Sölktal#

Soelk Valley, Styria, southern lateral valley of the Enns Valley situated in the Schladminger Tauern Mountains, drained by Grosssoelkbach and Soelkbach streams (from the Grosssoelk reservoir to the end of the valley near Stein an der Enns, alt. 694 m). The Grosssoelkbach stream starts as the confluence of many small headwater streams near Hochstubofen mountain (alt. 2,385 m); villages of St. Nikolai im Soelktal (alt. 1,127 m) and Moessna (alt. 1,013 m). From Grosssoelk (alt. 941 m) the Soelkbach stream flows through a 25 km long narrow and winding valley. Kleinsoelkbach stream, which is formed near Kesslerkreuz (alt. 989 m) by the confluence of Schwarzensee stream and Strieglerbach stream, joins the Soelkbach near Grosssoelk. The whole region forms the "Naturpark Soelktaeler".