Kaiserbach Explained

Kaiserbach
Name Other:Sparchenbach
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Austria
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Tyrol
Length:11.7km (07.3miles)
Source1 Location:the Stripsenjoch saddle in the Kaiser Mountains
Source1 Elevation:ca. 
Mouth Location:in Kufstein into the Inn
Custom Label:References

The Kaiserbach (also called Sparchenbach) is a river of Tyrol, Austria, in the valley Kaisertal in the Kaiser Mountains in the Tyrolean Unterland. It is a right tributary of the Inn. The Kaiserbach rises at about near the Stripsenjoch saddle and empties in Untere Sparchen, a quarter of Kufstein, into the Inn.

The Kaiserbach was important for forestry until the beginning of the 20th century. Felled logs were hauled from many wooded mountainsides in the side valleys of the Kaisertal to the river. The Kaiserbach was impounded ast several weirs. On subsequently opening the lock gates a strong current flowed, enabling the assembled logs to be transported in several stages to Kufstein.

The weirs were known as German: Klausen and the log transportation as German: Trift. Today all that has survived is the German: Haupttrift Klause, a restored collection basin on the river bed, and its associated German: Klaushütte (weir hut) that used to provide worker accommodation.

The Kaiserbach forms most of the municipal boundary between Kufstein and Ebbs.