Gleirschbach

The Gleirschbach in Gleirschklamm, in the background Pleisenspitze ( 2569m )

Information panel to drift in Gleirschtal at the entrance to Gleirschklamm

The Gleirschbach is a tributary of the Isar River in the Karwendel.

Overall, the creek is about 12 km long, of which 7.4 km to the city of Innsbruck, the rest is up to Scharnitzer municipality.

The Gleirschbach springs north of Pfeishütte to 1880 m above sea level. A. First, it flows from east to west, by the lying between the North and the chain Gleirsch Halltal chain Samertal, which extends to the Möslalm. In the last section he versitzt for 2 km, and rises again only at the Amtssäge ( 1223 m above sea level. A. ), a few hundred meters after the Gleirschbach leaves the Samertal. This wetland area is the Möslalm her name. Just below the Versitzung, at the shrine, and the springing on the north side of the northern chain in Mandltal 1.4 km Angersbach flows to.

From around the Möslalm where the creek enters Scharnitzer area called the Valley now finally Gleirschtal, and the barrel turns to the northwest. Just below Amtssäge he unites with the coming of the Großkristental Kristen Bach. From here, the Gleirschbach in a northerly direction passing through the Gleirschtal to unite a few miles east of Scharnitz in Hinterautal with the Isar after crossing the Gleirschklamm.

Already in the 16th century, the drift of harvested in the side valleys of Gleirschtals wood was documented by the Gleirschklamm, which was finally set after the construction of a forest road in the Gleirschtal around 1960.