Aist River

The Aist little below the confluence of field and Waldaist at High bridge

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The Aist is a creek and river system in the eastern Upper Austria Upper Austria, which drains an area of 647 km ².

Location, landscape and run

In the High bridge (south of Pregarten ) the field and Waldaist unite to Aist. The Aist has to its confluence with the Danube near mountain sword has a length of 14 kilometers. Together with the Waldaist it comes to a length of approximately 72 km.

On its route the Aist flows through the protected Natura 2000 site Waldaist - Naarn (Fauna - Flora-Habitat Area).

Etymology

From ancient documents such as the Wilhelmine deed, stating that the name " Aist " was derived from a Slavic river designation. The Upper Austria, as well as many other parts of Europe were, at that time inhabited by Slavic peoples. The river appeared in the year 853 the first time in a deed as " Agasta ". 983 he is called " Agesta ". The prefix " ag - " meant " drive ", " fast."

Places on the Aist

• Sword mountain

History

Due to the flood of the century, in August 2002 the entire Aisttal was devastated.