Sauwald

Sauwald
Sauwald
	Mist rising from the Sauwald near Kopfing
Highest point
Peak	Haugstein
Elevation	895 m (2,936 ft)
Dimensions
Length	40 km (25 mi)
Area	460 km2 (180 sq mi)
Geography
	Upper Austrian regions
State(s)	Districts of Schärding, Grieskirchen, Eferding (Innviertel); Upper Austria
Range coordinates	48°30′32.5″N 13°40′12.9″E / 48.509028°N 13.670250°E
Parent range	Granite and Gneiss Highland, Bohemian Massif
Geology
Rock type(s)	Granite, covered by a marl platform in places

The Sauwald in Upper Austria is the largest part of the Bohemian Massif lying south of the Danube. Its plateau runs from Passau 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 and the town of Passau.^[1]

References

^ Sauwald Erdäpfel. Entry No. 85 in the Register der Traditionellen Lebensmittel of the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management.

External links

Regionalverband Sauwald
Kulturprojekt Sauwald
"Karte zur Raumeinheit Sauwald". DORIS (in German). Retrieved 2014-12-01.
"Sauwald". Natur und Landschaft in Oberösterreich (in German). Retrieved 2014-12-01.

[sauwald_erdapfel-1] Sauwald Erdäpfel. Entry No. 85 in the Register der Traditionellen Lebensmittel of the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management.

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