Ampfrach

	Ampfrach
	Data
Water code	DE : 11812
location	Swiss franc amount Wörnitz Basin; Bavaria Ansbach district Schnelldorf municipality ; City of Feuchtwangen ; ;
River system	Danube
Drain over	Wörnitz → Danube → Black Sea
source	About 1 km west of the outskirts of Schnelldorf - Grimmschbeln north of Simonsberg ; 49 ° 12 ′ 1 ″ N , 10 ° 8 ′ 59 ″ E
Source height	approx. 477 m above sea level NHN
muzzle	from the right and east-northeast across from Feuchtwangen - Reichenbach north of the bridge of the state road 1066 in the Wörnitz Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 36 ″ N , 10 ° 15 ′ 32 ″ E 49 ° 10 ′ 36 ″ N , 10 ° 15 ′ 32 ″ E;
Mouth height	approx. 447 m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 30 m
Bottom slope	approx. 2.9 ‰
length	10.5 km
Catchment area	30.63 km²
Small towns	Wet cheeks
Communities	Schnelldorf

The Ampfrach is a brook over 10 km long on the Frankenhöhe in the western district of Ansbach in Bavaria , which flows into the Wörnitz from the right and northwest at Feuchtwangen - Reichenbach .

geography

course

The Ampfrach rises at about 477 m above sea level. NN a source about one kilometer west of the outskirts of Schnelldorf - Grimmschimmern , which is north of the Simonsberg at the base of a small eastern forest ledge. From here to the mouth it flows very steadily in an east-southeast direction.

After passing Grimmschwinden on the south side of the village, before entering the local area of Schnelldorf itself, it takes a short tributary from the right, which previously feeds a chain of ponds, including the black grouse pond . After Schnelldorf, the stream immediately crosses under the Crailsheim – Nürnberg railway line and then runs through the Ampfrachsee nature reserve , where it first takes in the 1.8 km long Moritzbach from the right, then immediately from the left the 2.8 km long Heckelbach , its nameless and longer left upper reaches at the southern foot of the Hornberg and feeds the Erlensee bathing lake before it flows into the federal motorway 6 . The Ampfrach then flows through the Ampfrachsee.

At the outflow she soon finds out at 453 m above sea level. NN on a very loopy section inlet from the Pfeifenbuck in the north through the 3.1 km long Aubach . On the outskirts of Unterampfrach this section ends for the time being and the Ampfrach branches off to the right a side ditch Katzenbach , into which the 2.5 km long Altweiherbach flows, which arises west of Ransbach an der Holzecke . After crossing the village of Unterampfrach, which is mostly on the right, the now meandering brook runs under the A 7 and only takes the Gröhrichtbach (2.3 km) from the left and from the north , and immediately afterwards the Rotbach (3.2 km) from the west-south- west km) on the southern edge of Haundorf . The stream is now the border between the community of Schnelldorf and the area of the city of Feuchtwangen . Shortly before the inlet of the right, 3.0 km long Holderbach, a little afterwards, it crosses over to the Feuchtwanger area.

Less than half a kilometer further down the valley, the Ampfrach flows after a run of 10.5 km on the north side of the state road 1066 from the right and east-northeast across from Feuchtwangen - Reichenbach at about 447 m above sea level. NN in the upper Wörnitz , a few meters north of the Wörnitz bridge of the state road 1066. It has a mean bed gradient of about 2.9 ‰ from the source to the mouth , on the 6.7 km section from the tributary of the Heckelbach to its mouth one of only still around 1.6 ‰ and thus shows the flat course typical of the waters running towards the Danube in the region.

Catchment area

It covers 30.6 km², lies in the Frankenhöhe natural area and includes for the most part and in its flat and open areas part of its sub-area Wörnitz basin as well as mostly wooded peripheral mountains around the wide Ampfrach valley bay in the Crailsheimer Hardt sub-area (in the broader sense). At the northern tip of the area is the Hornberg , whose summit is 554 m above sea level. NN is the highest point of the entire Swiss franc.

The main European watershed runs along the western border of the catchment area between the Black Sea tributary Danube on this side, into which the Ampfrach drains via the Wörnitz, and the catchment area of the Jagst on the other side, which flows over the Neckar and Rhine into the North Sea . The shorter border from the Hornberg to the southeast separates the catchment area of the upper Wörnitz tributary Waldhausener Mühlbach .

