https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Florian+Seidl 2026-04-04T20:41:28Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.39.7 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:LIFE%2B_Traisen&diff=47578 2021-01-13T16:00:53Z

<p>Florian Seidl: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=48.36286653678855, 15.872361979699518<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Monitoring<br /> |Country=Austria<br /> |Main contact forename=Florian<br /> |Main contact surname=Seidl<br /> |Contact organisation url=life-traisen.at<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Traisen.jpg<br /> |Picture description=Aerial image of the LIFE+ Traisen project area<br /> |Project summary=The Traisen is one of the largest rivers in Lower Austria. During construction of the Danube power plant Altenwörth, the Traisen was lengthened by 7.5 km and nowadays empties into the Danube downstream of the power plant. The riverbed used to run in an even, straight line through the floodplain between Traismauer and Zwentendorf. This section of river offered little habitat for typical animals and plants and was not connected to the surrounding landscape or the bodies of water in the floodplain. The ability of fish to pass through the area was complicated by obstacles and in some places impossible.<br /> <br /> A natural river course with densely vegetated banks: that’s what the area around the mouth of the Traisen in Lower Austria looks like today. This was made possible by the LIFE+ Traisen project – Austria’s largest land restoration project to date. Many endangered kinds of flora and fauna have found a new home here.<br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=A new riverscape was created on an area of 150 hectares in the mouth section of the Traisen at the Danube power plant near Altenwörth. It is now continuously connected with its floodplain’s waterbodies.<br /> LIFE+ Traisen is one of the most comprehensive restoration projects in Central Europe. Together, the project partners made an important contribution to the nature conservation objectives of the European Union.<br /> <br /> The riverbed was successfully completed in 2016. Over an area of 150 hectares, a regionally typical new biosphere was created that will provide an expanded habitat for a multitude of domestic animal species. In order to do this, 800,000 m3 of clay and sand and 1.9 million m3 of gravel were relocated within the floodplain area to create standing water bodies and shallow water areas. Within the construction process the river was extended by 7.6 kilometres and the estuary of the Traisen River was relocated. The LIFE+ Traisen project resulted in a unique riverscape with a mosaic of existing and new habitats. Many animal and plant species have already settled in –including numerous endangered species.<br /> |Lessons learn=A coalition of federal, regional and European stakeholders at the Danube made a large-scale project possble. The large dimension of the project is one of the main ecological succsess factors.<br /> |Project title=LIFE+ Traisen<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen-map.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen-map-detail.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen-mouth.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen-river.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site<br /> |WFD water body name=Traisen river<br /> |Heavily modified water body=No<br /> |Site designation=Austria - Geschützter Lebensraum<br /> |Protected species present=Yes<br /> |Invasive species present=Yes<br /> }}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=01/01/2009<br /> |Total cost category=more than 10000 k€<br /> |Total1 cost=30000<br /> |Funding sources=VERBUND (15 million euros) and other financing partners: Office of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism EU-LIFE+ Nature and Biodiversity Fund Lower Austria Landscape Fund Lower Austri<br /> |Supplementary funding information=VERBUND (15 million euros) and other financing partners:<br /> Office of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government<br /> Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism<br /> EU-LIFE+ Nature and Biodiversity Fund<br /> Lower Austria Landscape Fund<br /> Lower Austrian Provincial Fishing Association<br /> viadonau<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Floodplain / River corridor=Within the construction process the river was extended by 7.6 kilometres and the estuary of the Traisen River was relocated<br /> }}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Case study documents<br /> |File name=VERBUND-Life-Traisen project-summary-layman-report.pdf<br /> |Description=Brief overview about LIFE+ Traisen<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Florian Seidl https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:LIFE%2B_Traisen&diff=47577 2021-01-13T15:59:42Z

