The Sauwald in
Upper Austria is the largest part of the
Bohemian Massif lying south of the
Danube. Its plateau runs from
Passau
Passau (; bar, label=Central Bavarian, Båssa) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany, also known as the Dreiflüssestadt ("City of Three Rivers") as the river Danube is joined by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north.
Passau's popu ...
and
Schärding on the Inn to
Eferding.
Origin of the name: Passau Forest
Folk etymologically the name is believed to have derived from the (formally native)
wild boar, but the term is more probably an abbreviation of its old name, ''Passauer Wald'' ("Passau Forest"). The whole
region was always closely linked to the
Bishopric of Passau
The Diocese of Passau is a Roman Catholic diocese in Germany that is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.[Passau
Passau (; bar, label=Central Bavarian, Båssa) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany, also known as the Dreiflüssestadt ("City of Three Rivers") as the river Danube is joined by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north.
Passau's popu ...]
.
References
External links
Regionalverband SauwaldKulturprojekt Sauwald*
* {{cite web, title=Sauwald, periodical=Natur und Landschaft in Oberösterreich, publisher=, url=http://www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/cps/rde/xchg/ooe/hs.xsl/64364_DEU_HTML.htm, accessdate=2014-12-01, archiveurl=, archivedate=, last=, date=, year=, language=German, pages=, quote=
Central Uplands
Forests and woodlands of Austria
Mountain ranges of Upper Austria
Regions of Upper Austria