The longer section of the major watershed in the southwest is nowhere near the border between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg . The vast majority of the catchment area belongs to the community of Schnelldorf , a small one near the estuary also to the extensive area of the city of Feuchtwangen , both of which are in the district of Ansbach .

The Ampfrach has created a very flat Talbucht with its tributaries, which, apart from narrow strips to the streams and trenches with grassland, is predominantly Upturned.

Coming from Württemberg in the west, the Federal Motorway 6 and the Crailsheim – Nuremberg railway line run west-east through the upper part of the valley. The federal motorway 7 crosses it at its transition to the wide valley axis of the Wörnitz on the lower course. This is followed on the left side in more or less the same distance as the national road number still in Württemberg Michel stream at the gap starting state road 2222 from Schnellendorf to the mouth.

Tributaries and lakes

Hierarchical list of tributaries and lakes from source to mouth. With water length, lake area, catchment area and altitude. Other sources for the information are noted. Selection.

Origin of the Ampfrach at about 477 m above sea level. NHN about 900 meters west of the outskirts of the Schnelldorf village of Grimmschimmern on the edge of the forest of the Randberge.

(Another source arm), from the left and north to about 467 m above sea level. NHN about 400 meters west of the outskirts of Grimmschimmern, about 0.5 km and about 0.5 km². Rises at about 474 m above sea level. NHN northwest of Grimmschrecken at the foot of the Ochsenberg ( 536 m above sea level ). The name spring arm is also approx. 0.5 km long at the confluence, but has a catchment area of approx. 0.6 km².
(Inflow), from the left and northeast to about 465 m above sea level. NHN almost on the outskirts of Grimmschrecken, approx. 1.0 km and approx. 1.2 km². Arises at about 478 m above sea level. NHN on the industrial area around Birkenbergstrasse.
- It flows through four ponds of up to 0.2 ha on the northern edge of Grimmschrecken. Further north towards the foot of the Birkenberg ( 547 m above sea level ) there are further small ponds in the catchment area.
Moritzbach , from the right and southwest to about 457 m above sea level. NHN below Schnelldorf in the Ampfrachsee nature reserve , approx. 1.8 km and approx. 2.3 km². Arises at about 473 m above sea level. NHN south of the industrial area around Schnelldorfer Kapellweg on the edge of the forest under the Kesselberg (approx. 538 m above sea level ).
Heckelbach , from the left and northwest to about 456 m above sea level. NHN also in the Ampfrachsee nature reserve, 2.8 km and 5.0 km². Flows at about 478 m above sea level. NHN a small pond north of Schnelldorf near the entrance to the federal motorway 6 .
Flows through to about 455 m above sea level. NHN the eponymous Ampfrachsee in the nature reserve, about 3.8 ha.
Aubach , from the left and north-northwest at 453 m above sea level. NHN before Unterampfrach , approx. 3.1 km and approx. 2.9 km². Arises at about 503 m above sea level. NHN around 1.2 km north-northwest of Oberampfrach in the forest.
Katzenbach , from the right and west-northwest to about 450 m above sea level. NHN shortly after Unterampfrach , 0.4 km and 2.9 km². Goes to about 452 m above sea level. NHN at the upper edge of Unterampfrach to the right of the Ampfrach.
On the outskirts of Unterampfrach near the street Zur Dorfmühle, this branch feeds the moat area of the castle stables of a medieval castle.
- Altweiherbach , from the right and southwest to about 452 m above sea level. NHN immediately after the junction of the Katzenbach, approx. 2.5 km and approx. 2.8 km². Arises at about 486 m above sea level. NHN in front of a chain of ponds on the edge of the forest west of the village of Ransbach on the wooden corner of Schnelldorf.
Gröhrichtbach , from the left and northwest to about 448 m above sea level. NHN below Unterampfrach east of the federal highway 7 , approx. 2.3 km and approx. 2.0 km². Arises at about 471 m above sea level. NHN north of Unterampfrach on the southeast slope of the Bergmann ( 530 m above sea level ).
Rotbach , from the right and west southwest to about 449 m above sea level. NHN shortly after the previous one, 3.2 km and 3.3 km². Arises at about 507 m above sea level. NHN a little east of the hamlet of Altersberg .
- Kränzleinsbach , from the left and west to about 453 m above sea level. NHN northeast of Haundorf , approx. 2.5 km and approx. 1.2 km². Arises at about 506 m above sea level. NHN a little north of Altersberg.
Holderbach , from the right and southwest to about 447 m above sea level. NHN south of the Feuchtwangen village Bergnerzell , 3.0 km and 2.6 km². Arises at about 506 m above sea level. NHN south of Haundorf im Haundorfer Holz .
- Flows through at about 463 and 461 m above sea level. NHN immediate succession two ponds in Holdermühle , ha approximately 2.2 ha and about 1.4.
- Flows through to about 461 m above sea level. NHN a pond shortly before the estuary now in the area of the city of Feuchtwangen , approx. 0.6 ha.

