Geography Of Freistadt

The Freistadt Basin is a sizable valley in the northeastern part of the lower Mühlviertel region, south of the Freiwald.The Thury Valley provides the only break in the 650–700 meter high wooded hills that encircle Freistadt to the west, north, and east.Smaller hills surround the metropolitan center on all sides, but particularly to the south.The urban area measures 12.88 square kilometers.With regard to land area, Freistadt is therefore the second-smallest municipality in the district.Whereas the greatest horizontal expanse measured north-south is 5.7 kilometers, the largest measured east-west is 4.9 kilometers.

The settlement sits 560 meters above sea level.At town hall, on the main square, the measurement was taken.The highest point within municipal authority is 732 meters above sea level.South-west lies the Trölsberg, while south-east lies the Feldaist, which rises to a height of around 544 meters above sea level.

Situated about 38 kilometers southwest of Freistadt is the provincial capital of Linz. Likewise, about 60 kilometers north of Freistadt is the Czech town of eské Budweis (Budweis).The federal capital, Vienna, is around 180 kilometers to the east and takes two hours to drive to.About 17 kilometers north of Wullowitz is the state border with the Czech Republic.

Part of the Bohemian Massif of Austria, Freistadt is situated on a granite and gneiss plateau. Its allocated geographical unit is the Central Mühlviertel Highlands in Upper Austria.The medium-grained edge facies and the fine-grained core facies set the Freistadt granodiorite apart in the Freistadt region.Northeast of the historic town, along the Feldaist river, is the Hafnerzeile area, which is home to the Graben granite. The texture of this medium-grained granite is two-mica, and the plagioclase content is significant. Its large, spherical quartz grains are another feature.The proportion of light mica in the sample ranges from 3 to 4%, with biotite content of about 7%.Grabengranit is different from Freistadt granodiorite in that it is brighter.The main geological formation in the area of the old town is coarse granodiorite.

Along the Jaunitz creek next to the train station, one can observe tertiary deposits. These sediments moved along the railroad route northward.Rust-brown sands and gravels and blue-grey sands, silts and clays are the two categories of sediments high in mica and feldspar.Usually, silicified wood particles are found in these sedimentary layers.Within the Jaunitz valley, the sediments are rather thin. Ascending a ridge, they reach the Prandl farmhouse.One noteworthy source of information is the gravel and sand pit in Waldburg municipality, which is situated about 500 meters northeast of the Lengauer farmhouse.

Eventually draining into the Danube, the Feldaist river runs through Freistadt from north to south.From the west, the Jaunitz river forms a section of the municipal boundary to the south until merging with the Feldaist river.The other streams, Bockaubach and Scherbenbach in particular, that converge into the Feldaist are considered unimportant.There is not much alluvial silt deposition in the Freistadt area streams.There are well-known calm waters at the Frauenteich close to the Böhmertor, the Pregartenteich close to the Brauhaus, and the Weihteich in the Galgenau region.