<p>Florian Seidl: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=48.36286653678855, 15.872361979699518<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Monitoring<br /> |Country=Austria<br /> |Main contact forename=Florian<br /> |Main contact surname=Seidl<br /> |Contact organisation url=life-traisen.at<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Traisen.jpg<br /> |Picture description=Aerial image of the LIFE+ Traisen project area<br /> |Project summary=The Traisen is one of the largest rivers in Lower Austria. During construction of the Danube power plant Altenwörth, the Traisen was lengthened by 7.5 km and nowadays empties into the Danube downstream of the power plant. The riverbed used to run in an even, straight line through the floodplain between Traismauer and Zwentendorf. This section of river offered little habitat for typical animals and plants and was not connected to the surrounding landscape or the bodies of water in the floodplain. The ability of fish to pass through the area was complicated by obstacles and in some places impossible.<br /> <br /> A natural river course with densely vegetated banks: that’s what the area around the mouth of the Traisen in Lower Austria looks like today. This was made possible by the LIFE+ Traisen project – Austria’s largest land restoration project to date. Many endangered kinds of flora and fauna have found a new home here.<br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=A new riverscape was created on an area of 150 hectares in the mouth section of the Traisen at the Danube power plant near Altenwörth. It is now continuously connected with its floodplain’s waterbodies.<br /> LIFE+ Traisen is one of the most comprehensive restoration projects in Central Europe. Together, the project partners made an important contribution to the nature conservation objectives of the European Union.<br /> <br /> The riverbed was successfully completed in 2016. Over an area of 150 hectares, a regionally typical new biosphere was created that will provide an expanded habitat for a multitude of domestic animal species. In order to do this, 800,000 m3 of clay and sand and 1.9 million m3 of gravel were relocated within the floodplain area to create standing water bodies and shallow water areas. Within the construction process the river was extended by 7.6 kilometres and the estuary of the Traisen River was relocated. The LIFE+ Traisen project resulted in a unique riverscape with a mosaic of existing and new habitats. Many animal and plant species have already settled in –including numerous endangered species.<br /> |Lessons learn=A coalition of federal, regional and European stakeholders at the Danube made a large-scale project possble. The large dimension of the project is one of the main ecological succsess factors.<br /> |Project title=LIFE+ Traisen<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen-map.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen-map-detail.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen-mouth.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen-river.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site<br /> |WFD water body name=Traisen river<br /> |Heavily modified water body=No<br /> |Site designation=Austria - Geschützter Lebensraum<br /> |Protected species present=Yes<br /> |Invasive species present=Yes<br /> }}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=01/01/2009<br /> |Total cost category=more than 10000 k€<br /> |Total1 cost=30000<br /> |Funding sources=VERBUND (15 million euros) and other financing partners: Office of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism EU-LIFE+ Nature and Biodiversity Fund Lower Austria Landscape Fund Lower Austri<br /> |Supplementary funding information=VERBUND (15 million euros) and other financing partners:<br /> Office of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government<br /> Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism<br /> EU-LIFE+ Nature and Biodiversity Fund<br /> Lower Austria Landscape Fund<br /> Lower Austrian Provincial Fishing Association<br /> viadonau<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Case study documents<br /> |File name=VERBUND-Life-Traisen project-summary-layman-report.pdf<br /> |Description=Brief overview about LIFE+ Traisen<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Florian Seidl https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:LIFE%2B_Traisen&diff=47576 2021-01-13T15:56:19Z

