Währingerbach
The Währingerbach is a Viennese brook that flows through the Vienna districts of Währing and Alsergrund and is now practically completely canalized.
geography
The Währingerbach covers a catchment area of 513.8 hectares and rises on the northern slope of the Schafberg or the Ladenburghöhe in the Pötzleinsdorfer Schlosspark . Today's canalised stream follows the streets of Pötzleinsdorfer Strasse, Gersthofer Strasse, Gentzgasse, Aumannplatz and Währinger Strasse .
After the Gürtel, it flows through the Alsergrund district. There he formed the border between the old suburbs of Michelbeuern and Himmelpfortgrund . Today it flows further along Achamergasse and Bertha-Löwi-Weg (formerly "Green Passage") and flows into Als in front of the house entrance from Nußdorfer Strasse 21 / corner of Alserbachstrasse .
With the Dürwaringbach in the area of the Schafbergbad south of the Ladenburghöhe, a last, open source brook of the Währinger Bach has been preserved, which flows into the Währingerbach below Alt-Gersthof.
history
In earlier times the Währingerbach flowed through a narrow valley, leaving little space for the settlements in it. The settlements of Pötzleinsdorf , Gersthof , Weinhaus and Währing (from west to east) could initially only spread along the Währingerbach due to the valley location and their basic substance developed into street villages.
Footnotes
- ^ Karl Fenzl: A landscape picture of the 18th district. The landscape and its basis. P. 10–11 In: Working group "Währinger Heimatbuch" (Ed.): Währing. A home book of the 18th district of Vienna. Vienna 1923
literature
- Working group “Währinger Heimatbuch” (Ed.): Währing. A home book of the 18th district of Vienna. Vienna 1923