Ybbs () is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
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 ...
. Its
drainage basin
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is .
Its source is located on the
Zellerrain Pass
Zellerrain Pass (elevation 1,125 m, 3,691 ft) is a mountain pass in the Ybbstal Alps, located on border between Lower Austria and Styria, west of Mariazell. The pass road has a steep grade of up to 22 percent. The river Ybbs has its source at ...
near
Mariazell. In the beginning, the river is called , then onwards from the border between
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 ...
and
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
up to
Lunz am See
Lunz am See is a municipality in the district of Scheibbs, Lower Austria, Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a ...
it is called . From there until its confluence to the Danube at
Ybbs an der Donau
Ybbs an der Donau () (short: Ybbs) is a town in Austria. It was established in 1317. Throughout the town, from the intersection of the important trade routes and along the Danube the town has preserved a site that already had great economic importa ...
, it is finally called Ybbs.
The Ybbs has a strongly meandering course and flows for around from the South in a northward direction. Along the river there are many metal and lumber industry plants.
The most important towns on the Ybbs are
Lunz am See
Lunz am See is a municipality in the district of Scheibbs, Lower Austria, Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a ...
,
Göstling an der Ybbs
Göstling an der Ybbs is a municipality in the district of Scheibbs in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.
Population
Twin towns
Göstling an der Ybbs is twinned with:
* Hüttenberg
Hüttenberg is a municipality in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in ...
,
Hollenstein an der Ybbs,
Opponitz,
Ybbsitz
Ybbsitz is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria.
Geography
Ybbsitz lies in the Mostviertel
(English: ''Most Quarter'') is the southwestern quarter of the four quarters of Lower Austria (the northeast state of th ...
,
Waidhofen an der Ybbs,
Amstetten, and Ybbs an der Donau.
The valley of the river Ybbs is called: ''Ybbs Valley'', or ''Ybbs Field'' (german: Ybbsfeld). In 788, it was the site of a battle, between
Franks
The Franks ( la, Franci or ) were a group of Germanic peoples whose name was first mentioned in 3rd-century Roman sources, and associated with tribes between the Lower Rhine and the Ems River, on the edge of the Roman Empire.H. Schutz: Tools, ...
and
Avars.
See also
*
Ybbs Valley Railway
References
Sources
*
Rivers of Lower Austria
Rivers of Austria
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