<p>Florian Seidl: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=48.36286653678855, 15.872361979699518<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Monitoring<br /> |Country=Austria<br /> |Main contact forename=Florian<br /> |Main contact surname=Seidl<br /> |Contact organisation url=life-traisen.at<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Traisen.jpg<br /> |Picture description=Aerial image of the LIFE+ Traisen project area<br /> |Project summary=The Traisen is one of the largest rivers in Lower Austria. During construction of the Danube power plant Altenwörth, the Traisen was lengthened by 7.5 km and nowadays empties into the Danube downstream of the power plant. The riverbed used to run in an even, straight line through the floodplain between Traismauer and Zwentendorf. This section of river offered little habitat for typical animals and plants and was not connected to the surrounding landscape or the bodies of water in the floodplain. The ability of fish to pass through the area was complicated by obstacles and in some places impossible.<br /> <br /> A natural river course with densely vegetated banks: that’s what the area around the mouth of the Traisen in Lower Austria looks like today. This was made possible by the LIFE+ Traisen project – Austria’s largest land restoration project to date. Many endangered kinds of flora and fauna have found a new home here.<br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=A new riverscape was created on an area of 150 hectares in the mouth section of the Traisen at the Danube power plant near Altenwörth. It is now continuously connected with its floodplain’s waterbodies.<br /> LIFE+ Traisen is one of the most comprehensive restoration projects in Central Europe. Together, the project partners made an important contribution to the nature conservation objectives of the European Union.<br /> <br /> The riverbed was successfully completed in 2016. Over an area of 150 hectares, a regionally typical new biosphere was created that will provide an expanded habitat for a multitude of domestic animal species. In order to do this, 800,000 m3 of clay and sand and 1.9 million m3 of gravel were relocated within the floodplain area to create standing water bodies and shallow water areas. Within the construction process the river was extended by 7.6 kilometres and the estuary of the Traisen River was relocated. The LIFE+ Traisen project resulted in a unique riverscape with a mosaic of existing and new habitats. Many animal and plant species have already settled in –including numerous endangered species.<br /> |Lessons learn=A coalition of federal, regional and European stakeholders at the Danube made a large-scale project possble. The large dimension of the project is one of the main ecological succsess factors.<br /> |Project title=LIFE+ Traisen<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen-map.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen-map-detail.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen-mouth.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen-river.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site<br /> |WFD water body name=Traisen river<br /> |Heavily modified water body=No<br /> |Site designation=Austria - Geschützter Lebensraum<br /> |Protected species present=Yes<br /> |Invasive species present=Yes<br /> }}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Case study documents<br /> |File name=VERBUND-Life-Traisen project-summary-layman-report.pdf<br /> |Description=Brief overview about LIFE+ Traisen<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Florian Seidl https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:Traisen-river.jpg&diff=47575 2021-01-13T15:56:13Z

<p>Florian Seidl: Traisen river and wetland</p> <hr /> <div>Traisen river and wetland</div>

Florian Seidl https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:Traisen-mouth.jpg&diff=47574 2021-01-13T15:55:47Z

<p>Florian Seidl: New Traisen mouth at the Danube</p> <hr /> <div>New Traisen mouth at the Danube</div>

Florian Seidl https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:Traisen-map-detail.jpg&diff=47573 2021-01-13T15:55:17Z

<p>Florian Seidl: Detail of the new Traisen river</p> <hr /> <div>Detail of the new Traisen river</div>

Florian Seidl https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:Traisen-map.jpg&diff=47572 2021-01-13T15:54:55Z

<p>Florian Seidl: Location of LIFE+ Traisen</p> <hr /> <div>Location of LIFE+ Traisen</div>

Florian Seidl https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:LIFE%2B_Traisen&diff=47571 2021-01-13T15:50:11Z

