler Klamm - pure nature in the gorge. Wildschönau tourist information, accessed on April 24, 2019 .
- ↑ The Kundler Gorge. Hiking between rock and water , www.tirol-infos.at, accessed on April 24, 2019
- ↑ Slain by Stein in Kundler Gorge. ORF, May 9, 2007, accessed on April 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Kundler Gorge reopened. Kundl market town, accessed on April 24, 2019 .
- ^ Land Tirol: WIS water management online
- ↑ tiris - Tyrolean spatial information system
- ^ L 3 Wildschönauer Strasse