Buchenbach (Main)

Buchenbach (upper course: Riedgraben ) Mühlbach
The Buchenbach in Steinbach
Data
Water code	EN : 24514
location	Bavaria Lower Franconia Main-Spessart district
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
origin	Confluence of Schneidergraben and Bettelmannsgraben 49 ° 55 ′ 37 ″  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 44 ″  E
Source height	280  m above sea level NN
muzzle	in Steinbach in the Main Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ′ 27 "  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 4"  E 50 ° 0 ′ 27 "  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 4"  E
Mouth height	150  m above sea level NN
Height difference	130 m
Bottom slope	8.3 ‰
length	15.7 km
The Buchenbachtal (up the valley: Jägersmühle, Reusenmühle, Mittel- and Obermühle)

The Buchenbach or Mühlbach (in the upper reaches of Riedgraben ) is a left tributary of the Main on the Marktheidenfelder Platte on the edge of the Spessart Nature Park in Bavaria .

geography

course

The forest fountain

The Buchenbach arises as a reed ditch from the confluence of Schneidergraben and Bettelmannsgraben north of Urspringen . On dry days, this upper course does not carry any water, so the stream has its source from several sources in Steinfeld . The forest fountain in the Hausen district is the largest of these sources. It pours an average of 11 l / s and was used for a long time to supply Hausen with drinking water . From then on, the Riedgraben bears the name Buchenbach. It flows in a northerly direction from the Muschelkalkgebiet into the red sandstone zone past the pilgrimage church Mariabuchen and flows into the Main in Steinbach from the left .

Tributaries

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

• Schneidergraben (left source stream)
• Bettelmannsgraben (right source stream)

• Böser Wiesengraben (left) 49 ° 56 ′ 48.1 ″  N , 9 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  E
• Eckersbrunnengraben (right) 49 ° 57 ′ 19.5 ″  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 51 ″  E
• Grundgraben (left) 49 ° 57 ′ 21 ″  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 39.9 ″  E
• Lachgraben (left) 49 ° 57 ′ 25.7 ″  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 30.7 ″  E
• Weidigsbach (right) 49 ° 58 ′ 22.3 ″  N , 9 ° 38 ′ 9.3 ″  E
• Rettersbach (right) 49 ° 59 ′ 20.7 ″  N , 9 ° 37 ′ 25.2 ″  E
• Rotgraben (right) 50 ° 0 ′ 25.5 ″  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 20.3 ″  E

Mills

Of the original seven grain mills on the Buchenbach, none are still in operation, only the Jägersmühle generates electricity:

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

• Obermühle (closed in 2002) 49 ° 58 ′  N , 9 ° 39 ′  E
• Mittelmühle (demolished in 1963, today residential building) 49 ° 58 ′  N , 9 ° 38 ′  E
• Reusenmühle (closed in 1971, preserved) 49 ° 59 ′  N , 9 ° 38 ′  E
• Jägersmühle (closed in 1963, today electricity supply) 49 ° 59 ′  N , 9 ° 38 ′  E
• Buchenmühle (closed in 1927, since then an inn) 49 ° 59 ′  N , 9 ° 37 ′  E
• Schürgermühle (closed in 1970) 50 ° 0 ′  N , 9 ° 36 ′  E
• Rüppelsmühle ( double mill , closed in 1972, preserved) 50 ° 0 ′  N , 9 ° 36 ′  E

places

The stream runs through the municipal areas of Steinfeld, Karlstadt and Lohr in the Lower Franconian district of Main-Spessart .

See also

• List of tributaries of the Main

Web links

Commons : Buchenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• History and name change

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Google Earth
2. ↑ Information board at the forest fountain
3. ↑ Followed the Buchenbach to the source ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )