Salzachtal (room unit)

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The Salzach Valley is the second smallest of the 41 Upper Austrian spatial units and extends along the Salzach and the border with Bavaria .

location

The room unit is entirely located in the Braunau am Inn district .

The area of ​​the Salzach Valley is 25.44 km² and extends over around 30 km from north to south. The width is a maximum of 3 km, usually the spatial unit is much narrower (up to 200 m). The deepest area is around 350  m above sea level. A. about 1 km south of Überackern. The highest area of ​​the area is at the border with Salzburg at around 460  m above sea level. A.

The following municipal areas are predominantly or entirely in the Salzach Valley (in alphabetical order): Hochburg-Ach , Ostermiething , St. Pantaleon and St. Radegund .

The room unit is surrounded by the following Upper Austria room units (from south to north): Südinnviertler Seengebiet , Weilharts- and Lachforst , Neukirchner Platte and Inntal .

The Salzach Valley is divided into four sub-units:

  • Salzach river including alluvial forest area
  • Ettenau
  • Salzachleiten
  • Open cultural landscape with settlement area

Characteristic

  • Elongated valley landscape of the Lower Salzach, where the river is regulated but can flow freely.
  • The meadow area has an almost continuous strip of forest up to 500 meters wide. Partly natural forests ( white willow , gray alder , ash forests and hybrid poplar ). Due to the regulation, numerous nutrient-rich oxbow holes are available in the floodplain.
  • Significant bird area with populations of corncrake , eagle owl and kingfisher . Beavers can also be found.
  • Flood protection dam separates the alluvial forest from the poorly forested cultural landscape of the Salzachau. Outside the dam there is a mixed farming and meadow area. The meadows are species-rich wet meadows , especially near Ettenau and Schwaigau.
  • In the Ettenau subunit there is still the traditional cultural landscape ( orchards , small forests and hedges ). Agriculture is predominant on the lower terrace.
  • South of Ostermiething the area is mainly used industrially, north of Ostermiething the hillside forest is extensive and continuous.
  • The subunit Salzach passing marks the eastern edge of the indoor unit and is largely near-natural (ash, sycamore - and beech) forested. There are also large spruce forests . There are deep gorges, conglomerate and Flinz slopes. Many sources distinguish this area.
  • The Austufe and the lower terrace are only sparsely populated.

literature

  • Office of the Upper Austrian Provincial Government, Nature Conservation Department (Ed.): Nature and Landscape / Guiding Principles for Upper Austria. Volume 4: Salzachtal room unit . Linz 2007 ( pdf [accessed February 17, 2017]).

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