Triesting

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Triesting
The Triesting near Berndorf (with St. Margaret's Church)
Location Lower Austria, Austria
Length 60 km
Source East of the Klammhöhe, northwest of Kaumberg in the Vienna Woods
48°04′06″N 15°52′20″E / 48.06833°N 15.87222°E / 48.06833; 15.87222Coordinates: 48°04′06″N 15°52′20″E / 48.06833°N 15.87222°E / 48.06833; 15.87222
Source height 618 m AA
Mouth Near Achau into the Schwechat
48°04′52″N 16°23′57″E / 48.08111°N 16.39917°E / 48.08111; 16.39917
Mouth height 172 m AA
Descent 446 m
Basin Danube
Right tributaries Further Bach
Small towns Berndorf, Schwechat
Villages Kaumberg, Altenmarkt, Weissenbach, Pottenstein, , Hirtenberg, Enzesfeld, Leobersdorf, Trumau, Münchendorf, Oberwaltersdorf

The Triesting is a river in the southeastern part of the Vienna Woods. It discharges into the smaller Schwechat at Achau and is part of the catchment area of the River Danube. It has a length of 60 km.

Floods

  • 1846[1]
  • July 1882
  • May 1940
  • July 1944
  • July 1966
  • July 1991 (flood wave only in the upper reaches)
  • August 1997
  • June 2002

The floods of 1944 were the worst ever in the Triesting valley. On 4 July 1944, there were severe floods, following heavy cloudbursts over the upper Triesting valley, in the vicinity of the Schöpfl mountain and in the Further valley. The narrow neck of the valley above Pottenstein was blocked by driftwood and the Fahrafeld Basin turned into a dammed lake. The dam broke and floodwaters up to 2 metres high surged through the valley. In the whole valley 188 people lost their lives, "the majority being foreign workers".[2][A 1][1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Helene Schießl, Erwin Schindler: Berndorfer Gemeindechronik, herausgegeben aus Anlass 100 Jahre Stadt Berndorf. Hrsg: Stadtgemeinde Berndorf. pp. 24ff
  2. ↑ Walter Rieck: Kulturgeographie des Triestingtales. p. 150

Sources

  • Rieck, Walter (1957). Kulturgeographie des Triestingtales. Vienna, Univ., Diss.

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