Pöls (river)

Pöls Pölsbach, Pölsenbach, Pölsfluss
The Pöls at the place of the same name
Data
Water code	AT : 801410002
location	Murtal district
River system	Danube
Drain over	Mur  → Drava  → Danube  → Black Sea
River basin district	Mur
source	in Geißrinksee 47 ° 25 '45 "  N , 14 ° 23' 29"  O
Source height	1724  m above sea level A.
muzzle	at Zeltweg coordinates: 47 ° 22 ′ 27 ″  N , 14 ° 27 ′ 42 ″  E 47 ° 22 ′ 27 ″  N , 14 ° 27 ′ 42 ″  E
Mouth height	650  m above sea level A.
Height difference	1074 m
Bottom slope	19 ‰
length	56.1 km
Catchment area	488.44 km²
Left tributaries	Wenischbach , Allerheiligenbach
Right tributaries	Pusterwaldbach , Blahbach
Communities	Pölstal , Pöls-Oberkurzheim , Fohnsdorf , Judenburg , Zeltweg
Residents in the catchment area	16,099
Navigable	No
The Pöls in Zeltweg shortly before the confluence with the Mur

The Pöls is a left tributary of the Mur and thus belongs to the river system of the Danube . It flows through a mostly north-south side valley of the Upper Mur Valley in the Niedere Tauern , and flows into the Aichfeld after 56 kilometers. The upper course is known under the name Pölsbach (or Pölsenbach ), while the lower course also bears the name Pölsfluss .

course

The Pölsbach rises west of Hohentauern , in the municipality of Pölstal , at 1724  m above sea level. A. in the Geißrinksee on the southwest slope of the Kleiner Bösestein . It initially flows in a south-easterly direction and crosses a moor landscape before turning south. Here the road comes down from Triebener Tauern (B114) via Hohentauern. In the following section of the valley, it separates the Rottenmanner and Wölzer Tauern in the west from the Seckauer Tauern in the east. After the creek has taken up its first major feeder, the Bärntalbach, it flows through the village of Sankt Johann am Tauern at running kilometer 14 .

At Möderbrugg (running kilometer 24) the Pölsbach takes on its largest tributary with the Pusterwaldbach and from there it bears the name Pölsfluss . Other more important tributaries are the Wenischbach vom Sommertörl and St. Oswald and the Blahbach von Oberzeiring , both of which flow into Unterzeiring . There he reaches the municipality of Pöls-Oberkurzheim . In the further course, the direction of flow changes again to the southeast and the trough-shaped Pölstal becomes increasingly wider. After Pöls and the confluence of the Allerheiligenbach , the Pöls river reaches the Aichfeld .

In the lower reaches it partially forms the border between Fohnsdorf and Judenburg and finally flows into the Mur in Zeltweg .

Tributaries

Left

right

Meat pit Oberhauserbach Weingruberbach Bärntalbach Bärntalbach Schleifbach Sieglbach Zechnergraben Lerchbach Eisgrabenbach Koingrabenbach Schnellerbach Riedlgrabenbach Nestelgrabenbach Leutschachbach Faltingergraben Wenischbach (Wenischgrabenbach) Gaschgrabenbach Temmelgrabenbach Triebenbach Bodernbach Offenburgerbach Pölshofbach Bärenkogelbach Pöls River tributary (2) Allerheiligenbach Reiterbach Kumpitzerbach Dietersdorferbach Fohnsdorferbach Western Dinsendorferbach

Gamskarbach Lackneralmbach Reslerbach Stuhlpfarrerbach Steinerbach Gaisbergbach Gschoderbach Mitterbacherbach Johannbach Schaffgrabenbach Steinbergerbach Hinterer Kurzbach Vorderer Kurzbach Rabensteinerbach Pusterwaldbach Strallergrabenbach Möderbach Pöls River tributary (1) Blahbach Windenerbach Enzersdorferbach Gasselsdorferbach Ritzersdorferbach Waltersdorferbach

use

Energy generation

There are several small power plants (downstream) on the Pöls :

• Schwarzviertel power plant in Möderbrugg : built by Energie-Zotter-Bau in 2016, 1.2 MW Francis spiral turbine, almost 6 GWh annual output. It has a power house in a modern wooden style and serves the municipality of Pölstal to achieve the energy self-sufficiency goal.
• E-Werk Neuper in Unterzeiring . It was built in 1910. It is not a listed building, but it is set up as a show power plant.
• Katzling (Heinzel) power plant below Katzling : Commissioned in 1922, today with two Francis spiral turbines with 2 MW output. It supplies energy for Zellstoff Pöls AG ( Heinzel Group ). The works canal (officially the Pöls River tributary (1) ) is around 250 meters long.
• Verbund AG's Pöls run- of- river power plant below Pöls : built in 1903/04 by Steweag , today 3 Francis turbines with an annual output of 9 GWh. His works canal (officially Oberwasserkanal-Steweag ) branches off directly in Pöls and is 2.5 km long.
• Hoffmann Elektrizitätswerk ( Passhammer ) near All Saints' Day : With a 600-meter-long plant canal ( Pöls river tributary (2) )
• Ritzersdorf power station near Ritzersdorf , between Gasselsdorf and Wasendorf (power house): Completed in 2005.

There are still some small power plants on the upper reaches: at Weingruber , St. Johann (Bärntal, Neuper, Birkwieser), Franzlbauer (closed, Pölsbach branch ) and Wolferlbauer (Zotter). The feeders are also more extensive.

environment

In 2007, hundreds of fish died after untreated water leaked out at Zellstoff Pöls AG , and soap and foam leaked due to a technical problem.

Web links

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

• Pöls at OSM

Individual evidence

1. ^ GIS-Styria
2. ^ GIS-Styria
3. ↑ Pölsbach - Excerpt from the digital Styrian body of water index. State of Styria , accessed on July 31, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Pölsfluss - Excerpt from the digital Styrian body of water index. State of Styria , accessed on July 31, 2019 . 
5. ↑ BMLFUW (ed.) : List of areas of the Austrian river basins: Mur area. In: Contributions to Austria's Hydrography Issue No. 60, Vienna 2011, p. 28. PDF download , accessed on July 6, 2018.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Zotter Bau went bankrupt in 2018, the power plants are to continue operating; Styrian power plant manufacturer Zotter Bau is bankrupt. In: Industriemagazin online, December 12, 2018.
7. ↑ Schwarzviertel power plant as a further step towards energy self-sufficiency in Pölstal. Roland Gruber in zek specialist publisher for future energy online (zek.at), October 20, 2016.
8. ↑ ^{a b} website E-Werk & Kabel-TV Neuper GmbH (ew-neuper.at) , accessed August 4, 2019.
9. ↑ Portfolio: Energy: Kraftwerk Katzling GmbH. Heinzel Holding GmbH website (heinzel.com), accessed August 4, 2019.
10. ↑ Pöls River tributary (1). In: Digital waters of the Steiermark. State of Styria, accessed on July 31, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Pöls run-of-river power station. verbund.com, accessed August 4, 2019.
12. ^ Headwater Canal Steweag. In: Digital waters of the Steiermark. State of Styria, accessed on July 31, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Pöls River tributary (2). In: Digital waters of the Steiermark. State of Styria, accessed on July 31, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Pölsbach tributary. In: Digital waters of the Steiermark. State of Styria, accessed on July 31, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Hundreds of fish perished in Pölsbach. Unclarified water leaked. In: /stmv1.orf.at. Österreichischer Rundfunk Steiermark , February 7, 2007, accessed on January 1, 2017 .