Thaya
Thaya in Břeclav
The Thaya ( Czech Dyje ) is a tributary of the Morava. It has a length of 235.4 kilometers and a tortuous course. It runs to a large extent on the border between Austria (Lower Austria ) and Czech Republic ( Moravia ), but is rarely exactly the limit.
Name
The name of the water body is derived from the East Germanic term * Dūhja, which means " mud " or "swamp " means.
Geography
Headwaters
She has two source rivers, the German Thaya and the Moravian Thaya, which unite in Raab.
German Thaya
The German Thaya Waldviertel rises in the near Schweiggers at an altitude of 657.5 m and flows through Vitis, Schwarzenau, Waidhofen an der Thaya Thaya, Doberman Berg, and Karl Stein an der Thaya. It is the longer of the two source rivers.
Moravian Thaya
The Moravian Thaya ( Czech Moravian Dyje ) rises in the Bohemian- Moravian Highlands. The river carries along Žatec and Dačice to Austria, where they united in Raab with Deutsche Thaya.
Middle reaches
In the middle reaches of the river Thaya has dug deep into the landscape ( height difference of the slopes about 100 m). This distinctive profile has the construction of numerous castles and palaces highly favored over its banks ( Karlstejn Castle, the ruins Kollmitz, Drossendorf, Hardegg Castle, Ruin Kaja, castle Raab an der Thaya ). In the Frain Vranovska Přehrada is ( Frainer dam ). In the area around Hardegg, both Austrian and Czech side, the Thaya Valley National Park was established.
Underflow
In the lower reaches from Znojmo of the river at several points is accumulated, the largest reservoirs are the Nové Mlýny ( Neumühl ) between Dolni Dunajovice ( Untertannowitz ) and Hustopeče ( Auspitz ), in the open out the Svratka and the Jihlava immediately after its confluence with Ivaň. In Znojmo, the river is crossed by the Znojmo railway bridge known as a technical monument. The park of Lednice Castle was built by the Thaya River was diverted. It was created a large lake with many islands.
Mouth
In Hohenau, the main landmark XI / 6 in 147.5 m above sea level. A. leads the Thaya in March.
Important places an der Thaya
- Raab an der Thaya
- Drossendorf
- Vranov ( Frain an der Thaya )
- Hardegg
- Znojmo ( Znojmo )
- Laa an der Thaya
- Lednice ( Lednice )
- Břeclav ( Lundenburg )
Accidents and flood
In May 1936 drowned in the sinking of the overloaded cable ferry in Neumühl 31 children from Rakwitz on her school trip.
Main article: Thaya-March 2006 flood
Once back in March 2006, the Thaya had led the highest flood in the last 100 years, the level of both the German and the Moravian Thaya rose on 30 June 2006 by heavy rains in the upper reaches within a few hours at night to the highest value of floods since 300 to 400 years. This 1500 building were flooded in about 70 places. Hardest hit was the town of Raab an der Thaya, where the water level of the German Thaya rose to 6.60 meters. ( The normal level is 1.20 m, the flood of 2002, it amounted to 6.20 m)