Alm (river)

The Alm in Scharstein

Almspitz - mouth of the pasture ( above) in the Traun ( below)

The Alm ( or Almfluss ) is a 48.11 km long mountain river in Upper Austria. It is the outflow of Almsees north of the Dead Mountains, flows through Grunau im Almtal, Scharstein, Pettenbach, later Vorchdorf, Steinerkirchen happens at the Traun and Bad Wimsbach -Neydharting and ends in the municipality of Fischlham in the Traun River.

Many larger and smaller tributaries make up the pasture in their further course a wide mountain river in summer with relatively cold water. The most important tributary, the Laudach flows in the southern municipality of Bad Wimsbach in the Alm

The Alm or its been initiated headrace channels are economically used mainly by sawdust and small power plants. Until the 19th century, was floated on their wood. There was a variety of water-driven hammers Sense at the Alm.

The water quality of this river has a very high level (drinking water quality ), making it one of the cleanest rivers in Austria. Therefore, the body of water, is often used for fish farming, find their products right in the adjoining restaurant recycling. Natural fish stocks: brook trout, rainbow trout, brook trout, grayling.

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The pasture has found its way into the arms of the Fischlham. Together with the Traun the pasture is represented as a bar on the wave crest.

A measuring point of the hydrographic service of the country of Upper Austria. is located at Penn Inger bridge in the municipality of Steinerkirchen about 4.75 km upstream of the confluence with the River Traun.