Pielach#

Pielach, River, Lower Austria, southern confluent of the River Danube, 70 km long; average flow rate 6.5 m3/sec., near Hofstetten. Rises north of Annaberg (alt. 976 m) in the northern Limestone Alps, crosses the Alpine foothills west of St. Poelten (alt. 271 m), flows south of the Dunkelsteinerwald hill region and opens out into the River Danube near Melk (alt. 213 m). Most important tributary: Sierning (mouth near Haunoldstein). Towns: Kirchberg an der Pielach (alt. 400 m), Ober-Grafendorf (alt. 280 m), Prinzersdorf (alt. 252 m), Loosdorf (alt. 234 m). The Mariazeller railway runs through Pielach valley from Ober-Grafendorf to the south of Kirchberg an der Pielach.