!!!Wien, Wienfluss

Wien, River, Lower Austria/Vienna, western tributary to the Danube 
Canal, 32 km long, mean discharge: 1.1 m%%sup 3/%/sec. (at 
Vienna-Kennedybruecke bridge). Alongside the River Danube and the 
Danube Canal, the River Wien is one of the elements typical of the 
Vienna landscape. Originating as "Duerre Wien" south of 
Rekawinkel (388 m) in the  Vienna Woods (Lower Austria), on its 
way towards Vienna the river flows past Pressbaum (315 m), passes 
through Lake  Wienerwaldsee and by Purkersdorf (248 m) and 
reaches the Vienna area at Weidlingau (flood reservoir). The River 
Wien flows some 16 km on Viennese ground, forming several 
district borders (13/14, 12/15, 5/6, 4/6, 1/4, 1/3), passing through 
the Stadtpark and discharging into the Danube Canal at the Urania 
observatory. The River Wien was regulated and covered in several 
places (1897-1906) when O.  Wagner undertook the construction of the 
Vienna Stadtbahn line, which for the most part follows the bed of the 
river. The river was also vaulted in other places, for example under 
the Naschmarkt market. Among the numerous bridges arching the river is 
the Kennedybruecke bridge in Hietzing. Major tributary streams: 
Tullnerbach, Gablitzbach, Mauerbach, and Halterbach from the north and 
Kalte Wien, Dambach, Deutschwaldbach, and Rotwasser from the South. 
The River Wiental water pipeline transports water from Lake 
Wienerwaldsee (Wiental waterworks) to the west of the city. Several 
traffic lines pass through the valley of the River Wien: the Western 
Railway, the Vienna Underground Railway line U 4 (on the route of 
the earlier Stadtbahn), and the Western autobahn (A 1), which 
runs into the Wientalstrasse at Auhof.


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