<p>Florian Seidl: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=48.36286653678855, 15.872361979699518<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Monitoring<br /> |Country=Austria<br /> |Main contact forename=Florian<br /> |Main contact surname=Seidl<br /> |Contact organisation url=life-traisen.at<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Traisen.jpg<br /> |Picture description=Aerial image of the LIFE+ Traisen project area<br /> |Project summary=The Traisen is one of the largest rivers in Lower Austria. During construction of the Danube power plant Altenwörth, the Traisen was lengthened by 7.5 km and nowadays empties into the Danube downstream of the power plant. The riverbed used to run in an even, straight line through the floodplain between Traismauer and Zwentendorf. This section of river offered little habitat for typical animals and plants and was not connected to the surrounding landscape or the bodies of water in the floodplain. The ability of fish to pass through the area was complicated by obstacles and in some places impossible.<br /> <br /> A natural river course with densely vegetated banks: that’s what the area around the mouth of the Traisen in Lower Austria looks like today. This was made possible by the LIFE+ Traisen project – Austria’s largest land restoration project to date. Many endangered kinds of flora and fauna have found a new home here.<br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=A new riverscape was created on an area of 150 hectares in the mouth section of the Traisen at the Danube power plant near Altenwörth. It is now continuously connected with its floodplain’s waterbodies.<br /> LIFE+ Traisen is one of the most comprehensive restoration projects in Central Europe. Together, the project partners made an important contribution to the nature conservation objectives of the European Union.<br /> <br /> The riverbed was successfully completed in 2016. Over an area of 150 hectares, a regionally typical new biosphere was created that will provide an expanded habitat for a multitude of domestic animal species. In order to do this, 800,000 m3 of clay and sand and 1.9 million m3 of gravel were relocated within the floodplain area to create standing water bodies and shallow water areas. Within the construction process the river was extended by 7.6 kilometres and the estuary of the Traisen River was relocated. The LIFE+ Traisen project resulted in a unique riverscape with a mosaic of existing and new habitats. Many animal and plant species have already settled in –including numerous endangered species.<br /> |Lessons learn=A coalition of federal, regional and European stakeholders at the Danube made a large-scale project possble. The large dimension of the project is one of the main ecological succsess factors.<br /> |Project title=LIFE+ Traisen<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site<br /> |WFD water body name=Traisen river<br /> |Heavily modified water body=No<br /> |Site designation=Austria - Geschützter Lebensraum<br /> |Protected species present=Yes<br /> |Invasive species present=Yes<br /> }}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Case study documents<br /> |File name=VERBUND-Life-Traisen project-summary-layman-report.pdf<br /> |Description=Brief overview about LIFE+ Traisen<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Florian Seidl https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:LIFE%2B_Traisen&diff=47570 2021-01-13T15:48:27Z

<p>Florian Seidl: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=48.36286653678855, 15.872361979699518<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Monitoring<br /> |Country=Austria<br /> |Main contact forename=Florian<br /> |Main contact surname=Seidl<br /> |Contact organisation url=life-traisen.at<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Traisen.jpg<br /> |Picture description=Aerial image of the LIFE+ Traisen project area<br /> |Project summary=The Traisen is one of the largest rivers in Lower Austria. During construction of the Danube power plant Altenwörth, the Traisen was lengthened by 7.5 km and nowadays empties into the Danube downstream of the power plant. The riverbed used to run in an even, straight line through the floodplain between Traismauer and Zwentendorf. This section of river offered little habitat for typical animals and plants and was not connected to the surrounding landscape or the bodies of water in the floodplain. The ability of fish to pass through the area was complicated by obstacles and in some places impossible.<br /> <br /> A natural river course with densely vegetated banks: that’s what the area around the mouth of the Traisen in Lower Austria looks like today. This was made possible by the LIFE+ Traisen project – Austria’s largest land restoration project to date. Many endangered kinds of flora and fauna have found a new home here.<br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=A new riverscape was created on an area of 150 hectares in the mouth section of the Traisen at the Danube power plant near Altenwörth. It is now continuously connected with its floodplain’s waterbodies.<br /> LIFE+ Traisen is one of the most comprehensive restoration projects in Central Europe. Together, the project partners made an important contribution to the nature conservation objectives of the European Union.<br /> <br /> The riverbed was successfully completed in 2016. Over an area of 150 hectares, a regionally typical new biosphere was created that will provide an expanded habitat for a multitude of domestic animal species. In order to do this, 800,000 m3 of clay and sand and 1.9 million m3 of gravel were relocated within the floodplain area to create standing water bodies and shallow water areas. Within the construction process the river was extended by 7.6 kilometres and the estuary of the Traisen River was relocated. The LIFE+ Traisen project resulted in a unique riverscape with a mosaic of existing and new habitats. Many animal and plant species have already settled in –including numerous endangered species.<br /> |Lessons learn=A coalition of federal, regional and European stakeholders at the Danube made a large-scale project possble. The large dimension of the project is one of the main ecological succsess factors.<br /> |Project title=LIFE+ Traisen<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Case study documents<br /> |File name=VERBUND-Life-Traisen project-summary-layman-report.pdf<br /> |Description=Brief overview about LIFE+ Traisen<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Florian Seidl https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:VERBUND-Life-Traisen_project-summary-layman-report.pdf&diff=47569 2021-01-13T15:48:07Z

