Saurüssel (Mühlviertel)

The Saurüssel is a mountain or a mountain route on the Mühlkreisbahn and the Rohrbacher Straße (B 127) running directly next to it in the Upper Mühlviertel between Rottenegg near Walding and Gerling in Upper Austria .

Beginning of the Saurüssels immediately after the Rottenegg train station

The place Lacken with the parish church

The most important transport connection (road and rail) from Linz to the Rohrbach district runs over the Saurüssel and begins in Rottenegg ( 268 m above sea level ) and runs via Oberstraß ( St. Gotthard municipality in the Mühlkreis ) and Lacken (Feldkirchen municipality) to Gerling ( 464 m above sea level ). The stretch of the Mühlkreisbahn has a gradient of 46 ‰ on the Saurüssel, it is the steepest section of this railway line.

The Saurüssel was also eponymous for the magazine Der Saurüssel .

Individual evidence

↑ The Mühlkreisbahn from Linz Urfahr to Aigen-Schlägl in the Mühlviertel. In: dokumentationszentrum-eisenbahnforschung.org. Railway Research Documentation Center, September 24, 2015, accessed on August 23, 2020 .

48.385752 14.091396Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 8.7 " N , 14 ° 5 ′ 29" E

[1] The Mühlkreisbahn from Linz Urfahr to Aigen-Schlägl in the Mühlviertel. In: dokumentationszentrum-eisenbahnforschung.org. Railway Research Documentation Center, September 24, 2015, accessed on August 23, 2020 .