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23-543: Situated within the valley of the Möll river, a tributary to the Drava , Reißeck is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of the district capital Spittal an der Drau . The present-day municipality established in 1973 consists of the four cadastral communities Kolbnitz, Zandlach, Penk, and Teuchl. It was named after the Reißeck massif (2,965m/9,727 ft) in the north, part of

46-589: A hotel and a hydropower exhibition. After the Austrian Anschluss to Nazi Germany , beginning in 1941 the Malta Valley was the site of a labour camp where deported prisoners of war originating from the Soviet Union were forced to work in a granite quarry supplying a Reichsautobahn construction site in nearby Spittal an der Drau (the present-day Tauern Autobahn ). At least 21 inmates died from

69-720: A length of 710 km , or 724 km , if the length of its Sextner Bach source is added, it is the fifth or sixth longest tributary of the Danube , after the Tisza , Sava , Prut , Mureș and likely Siret . The Drava drains an area of about 40,154 square kilometers. Its mean annual discharge is seasonally 500 m³/s to 670 m³/s . Its source is near the market town of Innichen , in the Puster Valley of South Tyrol , Italy . The river flows eastwards through East Tyrol and Carinthia in Austria into

92-674: A tributary of the Adige / Etsch . At Innichen itself the 16+ km Sextner Bach  [ de ] , originating near the Sextener Rotwand , joins the ~2 km long source creek. The river than flows eastwards and after 8 kilometres crosses into East Tyrol in Austria. At Lienz it flows into the Isel , sourced from the glaciers of the Venediger and Glockner Groups . The Isel (average discharge 39 m³/s)

115-447: Is twinned with: Drava The Drava or Drave ( German : Drau , pronounced [ˈdʁaʊ] ; Slovene : Drava [ˈdɾàːʋa] ; Croatian : Drava [drǎːʋa] ; Hungarian : Dráva [ˈdraːvɒ] ; Italian : Drava [ˈdraːva] ), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus , is a river in southern Central Europe . With

138-828: Is a valley in the High Tauern mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps . It follows the course of the Malta river down towards its confluence with the Lieser, itself a left tributary of the Drava . Most of the area belongs to the municipality of Malta in Carinthia , Austria . The upper Maltatal ends at the Kölnbrein Dam east of the Ankogel Group , from where the Malta stream flows southeastwards about 38 km (24 mi) down along

161-597: Is almost three times larger than the Drava (14 m³/s) where they meet and, starting from the source of its tributary Schwarzach  [ de ] under the Rötspitze , the Isel (ca. 64 km) is also longer than the combined Drava and Sextner Bach (ca. 60 km) to that point. The river then flows east into Carinthia at Oberdrauburg . The river separates the Kreuzeck range of

184-591: Is pre-Roman and pre-Celtic, but probably of Indo-European origin, from the root *dreu̯- 'flow'. The river gives its name to the dravite species of tourmaline . The Carpis (Greek: Κάρπίς) was a river which, according to Herodotus, flowed from the upper country of the Ombricans northward into the Ister (Danube), whence it has been supposed that this river is the same as the Dravus. The Drava (along with one of its tributaries,

207-660: The Ankogel Group of the Hohe Tauern mountain range. South of the Möll Valley rises the Kreuzeck Group . Equidistant between the ski resorts of Ankogel/Mölltal Glacier and Lake Millstatt , facilities in Kolbnitz include a rafting centre, a riding centre, tennis courts, a small ski area and a swimming pool. Two funicular railway lines leave from the Möll valley bottom: the first runs up

230-665: The Bishops of Freising , the main village Kolbnitz was first mentioned as Cholomunze in an 1124 deed. Shortly afterwards, the estates passed to the Counts of Gorizia ( Meinhardiner dynasty) residing at Falkenstein Castle . About 1460 they were finally seized by the Austrian House of Habsburg ruling in the Duchy of Carinthia . In the course of a 1973 administrative reform, Kolbnitz an der Tauernbahn

253-639: The High Tauern in the north and the Gailtal Alps in the south, passes the Sachsenburg narrows and the site of the ancient city of Teurnia , before it reaches the town of Spittal an der Drau . Downstream of Villach , it runs along the northern slopes of the Karawanks to Ferlach and Lavamünd . The Drava passes into Slovenia at Gorče near Dravograd , from where it runs for 142 kilometres (88 mi) via Vuzenica , Muta , Ruše , and Maribor to Ptuj and

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276-587: The Reißeck mountain to an altitude of 2236m/7336 ft to walking trails and a hotel; the second leads to the mountain rail station of Mt. Kreuzeck at 1211m/3973 ft, which is the starting point for several alpine walks up to 2498m/8195 ft. The operation of the Reißeck Höhenbahn on the Reißeck plateau, one of the highest-lying narrow-gauge railroads in Europe, was closed down in 2014. Reißeck has access to

