Krems (Lower Austria)

Krems
Location
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Waldviertel
Mouth
• location	Danube
• coordinates	48°23′07″N 15°50′31″E / 48.3852°N 15.8420°E / 48.3852; 15.8420Coordinates: 48°23′07″N 15°50′31″E / 48.3852°N 15.8420°E / 48.3852; 15.8420
Length	64.5 km (40.1 mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression	Danube→ Black Sea

The Krems is a river in Waldviertel in northern Lower Austria. There are actually two rivers: the so-called "Große Krems" (Greater Krems), denoting either the whole river system or the main tributary only, and the smaller one called "Kleine Krems" (Lesser Krems). The Krems originally flowed into the Danube by Krems an der Donau, but when the Danube  [ceb; de; no; sv; uk] was built at  [bar; de] (part of Kirchberg am Wagram), the mouth of the river — together with that of the Kamp — was moved to Altenwörth.

In the upper course both rivers flow through the rough granite landscape of the Waldviertel; important places are  [de] at the Große Krems, and Kottes-Purk at the Kleine Krems. The Krems is the backbone of the wine region of Kremstal, it passes Senftenberg and the ruins of Lengenfeld, and after emerging from the granite and gneiss plateau (part of the Bohemian Massif), it flows through the Tulln Basin near Krems.

Beneath the castle Burg Hartenstein, at the confluence of the headstreams, is the Gudenus cave by the riverbank, which was inhabited in the Stone Age.

See also[]

• Krems (Upper Austria)

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Krems River at Wikimedia Commons

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