Liebochbach

Liebochbach
The Liebochbach near Hitzendorf
Data
location	Styria , Austria
River system	Danube
Drain over	Kainach  → Mur  → Drau  → Danube  → Black Sea
source	On the western slope of Pleschkogel , near the scattered settlement Plesch 47 ° 8 ′ 50 ″  N , 15 ° 12 ′ 47 ″  E
Source height	879  m above sea level A.
muzzle	At Lieboch in the Kainach coordinates: 46 ° 57 ′ 50 ″  N , 15 ° 20 ′ 9 ″  E 46 ° 57 ′ 50 ″  N , 15 ° 20 ′ 9 ″  E
Mouth height	323  m above sea level A.
Height difference	556 m
Bottom slope	18 ‰
length	30.3 km
Catchment area	66.05 km²
Left tributaries	Rohrbach Lusenbach
Communities	Gratwein-Straßengel , Stiwoll , Sankt Bartholomä , Hitzendorf , Haselsdorf-Tobelbad , Lieboch

The Liebochbach , often called Lieboch for short , is a roughly 30-kilometer-long left tributary of the Kainach in Styria . It rises on the slopes of the Pleschkogel in the municipality of Gratwein-Straßengel and flows into the Kainach in the municipality of Lieboch . In the municipality of Sankt Bartholomä , the Liebochbach forms a 1.30 km long branch.

course

The source of the Liebochbach lies on the western slope of the Pleschkogel , directly west of the scattered settlement of Plesch, which belongs to the municipality of Gratwein-Straßengel, and about 300 meters southeast of the Enzianhof inn. From there, the stream first flows in a left curve around the Kehrerkogel and past Sankt Pankrazen to the west , before turning into a relatively straight course to the south-south-east in the Stiwollgraben . South of the local area of Stiwoll , the Liebochbach swings on a relatively straight south-west course on which it remains until its confluence with the Kainach in the south of the market town of Lieboch . On its course, the Liebochbach flows through Stiwoll as well as Sankt Bartholomä , as well as the local areas of Rohrbach , Hitzendorf , Attendorf and Lieboch. On short stretches, the Liebochbach also forms the municipal boundaries between Sankt Bartholomä and Hitzendorf and between Hitzendorf, Haselsdorf-Tobelbad and Lieboch.

2005 flood

On July 26, 2005, the Liebochbach burst its banks due to heavy rainfall and flooded parts of the Lieboch valley. A rainfall of 39 mm was measured at the precipitation station in Hitzendorf between 5:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. A day earlier, 20 mm of precipitation was measured. Such amounts of precipitation occur in this area approximately every ten years. The level of the Lieboch rose at the measuring station in Hitzendorf from normally around 125 cm to a maximum of 373 cm. This results in a discharge rate of about 61 m³ / s, which only occurs every 40 years.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Liebochbach. In: Digital waters of the Steiermark. wis.stmk.gv.at, accessed on December 16, 2016 .  
2. ↑ Ministry of Life: Area Directory of the Austrian river basins - Pomurje. (PDF) In: www.bmlfuw.gv.at. Retrieved December 16, 2016 .  
3. ↑ Liebochbach branch. In: Digital waters of the Steiermark. wis.stmk.gv.at, accessed on December 16, 2016 .  
4. ↑ The flood events in the second half of July 2005 . 2005, p.  4–5 ( app.hydrographie.steiermark.at [PDF]).