Schesatobel
The Schesatobel near Bürserberg is one of the largest mudflats in Europe in the Eastern Alps .
history
The Schesa rises in the area of an accumulation and deposit of the Ice Age Ill glacier.
The catchment area of this small and quiet stream has been used for alpine pasture and forestry since the Middle Ages. In 1796, however, about 15 hectares of forest were cut down to expand the grazing area. From 1804 onwards there were repeated large mudslides on the slopes over about 100 years.
Around 40 million m³ of moraine material was deposited in the bottom of the Ill valley to form a large cone of rubble (80 ha) or carried on over the Ill .
Extensive torrent control since 1899, the risks could stem, slopes were landscaped and in Bürs built in 1916 about 200 Russian prisoners of war an approximately 1,300 meter long dam, commonly known as Russians dam called. In the meantime, the Murkegel has been built with around 250 residential houses, right up to the Schesatobel.
The demolition can still be seen from afar. Partial movements occur again and again in the ravine, so that after a storm or after winter, you only encounter parts of a construction site access to the torrent control .
Fossil finds
In July 1859 Christian Ganal found a mammoth tooth in the Schesatobel and since then other prehistoric finds have been found in the Schesatobel area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ montafon. 1906_2006 ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 5.9 MB)
- ↑ Alps: Natural hazard processes (page 6/7) (PDF file; 1001 kB)
- ↑ Shaggy ice age giants on summer freshness in the Ländle ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 47 ° 8 ′ 18.8 ″ N , 9 ° 46 ′ 0.5 ″ E