Piesting

Piesting
The Piesting near Sollenau
Country Austria
Physical characteristics
River mouth Fischa at Gramatneusiedl
48°01′12″N 16°29′40″E / 48.0201°N 16.4944°E / 48.0201; 16.4944Coordinates: 48°01′12″N 16°29′40″E / 48.0201°N 16.4944°E / 48.0201; 16.4944
Length 77.1 km (47.9 mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression Fischa→ Danube→ Black Sea

The Piesting is a river in southern Lower Austria. Its sources are the Kalte Gang, the Steinapiesting, and the Längapiesting, which begin south of the Schneeberg.

These creeks meet in Gutenstein in the Wienerwald. From there the Piesting flows east through Markt Piesting and Wöllersdorf and into the Viennese Basin. The Piesting meets the Fischa at Gramatneusiedl.

The tributary of the Myrabach stream discharges at Pernitz into the Piesting. Between the Hohe Mandling (967 m) in the north and the Großer Kitzberg (771 m) in the south, the Piesting breaks through the Quarb (47°53′0″N 15°59′38″E / 47.88333°N 15.99389°E / 47.88333; 15.99389), a rocky ravine, and flows further eastwards through Markt Piesting and Wöllersdorf into the Vienna Basin. Near Gramatneusiedl the Piesting enters the Fischa.

The valley west of the Thermenlinie in the Vienna Woods is known as the Piesting Valley.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Niederösterreich Atlas (Lower Austria)
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