299-874: The Slizza ) and the Spöl are the only two rivers originating in Italy that belong to the Danube drainage basin . Its main left tributaries (from the north) are the Isel (contributes 39 m /s), the Möll (25 m /s), the Lieser  [ de ] (22 m /s), the Gurk (30 m /s) and the Lavant (12 m /s) in Austria, and the Mur (166 m /s) near Legrad at the Croatian–Hungarian border. Its main right tributaries (from

322-719: The Styria region of Slovenia . It then turns southeast, passing through northern Croatia and, after merging with its main tributary the Mur , forms most of the border between Croatia and Hungary , before it joins the Danube near Osijek , in Croatia. In ancient times the river was known as Dravus or Draus in Latin , and in Greek as Δράος and Δράβος. Medieval attestations of the name include Dravis ( c. AD 670), Drauva (in 799), Drauus (in 811), Trauum (in 1091), and Trah (in 1136). The name

345-532: The Tauern Railway line, running from Spittal an der Drau through the Tauern Railway Tunnel to Schwarzach im Pongau , at the Kolbnitz and Penk stations. It also can be reached via the parallel Mölltal Straße (B106) highway from Lurnfeld in the Drava valley up to Obervellach and Winklern . The Hohe Tauern mountains are a traditional mining area, mainly for gold, silver and iron. Originally held by

368-561: The Carinthian duke Bernhard von Spanheim . The church was enlarged in 1515 and a steeple attached in 1750. Beneath the church is the Herkuleshof , now a hotel, erected in 1908. Reißeck has two hydroelectric power plants ( Kraftwerk Kolbnitz and Kraftwerk Rottau ) run by the Verbund power company. The water is collected in several reservoirs in the Reißeck (linked with the Kölnbrein Dam in

391-475: The Drava. The power plants are listed beginning at the headwaters: The Drava is one of the most exploited rivers in the world in terms of hydropower , with almost 100% of its water potential energy being exploited. As the region of the river is a place of exceptional biodiversity , this raises several ecological concerns, together with other forms of exploitation such as use of river deposits. Maltatal The Maltatal ( Slovene : Dolina reke Malte )

414-594: The border with Croatia at Ormož . The river then passes Varaždin , Belišće and Osijek in Croatia, and Barcs in Hungary. It is navigable for about 90 kilometres (56 mi) from Čađavica in Croatia to its mouth. The hydrological parameters of Drava are regularly monitored in Croatia at Botovo , Terezino Polje , Donji Miholjac and Osijek. The Drava's mean annual discharge (Q) at Drávaszabolcs ( Hungary , 77.7 rkm). Period from 1995 to 2023. (m /s) (m /s) Currently, there are 22 hydroelectric power plants on

437-513: The existence of a Celtic sacred grove and a Roman temple dedicated to Hercules . An Early Christian chapel consecrated to prophet Daniel was probably erected at the site about 313. After Bishop Modestus had Christianized the area again in the 8th century, a new St George church was built at the summit in 1127. It was first mentioned as monte sancti Danielis in 1292 report of an unsuccessful campaign by late Count Meinhard I of Gorizia and his father-in-law Count Albert IV of Tyrol against

460-550: The mountains of the Reisseck Group to Gmünd and into the Lieser river. The valley is known for its many waterfalls during snowmelt season, therefore also called the 'Valley of Falling Waters'. An 18 km (11 mi) long scenic route , the former construction road of the Malta-Reisseck Power Plant Group with numerous serpentines and six tunnels leads up to the dam at 1,933 m (6,342 ft), site of

483-664: The south) are the Gail (45 m /s) in Austria, the Meža (12 m /s) and Dravinja (11 m /s) in Slovenia, and the Bednja (? m /s) in Croatia. Mean discharge is for the last station in the country mentioned in the source. The sources of the Drava are located at the drainage divide between the market town of Innichen/San Candido and neighbouring Toblach / Dobbiaco in the west, where the Rienz River rises,

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506-473: The upper Malta valley ) and Kreuzeck mountains and lead to the plant through five penstocks with a maximum altitude difference of about 1772m/5815 ft. Seven ( Kraftwerk Kolbnitz ) resp. four ( Kraftwerk Rottau ) Pelton wheels , generating a maximum electric power of 138 to 220 Megawatt each, provide an overall annual electricity production of 1013 mio Kilowatt hours . Seats in the municipal assembly ( Gemeinderat ) as of 2015 local elections: Reißeck

529-474: Was merged with neighbouring Penk and Mühldorf into the municipality of Reißeck. In 1992 Mühldorf again separated to become a commune in its own right. A cup marked stone found on the cone shaped 966 m (3170 ft) Danielsberg mountain northwest of Kolbnitz denote a settlement since the days of the Stone Age . Further archaeological artifacts near the water well at the summit of the prominent peak indicate

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