Toplitz

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Toplitz
The Toplitz outflow on the Toplitzsee

The Toplitz outflow on the Toplitzsee

Data
location Styria , Austria
River system Danube
Drain over Traun  → Danube  → Black Sea
source Kammersee discharge
47 ° 38 ′ 30 ″  N , 13 ° 55 ′ 5 ″  E
Source height 718  m above sea level A.
muzzle At Gößl in the Grundlsee coordinates: 47 ° 38 '11 "  N , 13 ° 54' 8"  E 47 ° 38 '11 "  N , 13 ° 54' 8"  E
Mouth height 708  m above sea level A.
Height difference 10 m
Bottom slope 6.3 ‰
length 1.6 km
Communities Grundlsee

The Toplitz (also Toplitzbach ) is a river in the Styrian Salzkammergut in Austria .

course

The Toplitz begins at the western end of the Toplitzsee as its only outflow. Your path leads through a wooded valley past the village of Gößl . After 1.6 kilometers it flows into the Grundlsee . After the short source of the Traun at the Kammersee, it forms the second section of the river course, which then leaves the Grundlsee as the Grundlseer Traun .

Renaturation

The firewood for the salt works in Bad Aussee has been transported from the Toplitzsee area via the Toplitz since the 16th century , and its course has been changed more and more. The extensions and straightening were intensified again after the Second World War . This destroyed fish spawning grounds and increased the risk of flooding.

In 2003 and 2004 the Toplitz was renatured again . Through hydraulic engineering measures, including the introduction of stones, roots and tree trunks, the stream was able to find its original bed again by itself. The hermitage at the outlet of the Toplitzsee was made passable for fish by building a ramp.

This enabled the unhindered passage of the fish and thus the genetic exchange between the two lakes to be achieved again. The river is again an important natural rearing water for local fish such as trout , lake trout and aitel . The stone crab could also be reintroduced. The risk of flooding has been reduced.

In the course of the Styrian state exhibition "Fools and Visionaries" in 2005, a path was set up on the banks of the Toplitz, the Toplitzparcours, which was artistically designed by Richard Kriesche and impressively conveyed a connection between nature and art in eight stations.

Web links

Commons : Toplitz  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Toplitzbach: living bridge for wildlife restored on Bundesforste AG
  • Toplitzbach - flood protection with fish-ecological specialist planning , on ezb (PDF; 5.1 MB)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Toplitzbach - flood protection ... p. 2 and Fig. 33
  2. ↑ Toplitz parcours