Litz (river)
| Litz | ||
 The Litz promenade in the center of Schruns |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | AT : 812230 | |
| location | Vorarlberg | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Ill → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | on the Freschalpe | |
| Source height | approx. 1800 m above sea level A. | |
| muzzle | at Schruns coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 45 ″ N , 9 ° 54 ′ 10 ″ E 47 ° 4 ′ 45 ″ N , 9 ° 54 ′ 10 ″ E
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| length | 24 km | |
| Right tributaries | Gaflunerbach , Burtschabach | |
| Communities | Silbertal , Bartholomäberg , Schruns | |
The Litz (also Litzbach ) is a right tributary of the Ill in the Montafoner Silbertal in Vorarlberg .
Surname
The original name of the Litz was Illlitz . The part of the name Ill comes from the Celtic language ( ilara ) and means hurry . Illitz the little one in a hurry .
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Tributaries and hydraulic structures
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The Litz rises from a seven-part spring near Alpe Fresch , at around 1,800 meters above sea level. Another part of the water comes from the Langsee , which seeps underground into the Litz. In the course of time, the river formed the Silbertal in a slightly bulbous river course. On the right, the 6.5 km long Gaflunerbach comes from the Gaflunertal . It crosses the center of the Silbertal settlement, passes Bartholomäberg , and flows through the village of Schruns . After about 24 kilometers, the Litz flows into the Ill as the longest tributary.
Hydraulic engineering
On June 14 and 15, 1910, a flood of the Ill caused great damage in the municipality of Schruns . As a result, the construction of the Litz dam began in 1911.
From the settlement area of the municipality of Silbertal to the confluence with the Ill in Schruns , the Litz has to be classified from moderately impaired to natural due to a wide variety of structures and uses up to the edge of the water.
Towards the end of 1947 the ÖBB announced concrete plans to divert the water of the Litz through a 3.6 km long tunnel at the level of the "Fellimännle" to the Alfenz and to make it usable for the power station planned there. Through decisive protests by the population and market town of Schruns with gatherings, demonstrations and resolutions, with arguments that the project would massively damage tourism, with the strong participation of Prof. Richard Beitl , and a counter-project by the Illwerke, the ÖBB finally abandoned this plan on November 18 Fall in 1948.
Litzkraftwerk
The planning for the construction began with the opening of the Arlbergbahn in 1884. The representative and star landlord Jakob Stemer and the mill owner Wilhelm Mayer played a key role in this.
On April 1, 1895, the construction of the Litz power plant in Tobel (Schruns) began, and in December of the same year the first electric light in the valley was already on in the Krone inn in Schruns. In 1896 the old Litz power plant was put into operation.
In 1901 a second machine set was installed. In 1904, the Montafonerbahn Aktiengesellschaft , which was in the process of being founded, acquired the power plant and also used it to operate the first electrically operated railway of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, on the Bludenz – Schruns railway line , which went into operation in 1905.
Due to the increasing demand for electricity, a further expansion was necessary. In 1913, the power plant was adapted to the new requirements by installing a new water intake, increasing the usable gradient and replacing the first machine set.
Due to the enlargement of the supply area and for the construction of the Spullersee power station in Klostertal , another machine set was installed in 1920.
In 1983 the planning of the new Litz power plant began. Construction work on the Tobelmühle site began in August 1996. The water intake of the new power plant was built in the Hell area.
This was put into operation on July 25, 1998. When the new power plant went into operation, the old one was finally shut down.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Message from Werner Vogt from October 29, 2019.
- ↑ Approx. 2 km municipality boundary to Schruns, the place itself is far above the valley
- ↑ montafon. 1906_2006 ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 6.0 MB)
- ^ Richard Beitl (1900–1982) Science-Poetry-Work for the Homeland, Klaus Beitl, Peter Strasser (ed.), 2009
- ^ Montafoner Heimatbuch, publisher: Stand Montafon (1974)
- ↑ Chronology . montafonerbahn.at
