Ybbstaler Prealps
| Ybbstaler Prealps | ||
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 Landscape of the Ybbstal Pre-Alps |
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| Highest peak | Hochkogel / Gamsstein ( 1774 m above sea level ) | |
| location | Lower Austria / Upper Austria / Styria , Austria | |
| part of | Lower Austrian Limestone Alps ( Trimmel ) / Ybbstal Alps ( AVE ) ; Northern Limestone Alps | |
| Classification according to | Trimmel 1820 also Ybbstal Alps ; ÖROK 045 | |
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| Coordinates | 47 ° 44 ' N , 14 ° 47' E | |
The Ybbstal Pre-Alps are the group of the Ybbstal Alps in Lower Austria , upstream of the Lassing Alps , with smaller parts in Upper Austria and Styria . The mountainous region is the core area of the Lower Austrian Eisenwurzen .
Location and landscape
The Ybbstal Pre-Alps lie on the northern edge of the Alps, south of Amstetten , between the Upper Austrian Ennstal in the west and the central Erlauftal in the east. While further south, in the Lassingalpen, with Ötscher and Kräuterin, there are already high alpine stocks of the Kalkhochalpen , the foothills of the Alps are woody to alpine mountain ranges with a low mountain range , which reach summits between 1000 and 1500 meters, and only in the very west, towards the Gesäuse , with Gamsstein and Voralpe reach the 1800s mark and show more alpine summit corridors. The group culminates in the Hochkogel of the Gamssteinstock at 1774 m above sea level. A.
The area is criss-crossed by the valleys of the upper Ybbs , the Schwarzen Ois and the upper reaches of the Kleine Erlauf . On the northern edge there are two more towns: Waidhofen an der Ybbs and Scheibbs , and on the western edge Markt Weyer , the interior of the group is thinly populated with small structures.
On the concept of the Ybbstaler Voralpen
The term was coined by Hubert Trimmel for his mountain group classification for the Austrian cave directory from 1962, and defined within orographically defined boundaries. According to Trimmel, however, they are given as the Ybbstaler Alps . According to the recommendations of the Austrian Conference on Spatial Planning (ÖROK), the Ybbstaler Voralpen area (definition 1991, as a touristic support area) comprises the southern municipalities of the Amstetten district including the statutory town of Waidhofen an der Ybbs .
Boundary and neighboring groups
According to Trimmel, in whose system they form subgroup number 1820, the Ybbstal Pre-Alps are:
- in the north (roughly northeast): from Großraming an der Enns (bridge 382 m ) along the Neustiftbach to south of the Bischofberg (at an altitude of approx. 720 m ) - Wirtshaus Großau - Nellingbach to Böhlerwerk (approx. 330 m ) - Ybbs upwards to Gstadt station - Kleine Ybbs / Schwarze Ois to the east of Ybbsitz - along the B22 various valleys to Saffen (bridge 317 m )
- to Flysch zone and Alpine foothills between Enns and Erlauf (No. 1870 - to Bischofberg / Ramingbach area between Enns and Ramingbach 1871, then area between Ramingbach and Ybbs 1872, from Böhlerwerk area between Ybbs and Erlauf 1872)
- in the northeast: Erlauf briefly up to Scheibbs
- to the flysch zone between Erlauf and Traisen (No. 1880, namely the area between Erlauf and Melk 1881)
- in the east: further up the Erlauf via Neubruck , Kienberg to the bridge at the Vorderen Tormäuer
- to the Türnitz Alps (in the narrower sense No. 1830, namely to Neubruck Pichlberg – Statzberg 1838, then mountainous region between Erlauf and Pielach 1836)
- in the south (roughly southwest): Nestelberggraben - Ortleitengraben - Raneck (pass height 954 m above sea level ) - Lackenhof - Lackenbach down to Meierhöfen - Ois (Ybbs) via Lunz to Göstling (bridge 524 m ) - Göstlingbach - Lassing (pass height approx. 690 m ) - Mendlingbach - ore heaps on the Salza
- to the Lassingalpen (No. 1810, to Meierhöfen Ötscher 1816, until shortly before Göstling Dürrenstein 1815, then Göstlinger Alpen 1814)
- in the south-west (further south-west): Salza to the mouth at Großreifling
- to the Hochschwab Group (No. 1740, namely the Cold Wall 1741)
- in the south-west (northward): Enns down to Altenmarkt near St. Gallen
- to the Northern Ennstal Alps (No. 1840, to Weißenbach Zinödlberg – Haidach 1648, then briefly Maiereck 1647)
- in the west (northwards): Enns further down to Großraming
- to the Windischgarsten and Reichraminger Alps (No. 1650, to Kleinreifling Bodenwies – Kühberg 1654, then Almkogel – Ennsberg 1655)
According to ÖROK, the region has the number 045, and includes, from north to south, the Lower Austrian communities Sonntagberg , Waidhofen , Ybbsitz , Opponitz , St. Georgen and Hollenstein , which corresponds to the core area of the group after Trimmel, but a little further at Ybbsitz North reaches out.
- Connect here: in the southeast Ötscher – Hochkar (043), in the southwest Gesäuse – Salzatal (124), in the west Mittleres Ennstal (078).
