Pinka

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Pinka
The Pinka at Pornóapáti

The Pinka at Pornóapáti

Data
location Austria , Hungary
River system Danube
Drain over Raab  → Danube  → Black Sea
source Niederwechsel
47 ° 30 ′ 57 ″  N , 15 ° 58 ′ 5 ″  E
Source height 1480  m above sea level A.
muzzle At Körmend in the Raab coordinates: 46 ° 59 ′ 31 ″  N , 16 ° 32 ′ 17 ″  E 46 ° 59 ′ 31 ″  N , 16 ° 32 ′ 17 ″  E

length 94 km
Catchment area 1,299.1 km²
Left tributaries Diving Bach , Zickenbach , Diving Bach
Right tributaries Strem , Teichbach
Small towns Pinkafeld , Oberwart
The Pinka around 1878 near Pinggau on a map of the Franzisco-Josephinische Landesaufnahme .

The Pinka (also outdated: Pinggau and Pinkau is a left tributary of the Raab . It is 94 kilometers long and runs through Austria and Hungary , where it is also called Pinka in the local language .

course

The source of the Pinka (official water number of Styria: 2947) is located at the foot of the Niederwechsel ( 1480  m ) in the area of ​​the cadastral community Schaueregg in Styria , on the Vorauer Schwaig . The further course of the river goes in a south-easterly direction through Burgenland , where the Pinka near Eisenberg changes several times between Austrian and Hungarian national territory. Between Woppendorf , Burg and the Hungarian border, the river has dug a deep river bed into the hilly landscape. The stony cliffs can be described as unique in southern Burgenland. Especially from the Austrian side of the gorge in the Schandorf Forest there is a wonderful view over the course of the river. Finally, the Pinka flows into the Raab south of Körmend (Hungary).

The tributary Tauchbach flows into the Pinka in Burg. The river is also the namesake of the Pinka Valley , which stretches in southern Burgenland from Pinkafeld to Eberau . On the Pinka are the places Pinggau , Pinkafeld, Oberwart , Rotenturm , Riedlingsdorf and Jabing , as well as small villages like Sinnersdorf .

In the 19th century , Tschermak and Böhm named Irrbichl, Schwarzbach (today: Schwarzenbach , Gewässernr. 5144), Kogelbach, diving (today: divingbach , 4154) and Schäferbach (today: Schäffernbach , 3763) as tributaries .

environment

fauna

A large number of different animals live in and on the Pinka, such as brown trout , scorpion fish , mallards or gray herons , as well as various types of dragonflies . Otters have even been spotted.

Water quality

The Pinka has an average water quality  II (moderately polluted).

Others

  • Pinkafeld one was held in 2001 restoration of Pinka instead.

Web links

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

References and comments

  1. ↑ BMLFUW (ed.) : List of areas of the river areas: Leitha, Rabnitz and Raab areas. In: Contributions to Austria's hydrography, issue No. 63, Vienna 2014, pp. 64/69. PDF download , accessed July 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ at least at times already as a synonymous name next to Pinka or Pinka-Bach : According to the “Gradkarteblatt Zone 16 Colonne XIV Section NW (later 5056/1). Friedberg, Dechantskirchen, Vorau, Mönichwald, Schloss Festenburg, Schaueregg, Pinggau “- Franzisco-Josephinische Landaufnahme der Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Receiving Sheet 1: 25,000; According to information from 1878, the river in the Pinggau area is called "Pinka-Bach" (see map)
  3. ↑ a b References from: Gustav Tschermak in "Tschermaks mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen", 1883 ( online ); August Böhm 1883 “Ueber die Gesteine ​​des Wechsels” in: “Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie Volume 5, Number 3, 197-214” ( first page online ); Ferdinand Krauss, "Northeast Styria: A Walk Through Forgotten Lands", Leykam-Verlag Graz, 1888 ( online )
  4. ↑ Chronicle of Pastor Joseph Michael Weinhofer zu Pinkafeld ( 1814-1819 online ), ( 1820-1824 online ), ( 1830-1834 online )
  5. ^ Street directory , Statistics Austria, accessed on September 1, 2016