Brixental
The Brixen, in the dialect Brixntoi, is a southeastern tributary of the Tyrol's Lower Inn Valley. In Wörgl (513 m above sea level ) unite Brixen and the Inn Valley. It is traversed by the Brixentaler Ache.
Location and landscape
The Brixen Valley is a 30 km long tributary of the Inn valley and leads into the Kitzbühel Alps and along the Brixen valley road B 170 to the ski resort and the district capital of Kitzbühel, Reith bei Kitzbühel until the end of the valley on the municipal boundary to Going am Wilden Kaiser. The Talverlauf follows the Salzburg -Tiroler -Bahn since 1875.
The landscape of the Brixen Valley is determined by soft, mostly forested mountain forms. The valley floor is flat and wide for this mountain valley. At the entrances of the few valleys can be found some Murschwemmkegel, especially in the municipality of Bressanone, caused by boulders and rocks of the torrents gradually. In the municipalities Kirchberg in Tirol and Westendorf extensive terraces have formed, probably from the last ice age. Furthermore, located in the municipality of Westendorf and Hopfgarten Brixental valley, which is divided by the stream valleys and Ventspils Kelchsau. The slopes are not very steep and can be used for agriculture optimal. Only the slopes of the Shatt pages are more forested and are rarely used for agriculture.
Several peaks reach almost 2000 meters into focus: a highly visible Hohe Salve ( 1,829 m, also called " Rigi Tyrol" ) with the highest pilgrimage church in Austria, the Nachtsöllberg ( 1,886 m), the Fleiding ( 1,892 m), the Gampenkogel ( 1,957 m ) and the Choralpe ( 1,820 m). Other peaks are Gaisberg ( 1,770 m ), the Rauhekopf ( 1,580 m) and the interest rate mountain ( 1,674 m).
The largest village in the valley is Hopfgarten im Brixental (622 meters), where it undergoes a change in direction by 70 °. The main town of the valley is Brixen im Thale ( 794 m) and is located in the upper reaches where the valley floor is wider ( see picture). Here unite several source fluxes. The second largest city is Kirchberg in Tirol ( 828 m), which is six kilometers away from the district Kitzbühel and is considered one of the biggest tourist destinations in the region.
In the municipality of Bressanone springs the Brixentaler Ache where the Lauterbach and the Schleicherbach represent two important tributaries and determine the amount of water considerably. In the lower area - approximately between Westendorf and Hopfgarten - flows through the Ache, a narrow gorge, through which meanders the main highway - the railway line differs in so-called Windauer arc widely from. A bottleneck is the gorge near the village of Itter.
Larger side valleys are ( upriver from Wörgl ):
- In the lower reaches of the Soell upcoming Mill Valley (Valley of the nose Bach ), the Luechertal ( at Bruckhäusl ) and the Bruggtal ( in Gries )
- Hopfgarten at the Schönbachtal and the two long, coming from the south valleys of Kelchsauer Ache ( Kelchsauer Valley) and Windauer Ache ( Windautal )
- In the broad upper reaches ( valley width about 1 km) there is at first only small tributaries; only at Brixen, there are the valleys of the headwaters, Lauterbach, Schleicherbach and Brixenbachtal. Not far from the saddle to Kitzbühel finally opens the Spertental Aschauer Ache in Kirchberg, however, the mountain slope north to Großache drained ( Talwasserscheide the Brixen Valley to Leukental in Kirchberg).
The catchment area of Brixentaler Ache comprises about one-third of the district of Kitzbühel, including the major tributaries of the Windauer and Kelchsauer Ache contribute significantly. The Brixentaler Ache opens in Wörgl in the Inn.
History
The Brixental belonged to the Archbishopric of Salzburg from 1312 until 1816 and came in the reorganization of Europe ( Congress of Vienna ) for Crown Land Tirol.