St. Martinsbach

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St. Martinsbach
St. Martinbach
Data
Water code AT : A2979554; OWK 30223,30464-0006
location Pongau , Salzburg , Austria ⊙
River system Salzach
Drain over Fritzbach  → Salzach  → Inn  → Danube  → Black Sea
River basin district Danube to Jochenstein (DBJ)
source at the Gerzkopf
47 ° 27 '23 ″  N , 13 ° 24 ′ 29 ″  E
Source height 1534  m above sea level A.
muzzle at Niedernfritz coordinates: 47 ° 25 '18 "  N , 13 ° 20' 42"  E 47 ° 25 '18 "  N , 13 ° 20' 42"  E
Mouth height 747  m above sea level A.
Height difference 787 m
Bottom slope 10%
length 7.8 km
Right tributaries Haslangerbach
Communities St. Martin am Tennengebirge , Eben im Pongau , Hüttau

The St. Martinsbach , also St. Martinbach or locally simply Martinerbach , Martinsbach or Martinbach , is a small brook near St. Martin am Tennengebirge in Pongau in the state of Salzburg . It connects Fritztal and Lammertal , and thus the Pongau with the Tennengau .

Location and course

In the St. Martiner valley between Niedernfritz and St. Martin

The St. Martinsbach flows southwards between the Gerzkopf of the Fritztal Mountains ( Salzburg Slate Alps ) and the southern roof of the Tennengebirge .

It rises at about 1500  m above sea level. A. on the Platten  ( 1705  m above sea level ), a secondary summit of the Gerzkopfstock , which is a southwestern foothill of the Bischofsmütze and the Dachstein massif . There it runs steeply westwards. In the valley, near Oberstein and Bichlberg , it passes the town of St. Martin to the south. There, to the right of the brook, about 40 meters higher and 1 kilometer away, is a valley watershed that is barely noticeable in the terrain and connects to the Lammer valley . The St. Martinsbach turns southwest, however, past Nasenrotte and Sonnberg on the Tennengebirge side on the Weyerberg  ( 1455  m above sea level ) and Buchseitberg on the Österreichberg  ( 1267  m above sea level ), a foothill of the Gerzkopf. There it forms the boundary between Hüttau and Eben . In front lugs which flows from right Haslangerbach from Korein .

About 5 kilometers southwest of St. Martin it flows into the Fritzbach , which is a tributary of the Salzach near Bischofshofen , at Niedernfritz .

traffic

Pass Gschütt Straße  (B166) runs along the lower reaches . The Tauern Autobahn  (A10), Katschberg Straße  (B99) and the Ennstalbahn run in the Fritztal . The valley of the St. Martinsbach forms an important regional connection between the Salzachpongau and Ennspongau with the Lammertal , from where you can also get to Hallein , and the Inner Salzkammergut of Upper Austria.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d State of Salzburg: SAGIS online , layer water → waters → water network and stationing
  2. ^ BEV: Austrian map online ( AMAP ) / Geonam Austria - in the latter as Sankt Martinbach
  3. ^ Academy of Sciences and Literature: Hydronymia Germaniae , Volumes 8-12, Verlag F. Steiner, 1973, p. 75.
  4. ↑ The brook can also be found historically as Fulsbach , mentioned in 1433 in Viltz Martin . Information in Hydronymia Germaniae 8–12, p. 29.