Southern Bohemian Forest foothills

Southern Bohemian Forest foothills
Highest peak	Breitenstein ( 956 m above sea level )
location	Mühlviertel , Upper Austria ( Rohrbach districts , Urfahr area )
part of	Granite and gneiss highlands , Bohemian mass
Classification according to	NaLa RA30
Coordinates	48 ° 33 ' N , 14 ° 3' E Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ' N , 14 ° 3' E
Type	Low mountain range
surface	500 km²

The southern Bohemian Forest foothills are a mountain region of the Bohemian Forest in the upper Mühlviertel in Upper Austria . They represent one of the Upper Austrian spatial units .

geography

Location and landscape

Room unit Southern Bohemian Forest (SBA, top center)

The southern Bohemian Forest foothills are the templates of the Bömerwald massif, one of the edge stocks of the Bohemian Massif and belong to the Austrian granite and gneiss highlands . They are a hill country between 600 and 900 meters above sea level.

They include - together with the main massif of the Bohemian Forest, the High Bohemian Forest and its continuation (in Upper Austria the Bohemian Forest spatial unit ) - the northwestern part of the Urfahr-Umgebung and Rohrbach districts . The region is one of the 41 units of the Upper Austrian regional division of nature and landscape (NaLa).

The area of the southern Bohemian Forest foothills is 500 km² (according to NaLa exactly 491.98 km²). The area extends south of the Šumava massif over a length of around 38 km plus two bulges to the south, with a maximum width of 30 km in the western part and 24 km in the eastern part. The narrowest area is only 6 km wide.

The deepest area is around 500 m above sea level. A. in the Mühltal and in the Rodltal . The highest elevations of the area are in the west of the Ameisberg near Sarleinsbach with 941 m above sea level. A. and in the eastern part of the Hohe Breitenstein with 956 m above sea level. A.

Boundary and neighboring regions

According to the spatial structure NaLa, the term is only defined within the national borders, therefore the state borders in sections form the boundaries of the spatial unit, not natural spatial transitions. The boundaries are (clockwise):

in the north to the Bohemian Forest (RA05 BW): from Schwarzenberg south of the Plöckenstein south-east and then east along the tree line (partly along the Austrian-Czech border, near St. Oswald , near Guglwald and near Weigetschlag : here are Czech areas with Pasečná and Spáleniště to the south of the Bohemian Forest ridge afterwards)
in the east to the Leonfeldner Hochland (RA16 LH): along the southern slopes of the Sternstein ( B 126 and near Bad Leonfelden ), on the eastern border of the Brunnwald , via Zwettl an der Rodl and the Pöllersbach to Hellmonsödt
in the south to the Central Mühlviertel highlands (RA41 ZMH):
- in the southeast at the Haselgraben - which belongs to the Danube Gorge and side valleys (RA06 DSN)

in the west to the Wegscheider plateau ( Bavarian spatial unit 409) along the Austrian-German border: Osterbach / Grenzbach , Gasthof Krainer ( 742 m ), Finsterbach , Große Mühl and Gegenbach - the Bavarian area is also called Abteiland

structure

In terms of landscape, the area is structured by the broad valleys of the Kleine Mühl , the Große Mühl , the Steinernen Mühl and the Große Rodl , which range in height from 500 to 600 m.

In the Šumava foothills are the most important mountain areas (from the west):

the Ameisbergzug with Pfarr- and Frohnwald ( Ameisberg , 941 m ; Hochstein southeast of Kollerschlag, 904 m )
the Öppinger highlands between Großer and Kleiner Mühl ( Hochbühel , 880 m )
the back ring north of St. Stefan am Walde ( 922 m )
the Schallenwald ( Schallenberg , 953 m )
the Höchwald am Traberg (approx. 938 m )
the Brunnwald ( 841 m )
the Schauerwald - Breitenstein ( 956 m ) - Lichtenberg ( 927 m ) train between Großer Rodl and Haselgraben

Within the Nala structure, there is no division into sub-units.

