Alster (Itz)

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Alster
Former railway bridge near Heilgersdorf

Former railway bridge near Heilgersdorf

Data
Water code DE : 241692
location Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Itz  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in Maroldsweisach - Eckartshausen
50 ° 12 ′ 17 ″  N , 10 ° 42 ′ 2 ″  E
Source height approx.  385  m above sea level NN
muzzle south-east of Untermerzbach -Memmelsdorf in the Itz coordinates: 50 ° 7 '47 "  N , 10 ° 52' 16"  E 50 ° 7 '47 "  N , 10 ° 52' 16"  E
Mouth height approx.  255  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 130 m
Bottom slope approx. 6.9 ‰
length 18.8 km
Catchment area 63.1 km²

The Alster is a 19 km long right or northwest tributary of the Itz in Thuringia and Bavaria .

geography

course

The Alster rises in Maroldsweisach - Eckartshausen at an altitude of 385  m above sea level. NHN and finally flows out at an altitude of 255  m above sea level. NHN is southeast of Untermerzbach -Memmelsdorf in the Itz .

Tributaries

  • Käßlitzer Bach (left)
  • Krötenbach (right)
  • Muggenbach (left)
  • Gollenbach (right)
  • Mausbach (Kreisbach) (right)
  • Eulenwasser (Sellbach) (right)
  • Book moat (right)
  • Esbach (right)
  • Bischwinder Graben (right)

places

The Alster flows through the following places:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
  2. ↑ Map services of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment
  3. ↑ Flood Action Plan Main