Piesting

The Piesting is a river in southern Lower Austria.

Piesting
The Piesting near Sollenau
Location
CountryAustria
StateLower Austria
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
  location
Fischa at Gramatneusiedl
  coordinates
48.0201°N 16.4944°E / 48.0201; 16.4944
Length77.1 km (47.9 mi) [1]
Basin features
ProgressionFischaDanubeBlack Sea

The sources of the Piesting are the Kalte Gang, the Steinapiesting, and the Längapiesting, which begin south of the Schneeberg. These rivers meet in Gutenstein in the Vienna Woods. From there the Piesting flows east through Markt Piesting and Wöllersdorf and into the Viennese Basin.

The tributary Myrabach discharges at Pernitz into the Piesting. Between the Hohe Mandling (967 m (3,173 ft)) in the north and the Großer Kitzberg (771 m (2,530 ft)) in the south, the Piesting breaks through the Quarb, a rocky ravine, and flows further eastwards through Markt Piesting and Wöllersdorf into the Vienna Basin. Near Gramatneusiedl the Piesting discharges into the Fischa.

The valley west of the Thermenlinie (the thermal line at the Vienna Basin) in the Vienna Woods is known as the Piesting Valley.

See also

References

  1. Niederösterreich Atlas (Lower Austria)


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