The Traisen (, pronunciation in local German dialect ) 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 ...

. 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, ...

is . The Traisen is formed from the rivers ''Türnitzer Traisen'' and ''Unrechttraisen''. Its total length, including the ''Türnitzer Traisen'', is . It is a tributary of the

Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , p ...

in the Lower Austrian region of Mostviertel. Its two sources begin near St. Aegyd am Neuwalde and

Türnitz Türnitz is a town in the district of Lilienfeld (district), Lilienfeld in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Population Climate Mean annual temperature is 8.2 degree Celsius; annual precipitation is 1108.8 mm. Rainfall is at its highes ...

respectively. After meeting, they flow through the municipalities of Türnitz,

Lilienfeld Lilienfeld () is a city in Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Austria, south of St. Pölten, noted as the site of Lilienfeld Abbey. It is also the site of a regional hospital Landesklinikum Voralpen Lilienfeld. The city is located in the valle ...

, Traisen, Wilhelmsburg, and St. Pölten, before meeting the Danube at

Traismauer Traismauer is a municipality in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land in 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 Alp ...

. In the course of building the Danube , the mouth of the Traisen was relocated to in the municipality of Kirchberg am Wagram. During a period of extremely high water in July 1997, parts of numerous municipalities along the Traisen, as well as the government quarter of the state capital St. Pölten, were greatly flooded.

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* Rivers of Lower Austria Sankt Pölten Rivers of Austria {{LowerAustria-geo-stub