Are classified as a subgroup the Ybbstaler foothills to the main group of Niederösterreichischen Limestone (Trimmel no. 1800), the major unit Northern Limestone (Nr. 1000). According to the Alpine Club division of the Eastern Alps (AVE), they belong to the Ybbstal Alps , whose central section they represent. The Upper Austrian shares belong to the Enns and Steyrtal Pre-Alps spatial unit .
structure
The Ybbstaler Voralpen are divided by the upper valley of the Ybbs and its tributaries in the center, and the brooks to the Enns in the west, the east in the catchment area of the Erlauf ends in hilly hilly country. According to Trimmel, they are divided into the following subgroups (indicated with the outer boundaries of the group):
- Voralpe ( Gamsstein / Hochkogel 1774 m above sea level ), Trimmel No. 1821 - highest group in the southwest, from Göstling to Altenmarkt im Ennstal
- Königsberg (Schwarzkogel 1452 m above sea level ), No. 1822 - elongated stick, from Lassing to Göstling
- Schöfftal Forest ( Schwarzkogel , at Lunz 1116 m above sea level ), No. 1823 - three mountain ranges, from Lunz to Göstling
- Gföhleralm – Polzberg ( Rainstock 1296 m above sea level ), No. 1824 - foothills of the Ötscher, from Kienberg to Lunz
- Oisberg ( 1405 m above sea level ), No. 1825 - ridge in the center of the group
- Gaflenzer Kaibling ( 1167 m above sea level ), No. 1826 - northward sloping ridge, from Waidhofen to Gstadt station
- Prochenberg – Friesling ( Friesling 1339 m above sea level ), No. 1827 - the mountains south of Ybbsitz, from Gstadt train station to the east of Ybbsitz
- Limestone foothills between Kleiner Ybbs and Erlauf ( Egger Berg 1134 m above sea level ), No. 1828 - Bergland in the east, from the east of Ybbsitz to Kienberg
- Spindeleben – Stubau ( Feichteck / Stubau 1114 m above sea level ), No. 1829 - the Bergland in the north-west, from Kastenreith near Weyer to Waidhofen
The state border between Upper and Lower Austria runs southwards over the watershed Enns – Ybbs, the one between Lower Austria and Styria from the Voralpe further eastwards, the border between Upper Austria and Styria to Altenmarkt, on the border of Gesäuse and the lower Ennsdurchbruchstal. The latter two countries make up only a small proportion of the group.
Nature and tourism
In the southeast of the group, in the Voralm – Gamsstein area, lies the nature park complex (Lower Austria) Eisenwurzen and Styrian Eisenwurzen .
The whole area is an easy hiking and mountain biking area, and with paths well developed, but as a pre-Alpine region an alpine “insider tip”. The Austrian long-distance hiking trails 04 Voralpenweg , 06 Mariazeller Weg and 08 Eisenwurzenweg lead through the whole group, 04 and 06 from Bischofberg to Waidhofen together, then the 04 runs east, the 06 runs south-east to Mariazell. The 08er crosses north-south, also via Waidhofen. With the Königsberg there is a small ski area.
Today the area is primarily presented to tourists under the term Eisenstraße , a network that stretches between Steyr, Wieselburg and Leoben and refers to the historic mining and early industrial metal processing region ( small iron industry ).
literature
- Josef Steffan, Werner Tippelt: Ybbstaler Alps . 1st edition. Rother Bergverlag, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7633-1228-5 .
Individual evidence
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↑ a b c d Ybbstaler Alps z. B. in Lukas Plan: Verbal description of the delimitation of the subgroups of the Austrian cave directory. Association of Austrian Speleologists, as of January 8th. 2008, p. 36;
the Federal Environment Agency uses Ybbstaler Voralpen , see working basis 2005/2006 for water quality survey, 1.4. List of karst and fractured groundwater measuring points . ( pdf ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. , Umweltbundesamt.at, entries under "KK01820 Ybbstaler Voralpen ") - ^ G. Stummer: The structure of the Austrian cave directory . In: Association of Austrian cave researchers (ed.): Wiss. Supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . No. 27 . Vienna 1978, p. 49-60 .
- ↑ a b Austrian Spatial Planning Conference (ed.): ÖROK delimitation of touristic support areas . Recommendation No. 31. Round-trip decision, July 19, 1991, p. 6 .
- ^ Association of Austrian cave researchers (ed.): Mountain group structure for the Austrian cave directory and for the cave directory of the Bavarian Alps. Vienna (68 sheets unpaginated, 1 map 1: 500,000).
- ↑ Lukas Plan: Verbal description of the delimitation of the subgroups of the Austrian cave directory . Status: Jan 08 2008. Ed .: Association of Austrian Speleologists. ( hoehle.org [PDF; 321 kB ; accessed on May 15, 2018] Entry under "Ybbstaler Alps").
- ↑ Limit at exactly: Wegergraben - Graben eastwards, then northwards - hill at house Freithofberg 11 (approx. 705 m ) - ditch to the Ramingbach at the west foot of the Bischofberg (approx. 640 m ) - this upwards south around the Bischofberg - hill ( 720 m ) east of the mountain on WW 04/06 - Graben northeast - Kohlenbach / L86 (up to approx. 510 m ) - L6195 to Kote 561 Wh. Großau; see eHYD online ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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↑ precisely: Haselgrabenbach - Kote 630 / B22 - Grestenbach to the mouth at Gresten (bridge 395 m ) - Kleine Erlauf uphill for a short while - Auserkühberg (chapel, approx. 500 m) - to the Ewixenbach and upwards for a short time - Osterbergbach (height at Langegg / B22 440 m ) - Schmiedlehnerbach (down to approx. 360 m ) - Kote 407 / B22 - Saffenbach to the mouth of the
Ausserkühberg is not in the ÖK; see eHYD online ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
