Perschling (river)

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Perschling
The Perschling near Langmannersdorf

The Perschling near Langmannersdorf

Data
location Austria , Lower Austria
River system Danube
Drain over Danube  → Black Sea
source in the Perschenegg , southernmost border area of ​​the communities Pyhra and Michelbach
48 ° 5 '2 "  N , 15 ° 43' 8"  E
Source height approx.  670  m above sea level A.
muzzle Danube near Kleinschönbichl, community Zwentendorf an der Donau Coordinates: 48 ° 20 '18 "  N , 15 ° 56' 29"  E 48 ° 20 '18 "  N , 15 ° 56' 29"  E
Mouth height 178  m above sea level A.
Height difference approx. 492 m

Catchment area 285.7 km²
Communities Michelbach , Pyhra , Böheimkirchen , Kapelln , Perschling , Atzenbrugg , Würmla , Michelhausen , Zwentendorf an der Donau

The Perschling is a right tributary of the Danube in Lower Austria . The name means something like "Birkenbach" and comes from Slavic and Avar tribes that infiltrated in the 5th century (Slavic * Berznika to * berza = birch).

It rises in Perschenegg (Pyhra municipality) below the Gaishof (590 m) in the so-called "Binderholz" and flows through Pyhra , Böheimkirchen , Kapelln , Weißenkirchen an der Perschling and Atzenbrugg , before flowing into the Danube at Kleinschönbichl near Zwentendorf . The actual river arises north of Böheimkirchen in Weisching through the tributary of the more water-rich Michelbach , which receives the Stössingbach south of Böheimkirchen near Furth.

The entire course of the river is accompanied by thick wood on the banks. Between Atzenbrugg and Pischelsdorf the Perschling flows as a low river with barrages and an often waterless flood channel.

The fish population of the Perschling consists of carp , tench , pikeperch , pike , eel , whitefish and rainbow trout , which are also fished. In the lower reaches the Perschling is a real lowland river and has a distinctive Potamal , a type of water that is rarely found in Lower Austria. It is therefore home to a relic fauna of mussels and crabs, including a large number of Red List species (including what is probably the most valuable population of Annex II species of the Habitats Directive Unio crassus PHILIPSSON 1788).

literature

Web links

Commons : Perschling  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BMLFUW (Hrsg.): Area directory of the river areas: Danube area from the Enns to the Leitha. In: Contributions to Austria's Hydrography Issue 62, Vienna 2014, p. 98. PDF download , accessed on July 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ Chronicle of the market town of Kapelln ( Memento from May 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ [1] Google books: Representation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Ens - By Franz Xavier Joseph Schweickhardt (Knight of Sickingen)