Steinkasbach

Steinkasbach
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Water code	AT : 2-374-64-34-1
location	East Tyrol
River system	Danube
Drain over	Isel  → Drau  → Danube  → Black Sea
source	Steinkas (Basin) 46 ° 57 ′ 10 ″  N , 12 ° 24 ′ 14 ″  E
Source height	approx.  2420  m above sea level A.
muzzle	south of Niedermauern in the Isel Coordinates: 46 ° 59 ′ 50 "  N , 12 ° 26 ′ 49"  E 46 ° 59 ′ 50 "  N , 12 ° 26 ′ 49"  E
Mouth height	1092  m above sea level A.
Height difference	approx. 1328 m
Catchment area	12.7 km²
Right tributaries	Zupalbach, Achselbach
Communities	Virgen

The Steinkasbach is a brook in the municipality of Virgen ( Lienz district ). The Steinkasbach flows south of Niedermauern into the Isel .

course

The Steinkasbach rises in several source streams on the so-called Steinkas, a basin in the Lasörling group between Merschenhöhe , Wohl , Gritzer Riegel , Speikboden and Donnerstein . The westernmost source stream rises at around 2,420 meters, another source stream drains the Steinkassee. The Steinkasbach flows in a north-easterly direction through a narrow trough valley. it takes up the Zupalbach on the right side and flows through a wooded valley into which the Achselbach flows on the right side. Shortly after entering the Virgental , the Steinkasbach flows south of the village of Niedermauern on the right into the Isel.

Energy use

The Steinkasbach was made usable for a sawmill by local farmers in 1920 by means of a Venetian gate. In 1954 the openly laid wooden pipeline was replaced by a patent wooden pipeline made of larch wood and a new turbine was installed. However, this was destroyed in the floods in 1965/66. As part of a renovation, the power plant received a new pressure pipeline that was used until 1995. The Steinkasbach power plant now has an expansion water volume of 300 liters per second and a standard energy capacity of around 798,500 kWh. The two-nozzle Pelton turbine is operated with water from the 480-meter-long penstock, which has a net head of 63.5 meters.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (Ed.): Area directory of the Austrian river basins: Draugebiet. Contributions to the hydrography of Austria, issue No. 59, Vienna 2011, p. 9 ( PDF; 3.5 MB )
2. ↑ Municipality of Virgen ( Memento of the original from April 10, 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. "Green electricity waterworks Virgen"