Mellitzbach (Isel, Virgen)

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Mellitzbach
The Mellitzbach at the height of the Virgener Feldflurweg

The Mellitzbach at the height of the Virgener Feldflurweg

Data
Water code AT : 2-374-64-38
location East Tyrol
River system Danube
Drain over Isel  → Drau  → Danube  → Black Sea
source south of Bretterspitze and Ochsenbug ( Frosnitzkamm )
47 ° 1 ′ 45 ″  N , 12 ° 28 ′ 11 ″  E
Source height approx.  2360  m above sea level A.
muzzle south of Virgen -Dorf in die Isel Coordinates: 46 ° 59 ′ 42 "  N , 12 ° 28 ′ 4"  E 46 ° 59 ′ 42 "  N , 12 ° 28 ′ 4"  E
Mouth height 1068  m above sea level A.
Height difference approx. 1292 m

Catchment area 2.5 km²
Communities Virgen

The Mellitzbach is a brook in the municipality of Virgen ( Lienz district ). It rises on the south side of the Frosnitzkamm and flows south of Virgen-Dorf into the Isel .

course

The Mellitzbach rises on the south side of the Frosnitzkamm between the one between the Pegömlspitze , the Bretterspitze and the Waldköpfl. In the west lies the catchment area of ​​the Firschnitzbach , in the east that of the Mitteldorfer Bach . The Mellitzbach flows from its source to the south, initially through areas with little vegetation and meadows, in the middle reaches through wooded stretches. In the middle course is at around 1450  m above sea level. A. meters of a gravel stretch that was used for the erection of an embankment barrier. In the lower reaches of the Mellitzbach happens when Taleintritt into Virgen Valley , the castle ruins Rabenstein the west and the Upper Sonnberg in the West and then flows through the village Mellitz and the main village of Virgen where the creek the Virgen Valley main road passes under. Subsequently, the Mellitzbach flows through agricultural areas and flows south of Virgen-Dorf on the left into the Isel.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tyrolean spatial information system
  2. ↑ Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (Ed.): Area directory of the Austrian river basins: Draugebiet. Contributions to the hydrography of Austria, issue No. 59, Vienna 2011, p. 7 ( PDF; 3.5 MB )