Wagram
Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ' N , 15 ° 59' E
The Wagram is an elongated mountain range up to 40 meters high in Lower Austria . It accompanies the Danube on both sides and on its north side represents a steep, widely visible step of land made of ice age loess .
The ridge with its fertile soil also gave the local wine-growing region its name. Formerly part of the Donauland wine-growing region , it has been called the Wagram wine-growing region since 2007 .
Origin of name
The name Wagram is made up of the two Middle High German words "wac" (moving water, river) and " rain " (rain, meadow, slope). Wagram means slope by the water or the boundary of the waves (bank). Such names appear again and again along rivers.
Location and landscape
The Wagram lies on both sides of the Danube and stretches from Krems to the east. It is less pronounced to the south of the Danube, where it extends over Traismauer , than to the north of the Danube. The Wagram forms the frame of the Tullnerfeld , from which it rises steeply to merge into a gently undulating area at the top, in the south into the Lower Austrian Alpine foothills , in the north and east into the Weinviertel hill country . Further east near Deutsch-Wagram - the site of the Battle of Wagram - or Gänserndorf , the Wagram is less pronounced, but still clearly recognizable. Therefore the landscape name Wagram is used almost exclusively for the area north of the Danube (Krems-Vienna area).
During the Tertiary , the Danube basin around Vienna was a sea that had its foothills as far as Eggenburg ( Eggenburg Bay ). On the slopes of the Wagram you will find sea sand (with shells), so it is a prehistoric sea beach. Above that, the Wagram is covered with a layer of Danube gravel, on which the recent soil finally lies. The Kleine Wagram geologically divides the Tullnerfeld and the Marchfeld into the Prater and Gänserndorf terraces.
The Wagram has a mild climate, in which grapes, apricots and cherries thrive. The cherry tree in particular is widespread and symbolic of the Wagram.
Places like Kirchberg am Wagram , Königsbrunn am Wagram , Stetteldorf am Wagram , Fels am Wagram are situated on such edges.
geology
The Wagram was first created from marine deposits and later through glacial erosion and deposition processes: The Tullnerfeld was once criss-crossed by the meanders of the Danube, which transported gravel and sand from the Alps towards the Vienna Basin - you can imagine the Tullnerfeld as a wide gravel area. The “Wagramkante” was created by depositing the drifting sand blown out of this gravel surface on the edge that was formerly formed as a steep coast of the Tethys and Paratethys .
history
A visible sign of the Hallstatt period is the Leeberg (ie artificial hill, probably a burial mound) of Pettendorf, which lies directly on the edge of the Wagram .
The Wagram was (re-) settled by Passau in the 11th century . As a result, the population was Christianized and the German language spread through the arrival of Bavaria . Slavic and Celtic names and field names have remained until today.
Larger settlements are mainly on the Wagram , as the addition in the place name ( Kirchberg am Wagram , Stetteldorf am Wagram , Königsbrunn am Wagram ) indicates. However, these settlements could only develop near springs (e.g. Engelmannsbrunn ) or in valleys ( Ruppersthal , Ottenthal , Thürnthal ), as the Wagram is rather dry in summer. At Fels am Wagram , the rocky basement of the Wagram comes to light, which underlines the dry character of the Wagram and the wines grown. These conditions are also reflected in the field names (Steinagrund, Felsenthal).
economy
The agri-food system accounts for a total of 15% of the regional added value and, with more than 1,000 employees, contributes around 20% to the employment situation : around 900 people work in agriculture alone . They mainly work in the numerous wine-growing businesses, in fruit growing or in fish farming. In the area of industry, the region has around 1300 employees, which is made possible by the presence of small and medium-sized companies that often work together in terms of logistics, marketing, research and development. Supported by tourism and the cultural industry, the service sector with around 2000 employees forms the heart of the Wagram's economy. However, viticulture is particularly important.
Wagram wine-growing region
The Wagram is best known for its wine , for which the fertile loess soil and the favorable climate offer the best conditions. The large wine-growing area on the ridge along the Danube was called the Weinviertel region in the 1960s . Later it was named after the well-known Klosterneuburg monastery and its wine-growing school region Klosterneuburg or after its two endpoints Traismauer - Carnuntum . The brand name Donauland-Carnuntum , which was introduced in 1985, was less successful because of a book club of the same name and was changed to the Wagram wine-growing region in 2007 .
The Wagramer mountain range with its southern slope offers a lot of sun, but the layers are difficult to machine because of their small size and steepness . For some time, therefore, many areas have been fallow. About half to two thirds of the vineyards are planted with the Grüner Veltliner grape variety . Often the wine cellars are dug directly into the loess, as the following photo shows.
The most famous wine towns are (from east to west):
- directly on the ridge of Stetteldorf am Wagram , Hippersdorf , Unterstockstall , Königsbrunn and Kirchberg am Wagram , Fels am Wagram and Feuersbrunn , as well
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- on the plateau north of the Wagram Ruppersthal , Oberstockstall , Großriedenthal and Gösing
- The transition to the west into the Kamptal is formed by Etsdorf and the Hadersdorf and Langenlois wine-growing region .
- The wine towns on the flatter ridge south of the Danube or in the Tullnerfeld are partly part of the Wagramer region, partly of the Traisental or Klosterneuburg. From west to east it's Hollenburg and v. a. Traismauer (near Krems), some places near Tulln (Judenau, Ollern) and on the edge of the Vienna Woods Stift and Weinbauschule Klosterneuburg .
The Wagramer viticulture asserts itself against the equally excellent wines from the Wachau and the lower Kamptal. There is also regional competition with the Weinviertel , where controlled quality wines are sold under the DAC brand , and increasingly with the Traisental . The local winemakers Hans Diwald, Alfred Paradeiser and Karl Fritsch provide important impulses for maintaining independence.
Wagramer Nuss pleasure region
At the edges of the vineyards as well as at the courtyards, numerous nut trees traditionally grow and are traditionally used in the kitchen, such as strudel , nut buchteln , nut pancakes , nut beugerl , nut croissants , nut snails , Wagramer nut cherry cake. In addition to whole nuts, walnut kernels and walnut oil that have been removed from the shell are also sold. To preserve the tradition that was Wagramerstraße nut in the register of traditional food received and is eponymous for the Region of Delight Austria belonging Genussregion Wagramerstraße nut .
tourism
Twelve cycle routes as well as several riding and hiking trails lead through the Wagram. You can fish and swim in the arms of the Danube near Altenwörth. The villages of Gösing am Wagram and Stetteldorf am Wagram have historic town centers.
Culture
The cultural centers of the Wagram are Kirchberg am Wagram, Stetteldorf am Wagram with Juliusburg Castle , Hardegg 's Castle as a landmark on the Wagram, the Heiss'n Haus in Gösing and the Thürnthal Castle near Fels, which is in need of renovation , where exhibitions, concerts and markets are ongoing occur. The composer Ignaz Josef Pleyel was born in Ruppersthal in 1757 , and the house where he was born is now a museum.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wagram
- ↑ Wagram. Entry in falstaff.at
- ↑ Wagram. Entry in oesterreichwein.at
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↑ Wagramer Nut . Entry no. 140 in the register of traditional foods of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Regions and Tourism .
Wagramer nut at the Genuss Region Österreich association .