Breitenbach (Echaz)

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Breitenbach
Breitenbach spring

Breitenbach spring

Data
Water code DE : 2381726
location Swabian Alb

Middle Alb foreland

Baden-Württemberg

River system Rhine
Drain over Echaz  → Neckar  → Rhine  → North Sea
Named source at Albtrauf ( Swabian Alb ) under Pfullinger Berg in Selchental
48 ° 26 '28 "  N , 9 ° 10' 17"  O
Source height a little over  550  m above sea level NHN 
( Breitenbach spring in a clearing)
a little over  600  m above sea level NHN 
(highest secondary source in the forest)
muzzle near Reutlingen- Betzingen in the Echaz coordinates: 48 ° 30 '4 "  N , 9 ° 10' 12"  E 48 ° 30 '4 "  N , 9 ° 10' 12"  E
Mouth height approx.  340  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 210 m
Bottom slope approx. 24 ‰
length 8.9 km
Big cities Reutlingen

The Breitenbach in the Baden-Württemberg district of Reutlingen is an approximately 8.9 km long, southern and orographically left tributary of the Echaz , which flows into the Reutlingen district of Betzingen .

geography

source

The Breitenbach rises on the Albtrauf , the northwestern steep drop of the Swabian Alb . Its main spring, known as the Breitenbach spring, is just under 2 km northeast of Gönningen and 750 m (as the crow flies ) south of the county road  6729 on the northern flank of the Pfullinger Berg , a northern branch of the Barm ( 736.5  m above sea  level ), in a clearing on something over 550  m height. The spring, which lies under a mighty slope of rubble , is surrounded by natural stone in an approximately 5 m² niche and designated as a natural monument . The water arises here at the higher layer boundary of the Lower White Jurassic - marl to the well- layered limestone formation . About 20 m below the spring, sintered lime pads grow from the spring water as a result of lime precipitation . A little further south and thus above the main spring is another spring at a height of just over 600  m .

course

Initially, the Breitenbach, which strives mainly northwards, flows through the Selchental and remains in the forest until it  crosses the state road 383 above Reutlingen after about half of its flow distance . After that, the stream, which is now lined with trees and bushes, runs a little to the west of the Reutlingen core city through agricultural fields. Afterwards it crosses under the federal highway 28 and the railway line Plochingen – Tübingen in Reutlingen .

muzzle

The Breitenbach flows in its last few meters to the northwest, in the southern part of the Reutlingen district of Betzingen at the cemetery In der Au in the Neckar tributary Echaz coming from the east-southeast .

Tributaries and still waters

The tributaries of the Breitenbach and the still waters at and near the brook include - ordered from the source to the mouth (waters of higher order indented accordingly under their receiving waters; water lengths and areas according to the geodata viewer; heights in meters (m) above sea ​​level (NHN) , mostly interpolated according to the contour line image there):

  • Ehrensbach, from the right below 510  m height just before the road from Pfullingen to Gönningen, 0.8 km; arises at an altitude of less than 560  m on the northern slope of the Gielsberg
  • (Inflow), from the left in Wolfsloch at an altitude of over 450  m , 1.7 km; arises at about 580  m above sea level at the northern foot of the Stöffelberg with its castle ruins
  • Breitwiesenbach , from the right below 440  m altitude, 1.2 km; arises at an altitude of over 500  m on the Pfingstweide in the forest west of the Pfullinger Georgenhof
  • RiverIcon-SmallLake.svg feeds a lake in a valley, 0.3 ha.
  • Stadtwiesenbach, from the left to over 410  m altitude, 1.2 km; arises at an altitude of over 500  m at the landfill near Käpfle
  • (Inflow from the oak forest ), from the left at an altitude of less than 400  m at the exit into a southern corridor, 1.1 km; arises at around 460  m altitude in the oak forest
  • Schinderbachgraben, a few steps further from the right, 1.5 km; arises at about 510  m height in the forest a little north of the Pentecostal willow and runs through the devil's blade
  • RiverIcon-SmallLake.svg feeds a pond in the middle of the bay, 2.2 ha
  • Eichwäldlesgraben, from the left at about 385  m height just before the L 383, 1.7 km drains the landfill at the Alteburg estate
  • Schinderreingraben, from the right just after the street, 1.0 km; arises at about 430  m altitude in the Waldgewann Hohlichtenrain
  • Schlattwiesenbach, from the right at an altitude of about 380  m at the northern tip of the motorsport area, 2.2 km; arises below 545  m altitude in the Rötwald
    • RiverIcon-SmallLake.svgfeeds some ponds in the middle course at a height of 390  m on the southern edge of the sports grounds around the Kreuzeich stadium, the largest 0.8 ha and 0.3 ha
  • Scheuerlesbach , from the left at an altitude of 363  m , 3.5 km; arises at an altitude of less than 525  m west of the Alteburg estate on the edge of the forest
    • (Shorter source branch), from the left at an altitude of less than 430  m before the forest exit, 0.9 km; arises at about 470  m altitude in the forest near the cross-stone oak
    • (Inflow), from the right at an altitude of about 380  m in the Listhof nature reserve , 0.7 km
  • RiverIcon-SmallLake.svg Pond in the cemetery next to the estuary, 0.1 ha

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedrich Huttenlocher : Geographical Land Survey: The natural space units on sheet 178 Sigmaringen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1959. →  Online map (PDF; 4.3 MB)
  2. ^ Friedrich Huttenlocher , Hansjörg Dongus : Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 170 Stuttgart. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1949, revised 1967. →  Online map (PDF; 4.0 MB)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Geoportal Baden-Württemberg ( information )
  4. ↑ Geotopes in the administrative district of Tübingen: Profiles (PDF; 9.9 MB)