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The Piesting is a river in southern
Lower Austria Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which ...
. A left tributary of the
Fischa The Fischa () is a river of Lower Austria. It is a right tributary of the Danube near the town Fischamend. Its drainage basin is . References

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, its
drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
is . The sources of the Piesting are the Kalte Gang, the , and the Längapiesting, which begin south of the Schneeberg. These rivers meet in Gutenstein in the
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. From there the Piesting flows east through
Markt Piesting Markt Piesting is a municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. M ...
and Wöllersdorf and into the Viennese Basin. The tributary
Myrabach The Myra Falls ( or rarer: ''Mirafälle''; always pronounced with a German "i") are located in a ravine in the municipality of Muggendorf (Lower Austria), Muggendorf in the Austrian federal state of Lower Austria (N.B. not to be confused with the M ...
discharges at
Pernitz Pernitz is a town in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. History The origin of the name ''Pernitz'' is the Slavic word ''perenica'', which refers to a stream on which charcoal is used. The Slavic settlemen ...
into the Piesting. Between the () in the north and the () in the south, the Piesting breaks through the , a rocky ravine, and flows further eastwards through
Markt Piesting Markt Piesting is a municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. M ...
and Wöllersdorf into the
Vienna Basin The Vienna Basin (, , , Hungarian: ''Bécsi-medence'') is a geologically young tectonic burial basin and sedimentary basin in the seam area between the Alps, the Carpathians and the Pannonian Plain. Although it topographically separates the Al ...
. Near
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the Piesting discharges into the
Fischa The Fischa () is a river of Lower Austria. It is a right tributary of the Danube near the town Fischamend. Its drainage basin is . References

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. The valley west of the (the thermal line at the
Vienna Basin The Vienna Basin (, , , Hungarian: ''Bécsi-medence'') is a geologically young tectonic burial basin and sedimentary basin in the seam area between the Alps, the Carpathians and the Pannonian Plain. Although it topographically separates the Al ...
) in the
Gutenstein Alps The Gutenstein Alps () are a mountain range in the Eastern Alps in Central Europe, and the northeasternmost part of the Northern Limestone Alps, reaching heights over 1,000 m. Topography Die Gutenstein Alps are separated in the north fr ...
is known as the Piesting Valley.


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Markt Piesting Markt Piesting is a municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. M ...


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