The Gölsen is a river in

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

, in the

Mostviertel (English: ''Most Quarter'') is the southwestern quarter of the four quarters of Lower Austria (the northeast state of the 9 states in Austria). It is bordered on the north by the Danube and to the south and west by the state borders of Styria ...

. It is a right tributary of the Traisen. Its

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

is . The river begins in

Hainfeld Hainfeld is a municipality in the district of Lilienfeld in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Geography Hainfeld is situated on the Gölsen River in the Southeast Lower Austria. It's the biggest city in Gölsen Valley (''Gölsental''). The ...

with the confluence of the Fliedersbach and the Ramsaubach (also called the ''Innere Gölsen''). It then flows through the communities of Hainfeld,

Rohrbach an der Gölsen Rohrbach an der Gölsen is a town in the district of Lilienfeld in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Geography Rohrbach an der Gölsen lies in the Mostviertel (English: ''Most Quarter'') is the southwestern quarter of the four quarters of ...

, and

Sankt Veit an der Gölsen Sankt Veit an der Gölsen is a town in the district of Lilienfeld (district), Lilienfeld in the Austrian federal state of Lower Austria. Geography Sankt Veit an der Gölsen is located in the Mostviertel at the south-western edge of the Vienna W ...

, before discharging into the Traisen at Traisen. The Gölsen flows in an east-west direction and is around long, it has a difference in elevation of . The river is nowadays heavily obstructed due to its recurring floods (Gölsen Dam, On account of its recurrent floods, the Gölsen is nowadays carefully controlled (the Gölsen Dam, river bed steps). However, within its broad riverbed, it can form gravel banks. Parallel to the river runs the so-called ("Gölsen valley bike trail"), which runs from the to Hainfeld. An extension of the path to the

Triesting The Triesting is a river of Lower Austria, in the southeastern part of the Vienna Woods. Its drainage basin is . The Triesing has a length of . It discharges into the smaller Schwechat at Achau and is part of the catchment area of the River Danube ...

Valley Cycle Way is planned. Parallel to the river, the so-called ("Gölsen valley bike trail") was laid out, which runs continuously on asphalt from the to Hainfeld and then on into the valley of the

to the . Along the Gölsen runs a rail line, the from Traisen to Hainfeld. In the past, the line was longer and continued to Kaumberg and farther into the

valley. Since 2004, however, only special trains have operated on this section of line. image:Goelsen1.jpg, The Gölsen at Wiesenfeld image:Goelsen3.jpg, The Gölsen at Sankt Veit

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*The information in this article is based on a translation of its German equivalent. Rivers of Lower Austria Rivers of Austria {{LowerAustria-geo-stub