German Thaya
German Thaya in Waidhofen
Location
CountryAustria
StateLower Austria
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationnear Schweiggers
  elevation657.5 m (2,157 ft)
Mouth 
  location
Raabs an der Thaya
  coordinates
48°50′52″N 15°29′25″E / 48.84778°N 15.49028°E / 48.84778; 15.49028
  elevation
410 m (1,350 ft)
Length98.2 km (61.0 mi) [1]
Basin size770 km2 (300 sq mi)
Discharge 
  average4.4 m3/s (160 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionThayaMoravaDanubeBlack Sea

The German Thaya or Austrian Thaya (German: Deutsche Thaya, Czech: Rakouská Dyje) is a river in Lower Austria. Its drainage basin is 770 km2 (300 sq mi).[2]

Despite its name, no part of the river is in Germany. It originates southwest of Schweiggers at an elevation of 657.5 metres (2,157 ft). First, it flows in north-easterly direction to the village of Vitis, where it is joined by the left tributary Jaudlingbach. It flows further eastward to Schwarzenau and gradually turns to the north, zig-zagging through Waidhofen, Thaya, and Dobersberg. Then it turns to the east and southeast, flowing through Karlstein and Raabs, where it joins the Moravian Thaya.

From here the unified Thaya flows generally eastward into the Czech Republic.

Eduard Mörike's 1856 novella Mozart's Journey to Prague mentions the German Thaya, claiming that Mozart and his wife crossed it on September 14, 1787 (see Mozart in fiction).

References

  1. Niederösterreich Atlas (Lower Austria)
  2. "Flächenverzeichnis der Flussgebiete: Donaugebiet von der Enns bis zur Leitha" (PDF). Beiträge zur Hydrografie Österreichs Heft 62. December 2014. p. 139.


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