Mouth of the Ampfrach from the right and west-northwest to approx. 447 m above sea level. NHN in the upper Wörnitz south of Bergnerzell and across from Reichenbach . The stream is 10.5 km long and has a catchment area of 30.6 km².

Localities

The following localities and settlement areas with the lowest nesting level are on the run:

Ansbach district
- Schnelldorf
  municipality
  - Grim shrinkage (village, left)
  - Schnelldorf (village and community center, with a focus on the left)
  - Buchmühle (settlement area, left in the floodplain at Heckelbach)
  - Fuchsenhof (settlement area, on the left at a distance on the slope)
  - Auhof (settlement area, a little distance to the left on the slope)
  - Stollenhof (settlement area, right)
  - Unterampfrach (parish village, with focus on the right)
  - Belznershof (settlement area, a little distance to the left on the slope)
  - Hilpertsweiler (hamlet, partly to the right with a little distance on the slope)

geology

The catchment area of the Ampfrach lies entirely in the Mittelkeuper of the Frankenhöhe . In the wide valley level there is gypsum keuper ( grave field formation ), while the edge heights around it rise above it in sandstone keuper. The Ampfrach runs in a wide floodplain sediment band just below Schnelldorf.

Individual evidence

BayernAtlas ("BA")

Official online waterway map with a suitable section and the layers used here: Course and catchment area of the Ampfrach
General introduction without default settings and layers: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Height queried on the BayernAtlas (right click).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Lake area measured on the BayernAtlas.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Length measured on the BayernAtlas.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Catchment area measured on the BayernAtlas.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Height according to black lettering on the BayernAtlas.
↑ Height according to the blue lettering on the BayernAtlas.
↑ Geology according to the geological map 1: 500,000 on the BayernAtlas.

Water directory Bavaria ("GV")

↑ ^a ^b ^c Length according to: Directory of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Danube river area from source to Lech, page 66 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.3 MB)
↑ ^a ^b ^c catchment area according to: Directory of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Danube river area from source to Lech, page 66 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.3 MB)

literature

Official topographic map 1: 25,000 of the State Office for Digitization, Broadband and Surveying Bavaria , ATK25-H06 Leutershausen and ATK25-I06 Dinkelsbühl
Official topographic map 1: 25,000 Baden-Württemberg North, as single sheet No. 6726 Rot am See, No. 6727 Schillingsfürst, No. 6826 Crailsheim and No. 6827 Feuchtwangen

Web links

Map of the course and catchment area of the Ampfrach on: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( information )

[Abgefragt-Höhe-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Height queried on the BayernAtlas (right click).

[Abgemessen-Seefläche-4] Lake area measured on the BayernAtlas.

[Abgemessen-Länge-5] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Length measured on the BayernAtlas.

[Abgemessen-EZG-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Catchment area measured on the BayernAtlas.

[Schwarz-Höhe-7] Height according to black lettering on the BayernAtlas.

[Blau-Höhe-8] Height according to the blue lettering on the BayernAtlas.

[GK500-9] Geology according to the geological map 1: 500,000 on the BayernAtlas.

[GV11-66-Länge-2] Length according to: Directory of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Danube river area from source to Lech, page 66 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.3 MB)

[GV11-66-EZG-3] tchment area according to: Directory of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Danube river area from source to Lech, page 66 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.3 MB)