<p>Florian Seidl: Layman report</p> <hr /> <div>Layman report</div>

Florian Seidl https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:LIFE%2B_Traisen&diff=47567 2021-01-13T15:45:33Z

<p>Florian Seidl: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=48.36286653678855, 15.872361979699518<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Monitoring<br /> |Country=Austria<br /> |Main contact forename=Florian<br /> |Main contact surname=Seidl<br /> |Contact organisation url=life-traisen.at<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Traisen.jpg<br /> |Picture description=Aerial image of the LIFE+ Traisen project area<br /> |Project summary=The Traisen is one of the largest rivers in Lower Austria. During construction of the Danube power plant Altenwörth, the Traisen was lengthened by 7.5 km and nowadays empties into the Danube downstream of the power plant. The riverbed used to run in an even, straight line through the floodplain between Traismauer and Zwentendorf. This section of river offered little habitat for typical animals and plants and was not connected to the surrounding landscape or the bodies of water in the floodplain. The ability of fish to pass through the area was complicated by obstacles and in some places impossible.<br /> <br /> A natural river course with densely vegetated banks: that’s what the area around the mouth of the Traisen in Lower Austria looks like today. This was made possible by the LIFE+ Traisen project – Austria’s largest land restoration project to date. Many endangered kinds of flora and fauna have found a new home here.<br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=A new riverscape was created on an area of 150 hectares in the mouth section of the Traisen at the Danube power plant near Altenwörth. It is now continuously connected with its floodplain’s waterbodies.<br /> LIFE+ Traisen is one of the most comprehensive restoration projects in Central Europe. Together, the project partners made an important contribution to the nature conservation objectives of the European Union.<br /> <br /> The riverbed was successfully completed in 2016. Over an area of 150 hectares, a regionally typical new biosphere was created that will provide an expanded habitat for a multitude of domestic animal species. In order to do this, 800,000 m3 of clay and sand and 1.9 million m3 of gravel were relocated within the floodplain area to create standing water bodies and shallow water areas. Within the construction process the river was extended by 7.6 kilometres and the estuary of the Traisen River was relocated. The LIFE+ Traisen project resulted in a unique riverscape with a mosaic of existing and new habitats. Many animal and plant species have already settled in –including numerous endangered species.<br /> |Lessons learn=A coalition of federal, regional and European stakeholders at the Danube made a large-scale project possble. The large dimension of the project is one of the main ecological succsess factors.<br /> |Project title=LIFE+ Traisen<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Florian Seidl https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:Traisen.jpg&diff=47566 2021-01-13T15:32:48Z

<p>Florian Seidl: Florian Seidl uploaded a new version of File:Traisen.jpg</p> <hr /> <div>Project area of the new Traisen river</div>

Florian Seidl https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:LIFE%2B_Traisen&diff=47565 2021-01-13T15:32:05Z

<p>Florian Seidl: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=48.36286653678855, 15.872361979699518<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Project title=LIFE+ Traisen<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Monitoring<br /> |Country=Austria<br /> |Main contact forename=Florian<br /> |Main contact surname=Seidl<br /> |Contact organisation url=life-traisen.at<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Traisen.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Florian Seidl https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:Traisen.jpg&diff=47564 2021-01-13T15:31:57Z

<p>Florian Seidl: Project area of the new Traisen river</p> <hr /> <div>Project area of the new Traisen river</div>

Florian Seidl https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:Life-traisen.jpg&diff=47563 2021-01-13T15:30:53Z

<p>Florian Seidl: New Traisen river and wetland</p> <hr /> <div>New Traisen river and wetland</div>

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