Cattle drift

Kellergasse Viehtrift in Ulrichskirchen

Cattle drift in Ulrichskirchen with a sign for a Heuriger

The Viehtrift (also cattle drift , Kuhtrift or Triftweg ) is a term used in agriculture and describes a way of the cattle drive , that is to drive the cattle between barn and pasture is used or from a pasture to another.

In some towns and cities, street names are a reminder of this agricultural past. Variants of this, such as Schaftrift or Triftstraßen, are available in other locations. Field names have been preserved elsewhere.

Occurrence

Cattle drift

• Neunkirchen-Seelscheid
• Cologne
• Saint Augustine
• Siegburg
• Stixneusiedl
• Ulrichskirchen-Schleinbach ( Kellergasse )
• Viehtrift (municipality Hofamt Priel) , locality of Hofamt Priel , Melk district, Lower Austria

Viehtriftgasse

• Vienna ( Floridsdorf )

Viehtriftweg

• Rohrendorf near Krems
• Sankt Margarethen in Burgenland
• Ternitz

Viehtriftstrasse

• Römerberg
• Speyer

Related names

Official street sign with explanatory legend to Triftstraße in Eldagsen

Remains of a high drift in Lübeck

High drift

• Lübeck

Cow drift

• Hamburg ( Heimfeld )
• Meiningen (Südweststadt: Obere Kuhtrift , Nordweststadt: Untere Kuhtrift )
• Vienna ( Favoriten - Oberlaa , An der Kuhtrift )
• Winsen (Aller) ( Südwinsen )

Shaft drift

• Dessau

Triftstrasse

• Berlin
• Eldagsen
• Lehe (Bremerhaven)
• Munich
• Eißendorf (Hamburg)

Web links

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

Wiktionary: Trift  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations