Brandbach (Fischbach)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brandbach
Data
Water code DE : 23881382
location Swabian-Franconian forest mountains

Baden-Württemberg

River system Rhine
Drain over Fischbach  → Jagst  → Neckar  → Rhine  → North Sea
source near the junction from the forest road Matzenbach – Dankoltsweiler in the direction of Keuerstadt
49 ° 2 ′ 3 ″  N , 10 ° 10 ′ 12 ″  E
Source height approx.  489  m above sea level NHN
confluence near Jagstzell- Keuerstadt with the longer left Eschenbach to Fischbach Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '6 "  N , 10 ° 10' 21"  E 49 ° 1 '6 "  N , 10 ° 10' 21"  E
Mouth height approx.  461  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 28 m
Bottom slope approx. 12 ‰
length 2.3 km
Catchment area 3.442 km²

The Brandbach is a two and a half kilometer long forest creek of the Virngrund on the border of the municipal areas of Jagstzell and Ellenberg in the Ostalbkreis in northeastern Baden-Württemberg , which, after a good two kilometer long, approximately southern run at the residential area Keuerstadt von Jagstzell with the longer left Eschenbach united to the Fischbach .

geography

course

The Brandbach arises in the middle of the northeastern Virngrundwald forest close to the junction of the little road to Keuerstadt from the forest road Matzenbach - Dankoltsweiler at about 489  m above sea level. NHN . Past a forest hut, the stream flows at a distance of usually less than a hundred meters in small meanders southwards next to the road in the direction of Keuerstadt, between the slope Brandhalde under the ridge of Eschenbuck on the left and Ellenberger and the ridge opposite Stollenbuck on the Jagstzell side of the run . There are also alders in the little valley that deepens into a blade with sometimes small puddles next to the barrel and in the short, damp secondary blades that strive towards it. The stream bed is partially torn, in places small banks of fresh sand have washed up in it.

Finally, the stream runs next to a small sandstone steep slope under the St. Nicholas Chapel , which is located on the spur of the mouth in a small meadow clearing, and then flows straight to about 461  m above sea level. NHN at the only residential building of the Jagstzeller residential area Keuerstadt together with the Eschenbach coming from the left and northeast to the Fischbach , after a 2.3 km long run with a mean bottom slope of about 12 ‰. The Fischbach initially flows for a long time in the direction of the Eschenbach.

Catchment area

The Brandbach has a catchment area of ​​3.4 km², which is located in the Ellwanger Mountains sub-area in the east of the Swabian-Franconian Forest Mountains natural area . It stretches from the forest Won owls Buck well North of Forest Road Matzenbach-Dankoltsweiler where it already near Rieger home a height of 515.4  meters above sea level. Reached NHN , about 2.8 km south to the mouth. Across it, it is mostly less than 1.5 km wide and soon begins to taper off in a wedge shape. Beyond the eastern watershed on the ridge of the Eschenbuck is the catchment area of ​​the Erlenbach; on this ridge is also the 520.3  m above sea level. NHN highest point that drains to the Brandbach. From the mouth in the very south, the catchment area of ​​the Kälberbach, which flows further down into the Fischbach, follows in turn . Further to the north on the west side, on the other hand, compete with the Butzenbach , the Grundbach and smaller creeks that flow from the left to the Rechenberger Rot , which flows into the Jagst below the Fischbach and which also takes in the runoff from the Weißenbach , which drains behind the northern catchment area border.

The entire catchment area is wooded, with the exception of only small forest clearings and the lanes and the small meadow around Keuerstadt, the only settlement area in it that, apart from the chapel, includes only one farmhouse, which is now temporarily rented as a holiday home.

In this forest, coniferous wood dominates on the sandy soil of the Stubensandstein ( Löwenstein Formation ), without beeches and oaks completely missing. The blueberry- covered ground is also covered by islands of evergreen in places .

Almost the entire catchment area is a water protection area.

Tributaries

The Brandbach has only insignificant tributaries; the official topographic map 1: 25,000 does not show any of them. The Stimpfacher sheet No. 6926 for the west, however, names two small blades on the lower reaches tapering southeast from the Stollenbuck , namely the king blade and then the striking blade, while the less detailed Dinkelsbühler sheet with the barrel and the eastern catchment area does not mention any secondary blade names. Nevertheless, in the upper catchment area there is the most extensive secondary valley in the Herrenbrand in terms of the contour lines ; where it connects to the watercourse close to the source, even a small dam blocks the inlet, so that the actual source of the brook is probably in the Herrenbrand, at least in damp weather.

Municipalities and localities

The only place in the catchment area is the Jagstzeller residential area Keuerstadt an der Mouth, a non-permanently inhabited single property that is rented out as a holiday home. Nearby, on the spur between the Brandbach and the Eschenbach, which joins it here, is the St. Nicholas Chapel . Over the greater part of the course, the stream bed is the border between the municipal areas of Jagstzell on the right and in the west and of Ellenberg on the left and in the east.

geology

On the impact slope under the St. Nicholas Chapel just before the mouth there is an outcrop in the Stubensandstein ( Löwenstein Formation ), and the higher elevations in the upper catchment area also remain in the Keuper .

Individual evidence

LUBW

Official online waterway map with a suitable section and the layers used here: Course and catchment area of ​​the Brandbach
General introduction without default settings and layers: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( notes )

  1. ↑ Height according to the contour line image on the topographic map background layer .
  2. ↑ Height according to black lettering on the background layer topographic map .
  3. ↑ Length according to the waterway network layer ( AWGN ) .
  4. ↑ Catchment area according to the basic catchment area layer (AWGN) .

Other evidence

  1. ↑ a b c See Mattern 2009, p. 116ff under →  Literature
  2. ↑ Wolf-Dieter Sick : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 162 Rothenburg o. D. Deaf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. →  Online map (PDF; 4.7 MB)
  3. ↑ Geology roughly based on: Map server of the State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining (LGRB) ( notes )

literature

  • Topographic map 1: 25,000 Baden-Württemberg, as single sheet No. 6926 Stimpfach, and No. 6927 Dinkelsbühl
  • Hans Mattern : The upper Jagst valley from the source to Crailsheim. Baier BPB Verlag, Crailsheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-929233-82-7 , on Brandbach pages 116-118.

Web links