Flood protection Ostrach

Solution ID
External links
https://www.wwa-ke.bayern.de/hochwasser/hochwasserschutzprojekte/ostrach/index…
Description of solution
Summary (Challenges; Objectives)

In the course of the extension of the flood protection, the Ostrach was also expanded and ugraded ecologically. The river bed was widened, as far as the existing local utilization conditions allowed it. All exisiting drop structures were replaced with river bed ramps to improve the ecological passability. Groynes and large stones were implemented to improve the flow diversity. 

Technical characteristics

2 km river widening

Location Latitude
47.5176000000
Location Longitude
10.2908000000
Comment on location

Sonthofen

Keywords
Ecosystem (s) impacted
Riverfront
Hazard(s) concerned
Floods
Other challenges
Biodiversity
Exposition
Exposed assets
Urban settings
Is there population exposed?
Yes, high density of population (>200 persons/km2)
Activity
Are there jobs created in the nature-based sector?
Don't know
Are there new employments in tourism sector, sport activities or recreational activites ?
Don't know
Are there new activities in the tourism sector , sport activities or recreational activites?
Don't know
Are there new/traditional activities that increased?
Others
International classification
Sustainable development goals addressed
SDG 13 – Climate action
Sendai Frameword priorities addressed
Priority 3. Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience
Actors
Who are the beneficiaries of the action
inhabitants of Sonthofen
Organizations involved in the implementation of the action

water authority Kempten, Planning community Hochwasserschutz Ostrach (consisting of Regierungsbaumeister Schlegel GmbH & Co. KG, Schneider & Theisen GmbH Ingenieurbüro für Bauwesen, Arnold Consult AG and aquasoli Ingenieurbüro), Dr. Ebel & Co. Ingenieurgesellschacft für Geotechnik und Wasserwirtschaft mbH, Ingenieur- und Sachverständigenbüro für Bauwesen Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Peter Ungethüm GmbH, LGA Landesgewerbeanstalt Bayern and Dipl. Ing. Norbert Nieder, Monika und Armin Socher SigeKo GbR, Hubert Schmid Bauuntrnehmen GmbH, Geiger Hoch- und Tiefbau GmbH & Co. KG, Dobler GmbH & Co. KG, Brutscher GmbH & Co. KG, IBS Technics GmbH, Siegfried Kiffer GmbH

Temporal aspects
Design life time of the action
More than 10 years
Implementation time of the action
Between 5 and 10 years
Financial aspects
Comment
including the technical flood protection
Others
Participatory process
No
Is it possible to transpose this action in a different context?
No, it is site specific
Risk reduction
Hazard
+
Exposure
+
Vulnerability
+
Feasibility
Technical Feasibility
0
Economic Feasibility
+
Environment
Water
0
Soil
+
Vegetation
+
Landscape
0
Biodiversity
+
Society
Quality of Life
+
Community involvement
?
Landscape Heritage
?
Economy
Revitalization
?
Local Economy
?
25000000.00