Krems (Upper Austria)

Creams Neuhofen an der Krems

Creams is around 60 kilometers long tributary of the River Traun in Upper Austria.

It rises at the foot of Kremsmauer in Michelsdorf flows in Traun quarter northward through the Upper Austrian Alpine foothills and flows south of Linz, close to the Ebelsberg, in the Traun River.

Larger communities in the Krems Valley are Michel, Kirchdorf an der Krems, Schlierbach, Wartberg an der Krems, Krems Münster, pipe in Krems Valley, Kematen an der Krems and Neuhofen an der Krems. Ansfelden is already expected of the Upper Austrian central space.

In Ansfelden located on the right bank of the paper mill Krems Krems Nettingsdorf which water is used for the production process.

Do not confuse this river with the River Krems in Lower Austria.

Flood of the Century 2002

In the hundred-year flood of 2002 came in the area of ​​Krems causes major damage.

Between Neuhofen and Nöstlbach the Krems burst its banks which led to that large parts were flooded by Nöstlbach. Downstream, some industries have also been (including the new plant of Gruber & Kaja and Nettingsdorfer paper mill ) were flooded. The flooding of the paper mill had the consequence that wood chips and logs were distributed throughout the municipal area of ​​Ansfelden.

In the area of ​​Reder settlement occurred subsequently to a dam break which parts of this settlement were flooded up to 1.5 meters.

As a result of the damage, extensive flood control measures were taken. Between Neuhofen and the confluence with the River Traun some area were widened again and renatured. Furthermore, two old bridges were demolished and replaced by higher bridges to eliminate bottlenecks. In planning is also a retention basin in the area Wartberg with a land requirement of about 100 ha, which is to hold back up to 2.6 million cubic meters of water.

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• Traun river system ( Danube )
• River in Europe
• River in Styria
• River in Upper Austria