Steinwandklamm

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Display board next to the parking lot at the lower entrance to the gorge

The Steinwandklamm is a gorge near Weißenbach an der Triesting in Lower Austria on the municipality border between Furth an der Triesting and Muggendorf , which was opened up for tourism in 1884. On the south side of the gorge wall there are several smaller through caves next to each other, the largest of which is called the Wildschützenloch, and to the west of it, a little higher, the so-called "Turk's Hole", a through cave around 20 meters long. The caves are accessible and walkable through the Rudolf-Decker-Steig.

Klamm

The Steinwandklamm in the middle area

The gorge is traversed by a brook whose headwaters are the Almesbrunnberg (1079 m).

In 1884 the gorge was made accessible to visitors by the Austrian Tourist Club (ÖTK) and opened on June 8 of the same year, with the participation of more than 600 guests from Vienna.

The lower entrance of the gorge is at a height of around 550 meters in the furthest stone wall ditch at the Reischer snack station (Furth municipality). After about half a kilometer you will find the entrance to the Rudolf-Decker-Steig on the left. After another 150 meters, at the end of the gorge, the main path - branching off to the left - leads up to the Türkenloch. However, if you follow the stream, you come to the Klause and then to Berg at an altitude of 795 meters. After the Türkenloch, an approximately 20-meter-long through cave, there is a somewhat steeper rock passage with wire rope protection. The exit takes place on a plateau with a height of around 750 meters. A forest path, which finally descends briefly, leads to the Kreuthsattel (Gasthaus Jagasitz, 710 m). From there you can hike back to the starting point via a hiking trail or a forest road or to Muggendorf to the Myra Falls .

The ÖTK, Triestingtal section, looked after the gorge until the end of 2010, after which Franz Singer took over the care with the support of the municipality of Furth and the state of Lower Austria.

Rudolf-Decker-Steig

Rudolf-Decker-Steig in the area of ​​the Wildschützenloch. On the right is the long, steep ladder leading directly to the Wildschützenloch from 1927 and in the middle of the picture the ladder of the bypass built in 1983.

The climbing system with a height difference of around 150 meters and a difficulty level A / B was built by the ÖTK in 1927 through the rocky terrain that borders the Steinwandklamm to the south.

The lower climb is located around 500 meters after the lower entrance to the gorge on the left-hand side at a height of around 620 meters. Relatively shortly thereafter, you reach a small rock step, where you can reach the Wildschützenloch cave via an approximately 15 meter long, almost vertical iron ladder (difficulty level B). In 1983 an alternative was set up so that this point can be bypassed with a ladder that is around half as long (difficulty level A / B). Then the trail leads over a small cave and a gap (difficulty level A / B) over to the Türkenloch.

Turk Hole

The name of this passage cave is derived from a gruesome event that is said to have taken place at the time of the Turkish siege in 1683 . Allegedly, residents hid from the Turks in the cave. However, the rising smoke from the cooking fire is said to have betrayed them. They were discovered, kidnapped or killed by the Turks. Archaeological excavations in 1981 unearthed coins, pottery shards and bones and are supposed to confirm this historical tradition.

Web links

Commons : Steinwandklamm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official website: home page ; Retrieved Feb. 8, 2012
  2. ^ News from the districts. (...) Steinwand Gorge. In:  Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 25/1884, Volume IV, March 25, 1884, p. 1, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb.
  3. ↑ Little Chronicle. (...) The opening of the Steinwandklamm. In:  Neue Freie Presse , No. 7107/1884, June 10, 1884, p. 1, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  4. ^ News from the districts. (...) Opening of the Steinwand Gorge. In:  Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 46/1884, Volume IV, June 7, 1884, p. 1, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbband
    opening of the Steinwand Gorge. In:  Die Presse , Local-Anzeiger, supplement to No. 159/1884, XXXVII. Volume, June 10, 1884, p. 9 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / apr.
  5. ↑ Official website: Steinwandklamm overview , accessed on Feb. 8, 2012
  6. ↑ Via ferrata guide Austria ; Alpinverlag, 2nd edition, Bad Häring 2008, ISBN 978-3-9500920-8-0
  7. ↑ Steinwandklamm and Rudolf-Decker-Steig in Der Gebirgsfreund , vol. 116 / Winter (2005/4)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 143 kB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.oeav-events.at  
  8. ↑ Werner, Kürschner, Huttenlocher, Hemmleb: Via ferrata atlas Alps ; Bergverlag Rother , Munich 2010, 6th edition, p. 130, ISBN 9783763380879
  9. ↑ Bergnews.com: Myrafälle - Steinwandklamm - Hausstein ; Retrieved Feb. 8, 2012

Coordinates: 47 ° 55 ′ 50 ″  N , 15 ° 56 ′ 42 ″  E