Raggl Creek - Landscape 

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The Raggl creek in the upper Putzengraben trench, which consists of several channels that rise east of the Schneeberg (1,921 m), fl ows into the Wenger creek coming from the west at Urpass (784 m). From the bend in the river, where the direction of flow changes from west/east to north/south, i.e., east of the Klockeralm, the Raggl creek forms a distinctive, deep gorge-like trench.

From a geological point of view, the Raggl creek is located in the area of the greywacke zone. The stream is created in what is known as the Wildschönau slates (Upper Ordovician to Devonian, approx. 485-420 million years) and runs through an area of extremely fi nely divided and very thin-leaved black phyllites here, which are characterized by the fault zone bordering to the northeast, to the much harder limestone marble and calcareous slates.

The lower Putzengraben trench has cut deeply into its surroundings and runs, gorge-like, towards the Salzach river with a steep gradient. In this area, the creek is already in the Schwarzach vicinity. The Putzengraben trench posed a geotechnical challenge when the St. Veit bypass road was built.