Communities

The following municipal areas are mainly or entirely in the southern Bohemian Forest foothills (starting in the northwest): Ulrichsberg , Julbach , Aigen-Schlägl , Nebelberg , Peilstein , St. Oswald , Kollerschlag , Lichtenau , Haslach , Vorderweissenbach , St. Stefan-Afiesl , Oberkappel , Helfenberg , Atzesberg , St. Peter , St. Johann , Oberneukirchen , St. Veit , Zwettl , Kirchschlag , Eidenberg .

nature

In the mountains there are large forest areas between 30 and 50% forest with a high proportion of beech forests . In small-scale forests, ash - sycamore forests are common. Near-natural field trees can also be found scattered . The area has been a habitat for the lynx since the 1990s .

The area shows a moderately dense network of flowing water, whereby the streams are predominantly structured close to nature. Große and Steinerne Mühl have many meandering stretches and shape the landscape for long stretches. The streams are home to otters , freshwater pearl mussels and beavers . In the Mühltal in particular, there are some larger ponds with great ecological importance as a habitat for rare plants, birds and amphibians. Stream construction took place in the localities. Regulations and drainages are occasionally found in agricultural areas.

Mostly there is grassland use , little arable farming (mainly: rye , potatoes , oats and cabbage ). The area is rather poor in nutrients, only in the valley and basin areas there is a significant proportion of wet meadows . There are often terracing of the agricultural areas (step system). Here there is a rich cultural landscape, especially with hedges and reading stone walls and heaps. Quarries are rare, but important for the biodiversity of the area.

Characteristic are high amounts of precipitation , especially in the north-west ( stagnation of the Bohemian Forest in the Central European transitional climate ).

colonization

Typical settlements in the West are streets - and alleys villages predominant, rather elongated in the east series villages ( Waldhufen villages ), some of which are still completely contiguous. In the west, the settlements are increasingly to be found in the valley locations (e.g. Mühltal). There is a clear migration tendency locally (northwest).

The problem is the widespread abandonment of agricultural use in unfavorable locations and afforestation of these areas.

literature

Office of the Upper Austrian Provincial Government, Nature Conservation Department (Ed.): Nature and Landscape / Guiding Principles for Upper Austria. Volume 35: The southern Bohemian Forest foothills . Linz 2007 ( pdf [accessed November 30, 2014]).

Web links

Map of the southern Bohemian Forest foothills. In: DORIS . Retrieved November 30, 2014 .
Southern Bohemian Forest foothills. In: Nature and Landscape in Upper Austria. Retrieved November 30, 2014 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e lit. Spatial unit southern Bohemian Forest foothills , 2007, A2 location and delimitation A2.1 location. P. 11 f.

↑ according to DORIS, the verbal description of the lit. Raumeinheit Südliche Böhmerwaldausläufer , 2007, p. 11 gives here “via Waxenberg and along the Steinernen Mühl approximately from Helfenberg ”, which is a little more northwest

↑ Lit. Spatial unit southern Bohemian Forest foothills , 2007, A2.2 Delimitation of sub-units. P. 15.

↑ Lit. area unit southern Bohemian Forest foothills , 2007, p. 13 f.

↑ ^a ^b lit. Spatial unit southern Bohemian Forest foothills , 2007, A3 Summary characteristics of the spatial unit. P. 15 f.

↑ Lit. spatial unit southern Bohemian forest foothills , 2007, A4.4 water system. P. 19 ff.

↑ Lit. spatial unit southern Bohemian forest foothills , 2007, A5.3 Agriculture. P. 24 f.

↑ Lit. Spatial unit southern Bohemian Forest foothills , 2007, A4.3 Climate. P. 18.

↑ ^a ^b lit. Spatial unit southern Bohemian Forest foothills , 2007, A5.1 Settlements / Infrastructure. P. 22 ff.

[RE_11-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e lit. Spatial unit southern Bohemian Forest foothills , 2007, A2 location and delimitation A2.1 location. P. 11 f.

[2] rding to DORIS, the verbal description of the lit. Raumeinheit Südliche Böhmerwaldausläufer , 2007, p. 11 gives here “via Waxenberg and along the Steinernen Mühl approximately from Helfenberg ”, which is a little more northwest

[3] Lit. Spatial unit southern Bohemian Forest foothills , 2007, A2.2 Delimitation of sub-units. P. 15.

[RE_13-4] Lit. area unit southern Bohemian Forest foothills , 2007, p. 13 f.

[RE_15-5] t. Spatial unit southern Bohemian Forest foothills , 2007, A3 Summary characteristics of the spatial unit. P. 15 f.