Guttering wall
The Rinnende Mauer is a spring that emerges over a large area in the Steyr Gorge near Molln in southern Upper Austria .
The eaves spring , which has been under nature protection since 1999, is located after the mouth of the Krumme Steyrling on the Mollner side of the Steyr, approximately at the level of Leonstein Castle . From the porous rock of the overhanging conglomerate wall, dammed groundwater and slope water emerges about 50 m long five to seven meters above river level in the form of drizzling rain.
Here high mountain plants such as hairy alpine rose , dwarf galpenrose , Petergstamm , Jägerblut or Weißer Germer occur, the plants are alpine floodplain from the higher source areas of the Steyr and its tributaries. However, due to the construction of power plants in the 20th century, this supply of seeds and fruits is interrupted today, which means that the plants at this location are considered endangered. The partly tuff-forming spring meadow consists of various mosses, marsh marigolds and bitter foam herb . Apart from that, the gorge walls are dry with snow heather - pine forest on the upper edge.
The spring is a popular excursion destination, however, due to the geologically young, loose conglomerate rock, rockslides occur again and again - from 2010 to the beginning of 2013, the gorge paths were closed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Steyrschlucht - Rinnende Mauer (land-oberoesterreich.gv.at; PDF; 40.7 MB) accessed on May 15, 2013
- ↑ Raumcharakter (ooe.gv.at) accessed on May 15, 2013
- ↑ Stefan Minichberger: Way to Paradise - Walk in the Steyr Gorge . ( Memento from April 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Reopening of the gorge paths ) OÖN article from April 25, 2013
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Coordinates: 47 ° 54 ′ 32 ″ N , 14 ° 14 ′ 20 ″ E