Lechtal

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Lechtal
The upper Lech valley

The upper Lech valley

location Bavaria , Tyrol , Vorarlberg
Waters Lech
Mountains Lechquellen Mountains , Lechtal Alps , Allgäu Alps
Geographical location 47 ° 20 '  N , 10 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 20 '  N , 10 ° 32'  E
Lechtal (Alps)
Lechtal
Type Trough valley
length 75 km
climate north alpine valley climate
use inhabited
particularities Natural park
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The Lechtal is an alpine valley in Austria , a large part of which belongs to Tyrol and a smaller part to Vorarlberg and Bavaria . The Lech flows through it.

geography

Geographical location

Geographically, the Lech Valley is bordered by the Lechtal Alps in the south and the Allgäu Alps in the north ; the source area is the Lechquellen Mountains .

Several side valleys branch off from the Lechtal, including the Hornbachtal , the Schwarzwassertal and the Tannheimer Tal on the left . On the right side, through the Namlostal, a road connects Stanzach with Berwang and Bichlbach. Through the Bschlabertal you get to Bschlabs , Boden and over the Hahntennjoch to Imst. The Gramaistal and the Kaisertal are also right-hand side valleys of the Lech Valley. At Füssen it goes over into the Bavarian Alpine foothills .

structure

  • Headwaters (near Lech)

  • The Lech in the Reutten valley basin

  • lower course of the Lech (near Musau)

  • Forggensee (near Füssen, view of the valley entrance)

climate

The Lech Valley has a north Alpine valley climate. It is easier to reach for weather fronts and wind than inner-alpine valleys, due to the congestion towards the northwest, it is one of the wettest areas in Austria after the Bregenzerwald , the Arlberg region and the Salzkammergut . The mean annual precipitation for the years 1971-2000 in Holzgau is 1,334.8 mm and in Reutte 1,376.1 mm.

Monthly average temperatures and precipitation for Holzgau ( 1100  m above sea level )
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 0.4 3.8 7.6 10.7 16.3 18.7 21.3 21.2 18.1 13.2 4.8 0.7 O 11.4
Min. Temperature (° C) -7.3 -6.7 -3.5 -0.5 3.7 6.6 8.9 8.9 5.9 1.9 -3.3 -6.1 O 0.7
Temperature (° C) -3.9 -2.5 0.9 4.2 9.5 12.3 14.6 14.2 10.8 6.2 0.0 -3.0 O 5.3
Precipitation ( mm ) 91.4 84.5 91.1 76.7 100.9 151.7 177.7 165.4 110.1 82.0 102.5 100.8 Σ 1,334.8
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  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Source: ZAMG

economy

There are predominantly industrial and commercial areas, especially in the Reutten Basin . The Vorarlberg part of the upper Lech Valley is a well-known ski region; part of the Ski Arlberg ski area in Lech and Warth is located here . While the rest of the valley is not very well developed for tourism, there is still a lift network, which consists of individual lifts in the various villages of the valley, the ski passes for Ski Arlberg have also been valid there since the 2015/16 winter season. Due to the numerous hiking opportunities and the increasing range of outdoor activities, summer tourism is also becoming increasingly important.

dialect

The traditional distribution area of ​​West Upper German (= Alemannic) dialect features in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Austrian Lech Valley lies on the south-eastern edge of this area. The tripartite nature of the Austrian Lech Valley can be seen.

The Austrian Lech Valley is characterized by an extraordinary dialect situation , which divides the Lech Valley into three different dialect dreams. The communities in the uppermost valley area up to and including Steeg and Kaisers belong to the Höchst Alemannic . The middle Lechtal from Holzgau to Stanzach is assigned to the Bavarian dialect area . In the lowest valley area from Forchach in the east to Lähn (municipality of Bichlbach), Swabian dialect characters predominate . The highest Alemannic and Swabian areas are part of the Alemannic dialect area (see also border towns of the Alemannic dialect area ).

National park / nature park

A Tyrolean Lechtal National Park was planned for the Tyrolean Lechtal . It should cover an area of ​​4138 hectares. Since 1997, concrete efforts have been made to declare the Lechauen and their side valleys a national park. As early as 2000, the area was reported to the European Commission in Brussels as Natura 2000 (European protected area Lechtal) . At the beginning of February 2003, the official assessment procedure for a National Park Act in the Tyrolean Lechtal was initiated. In the end, the decision was made in favor of a nature park and against an internationally recognized national park, partly because of conflicts with hunting . In 2004, however, the Tyrolean provincial government decided to set up a nature reserve instead and at the same time awarded the title of nature park ( Tiroler Lech Nature Park ) .

Flora and fauna

The inner-alpine river landscape with its juniper trees , the population of the German tamarisk ( Myricaria germanica ), the abundance of birds and at least 1160 proven flowering plants are worth mentioning .

Movie

Web links

Commons : Lechtal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics: Climate data from Austria 1971-2000
  2. ^ Ski Arlberg, Pool West: Tickets - Lech, Oberlech, Zürs. Retrieved August 24, 2017 .