Tuffbach (Inn)

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Tuffbach
Weißbach, Eastern Weiherburggraben
Weißbachfall

Weißbachfall

Data
Water code AT : 2-6-180c
location Innsbruck , Tyrol , Austria
River system Inn
Drain over Inn  → Danube  → Black Sea
River basin district DOJ
source below the Lepsius tunnel at the Alpine Zoo
47 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 23 ′ 54 ″  E
Source height 722  m above sea level A.
muzzle below Hans-Psenner web (Inn 296.07 km) coordinates: 47 ° 16 '47 "  N , 11 ° 24' 5"  O 47 ° 16 '47 "  N , 11 ° 24' 5"  O
Mouth height 568  m above sea level A.
Height difference 154 m
Bottom slope 30%
length 510 m
Communities innsbruck

The Tuffbach , also known locally as Weißbach (eastern Weiherburggraben), rises below the Lepsius tunnel at what is now the Innsbruck Alpine Zoo at 720 m above sea level, and flows south past the Engländergrab to the Hohen Weg and joins the near the old Hungerburgbahn bridge at the Hans-Psenner-Steg Inn . It lies entirely in the Innsbruck city ​​area and marks the Hötting - Mühlau (Innsbruck) district boundary .

Although the stream is only 500 m long, it has a large catchment area, as almost the entire eastern Hungerburg plateau drains here, up to the Seegrube and the Seegrubenspitze and Hafelekarspitze . The Hungerburg earned its name because this limestone area is extremely arid. The brook itself rises at the bank from Höttinger breccia , which gives the old field name Auf den Grauer Stein . The brook name indicates the resulting tufa .

It also has an interesting spot: in front of the Hohen Weg (house numbers 12 and 13) the water plunges 12 meters into the depths and forms the Weißbachfall , which you can hear and see rustling from the street. To protect against flooding, the catch basin is concreted to prevent the stream from overflowing.

The water is usually grade  I - II.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c TIRIS
The Tuffbach at the level of the Alpine Zoo. The formation of sinter (tufa) can be seen in the area of ​​the mosses