!!!Traun, Fluss

Traun, River; Upper Austria: the River Traun is a south- western 
tributary of the Danube that joins the Danube at Linz; good to medium 
water quality (class 2, mean flow rate at Wels-Lichtenegg 
135 m%%sup 3/%/second. The River Traun originates from the 
confluence of the Altausseer and the Grundlseer Traun as well as the 
Kainisch Traun at Bad Aussee (Styria, alt. 659 m). At 
Koppentrettalm (alt. 663 m) the Traun enters Upper Austrian 
territory (Salzkammergut) and is called Koppen Traun. The Traun then 
flows through Lake  Hallstatt, turns to the northeast, passes Bad 
Goisern (alt. 502 m) and Bad Ischl (alt. 469 m) 
where it is joined in the west by the River  Ischl  and flows through 
Lake  Traunsee at Gmunden (alt. 440 m). At theTraunfall 
waterfall, situated between Steyrermuehl (alt. 401 m), and 
Roitham (alt. 424 m) the river enters the Upper Austrian 
alpine foreland. The main towns on the River Traun are Stadl-Paura 
(alt. 360 m), Lambach (alt. 367 m), Wels (alt. 
317 m), Traun (alt. 276 m) and Linz; the most important 
tributaries are the Rivers  Ager,  Alm and  Krems. The Traun was 
formerly important for the transport of timber and salt. Today the 
energy potential is used in various power stations: Gmunden, 
Traunfall, Traunleiten, Marchtrenk, Traun-Pucking and Kleinmuenchen 
and by industrial facilities (paper mills in Steyrermuehl and 
Laakirchen).

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:Literature: H. Hager, Die Traun - ein uralter Salzhandelsweg, 1996.


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