Sauwald
| Sauwald | |
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 Upper Austrian spatial units |
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 Rising fog from the Sauwald near Kopfing |
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| Highest peak | Haugstein ( 895 m above sea level ) |
| location | District Schärding , Grieskirchen , Eferding ( Innviertel ); Upper Austria |
| part of | Granite and gneiss highlands , Bohemian mass |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 31 ' N , 13 ° 40' E |
| rock | Granite , partly Schlierdeck |
| surface | 460 km² |
The Sauwald is the largest part of the Bohemian Massif in Upper Austria that lies south of the Danube . The ridge of the plateau stretches from Passau and Schärding am Inn to Eferding .
Origin of name: Passau Forest
In terms of folk etymology , the name is interpreted as deriving from the (formerly resident) wild boar , but the expression probably comes from the older name Passau Forest . The whole area was always in close connection with the diocese of Passau and the city of Passau .
geography
The Sauwald runs about 40 km parallel to the Danube valley, its width is 10–20 km, its area around 460 km². The landscape profile drops steeply to the north towards the Danube ( Roninger Leiten breakthrough valley ), in all other directions the hills run slightly more gently into the surrounding area, the Upper Austrian Alpine foothills . Nevertheless, a clear demarcation of the massif in nature can always be made out. The low mountain range continues to the west in the Neuburg Forest, west of the Inn on Bavarian territory .
The highest peaks tower over 800 m above sea level, the Haugstein (in the south of the municipality of Vichtenstein ) reaches a height of 895 m above sea level. A. The highest mountains of the southeast half are Großer Schefberg ( 791 m ) and Feichtberg ( 777 m ); on the latter is one of Austria's three civil air traffic control radars.
From a political point of view, the Sauwald lies in three districts: for the most part, it forms the north of the Schärding district , the rest is in the north-western parts of the Grieskirchen and Eferding districts . The following municipal areas are mostly in the Sauwald (sorted alphabetically by district): Brunnenthal , Engelhartszell , Esternberg , Freinberg , Kopfing , Münzkirchen , Rainbach im Innkreis , Schardenberg St. Aegidi , St. Roman , Vichtenstein , Waldkirchen , Wernstein am Inn , Eschenau , Natternbach , Neukirchen , St. Agatha , St. Willibald , Haibach and Stroheim . Münzkirchen is popularly known as "the capital of the Sauwald".
Characteristic:
- Plateau-like elevation of the Bohemian mass south of the Danube.
- Picturesque conglomerate formations as natural monuments, granite quarries and gravel pits can be found
- High proportion of forest with predominantly spruce forests . Wooded log heaps and rock heads can be found. Book - and oak - hornbeam forests are rare and likely to be found on steep slopes. There are also swamp forests with black alder . Fir forests occur on the north side.
- The river network is dense and unregulated. Towards the south, the brooks dug notch valleys . On the plateau, the brooks meander and are accompanied by wood.
- Cultural landscape elements are rare and if they are, they can only be found locally (e.g. hedge landscape near Au, municipality of St. Roman).
- The area is used agriculturally as grassland , arable farming is hardly available.
- There are still remains of wet meadows and small moors . Sometimes there are also ponds
- Sprawl is only around the localities
Boundary and neighboring regions
The Sauwald corresponds to an Upper Austrian spatial unit . It is surrounded by the following Upper Austria room units (clockwise):
- Danube gorge and side valleys in the north, the region encroaches in the west with some side valleys in the Sauwald, in the east it separates two parts in the gorges of Adlersbach (Freyentalerbach) and the Aschach
- Southern Mühlviertel outskirts , accompanies the south-east roofing in several sections
- Eferdinger Basin in the east
- Inn and Hausruckviertel hill country in the south
- Inntal in the west, with a piece of border to Bavaria
The limit in this case form North and Northeast the ball terminations to the Danube, the south, the demarcation follows the transition from the crystalline to Vorlandmolasse at altitudes between 300 450 m .
According to the Trimmel mountain group classification, the Sauwald is listed as No. 1579 (added to the 1570 flysch area and Alpine foothills between Salzach and Traun and the 1500 Eastern Salzkammergut Alps to the south ). The orographically designed boundary (it also includes the Kürnberger Wald near Linz) is considered the southern border to the foreland between Inn and Traun (No. 1578):
- Schärding - pram up (in All thing south of the pram Vielsassing - Under Teufenbach - Samberg - Furth back to Pram) - Taufkirchen to confluence Pfudabach - Grub mill until Sigharting - road southeast through Unterhaigen to Bruendl (municipality Raab) - Wiesbachhorn to Gautzham - road over Aichet up Asing near Peuerbach - Steegenbach to Bruck ad A. - Faule Aschach - Aschach via Waizenkirchen to Punzing - Prambach to Prambachkirchen - road via Obergallsbach, Mittergallsbach - south to the Lengauer Bach , combined with Dachsberger Bach via Kalköfen to the Innbach and this downhill
The line largely follows the course of the B 129 Eferdinger Straße , and runs slightly more south than the boundary of the Upper Austrian spatial division.
structure
The Sauwald region can be divided into three zones:
- Westsauwald: Extensive streak and gravel layers lie on the crystalline subsoil
- Hochsauwald: Heavily wooded ridge with a significantly harsher climate and higher amounts of precipitation
- Ostsauwald: The crystalline subsoil is largely exposed and drier
climate
The Sauwald is characterized by a subatlantic climate ( Central European transitional climate ), with balanced, humid weather with predominantly westerly weather fronts: it is shielded from the foehn of the south by the Hausruck , from the polar northern influences by the Bohemian Forest . The annual rainfall is around 1000 mm, only in the central area of the Hochsauwald up to 1200 mm.
Economy and tourism
Economically , agriculture , forestry and some tourism dominate . Various business locations and the proximity to the (smaller) surrounding economic centers provided additional impulses.
There is the Sauwaldman , known in cycling circles , who is a challenge for cyclists with 130 km / 1900 vertical meters and 78 km / 1000 vertical meters.
Agriculture
In agriculture, potato cultivation is particularly noteworthy. While potatoes were mainly grown for seeds in the years up to 1980 , the Sauwald potatoes were cultivated in-house. The species was initially protected as a word mark. Today it is registered in the register of traditional foods in the background of this traditional knowledge . With this in mind, this region with the name of the same name became part of the pleasure region Austria in 2005 .
Attractions
- Treetop Walk Kopfing
- Trout circus in Engelhartszell
media
- In 1976 a film was made with the title Der Sauwald , directed by Karin Brandauer , with partly spoken texts by Klaus Maria Brandauer .
literature
- Office of the Upper Austrian Provincial Government, Nature Conservation Department (Ed.): Nature and Landscape / Guiding Principles for Upper Austria. Volume 23: Sauwald room unit . Lochen and Linz 2007 ( pdf [accessed on February 17, 2017]).
- Uwe Dick: Sauwald prose. Residenzverlag 2001, ISBN 3-7017-1240-9
Web links
- Regional association Sauwald
- Sauwald cultural project
- Map of the Sauwald spatial unit. In: DORIS . Retrieved December 1, 2014 .
- Sauwald. In: Nature and Landscape in Upper Austria. Retrieved December 1, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Sauwald potatoes . Entry no. 85 in the register of traditional foods of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Regions and Tourism .
- ↑ Overview of the room unit . NaLa, Land of Upper Austria
- ↑ Location factors → Climate. NaLa, Land of Upper Austria