Degenbach (Jagst)
| Degenbach | ||
 Panorama photo of the Degenbach reservoir in Jagstheim |
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| Water code | DE : 2388158 | |
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| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Jagst → Neckar → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | west of Kreßberg - Neuhaus near the L 2218 Dinkelsbühl -Crailsheim 49 ° 7 ′ 18 ″ N , 10 ° 8 ′ 46 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 525 m above sea level NN | |
| muzzle | at the settlement of Burgberg von Jagstheim from the right and from the northeast into the upper Jagst coordinates: 49 ° 5 ′ 16 ″ N , 10 ° 4 ′ 21 ″ E 49 ° 5 ′ 16 ″ N , 10 ° 4 ′ 21 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 405.7 m above sea level NN | |
| Height difference | approx. 119.3 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 16 ‰ | |
| length | 7.5 km | |
| Catchment area | 9.393 km² | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Degenbachsee | |
The Degenbach is a 7.5 km long brook in the area of the city of Crailsheim in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in northeastern Baden-Württemberg . After running south-westerly, it joins the upper Jagst from the right at the Burgberg residential area in the Jagstheim district .
geography
course
The Degenbach arises at about 525 m above sea level. NN when climbing head of the State Road 2218 from Crailsheim- West Gart Hausen after Kreßberg - Neuhaus up less than half a kilometer west of the small amount hamlet on the southern edge of the accompanying road clearing. The young brook runs in the Schleiß sword in Hangenwald first almost west and turns after about half a kilometer to the wood outlet at about 480 m above sea level. NN on southwest course, which he more or less maintains from now on.
The valley floor, mainly occupied by meadows, is quite flat, on the left it borders on the foot of the mostly wooded sandstone Keuperstufe, on the right on a lower range of hills, which is mostly free from forests. The Westgartshausen hamlet of Ofenbach lies a good kilometer below the origin on the slope, opposite which the first tributary Greitbuschgraben flows from the edge of the left plateau. A little later, the stream briefly touches the left foot of the forest slope, after which a tree gallery accompanies the previously bare run that flows past the remainder of an old lake dam in the Gewann Preusselsee .
Now the connecting road from Ofenbach to the brook comes to the right, which continues downhill towards Lohr into the valley-crossing K 2645. At the bridge of the county road to the hamlet near the Lauf, the stream flows at about 440 m above sea level. NN , above this are the remains of Lohr Castle in the forest on a mountain spur at a little over 490 m above sea level. NN .
The valley floor is then free of public roads again. Where the stream again approaches the left foot of the forest slope, now the Pfannenberg ( 496.2 m above sea level ), the 1.8 km longest tributary, the Schüttberger Bächle , flows from the Westgartshausen hamlet of Schüttberg on the Steigenkopf of the above-mentioned county road from the left to the left, the Schüttberger Bächle after it has passed through two fish ponds on the left edge of the valley.
Shortly afterwards the Degenbach crosses over to the Jagstheim district markings , takes up a few more channels from the nearby Pfannenberg and then passes the hamlet of Alexandersreut on the right near the river, a conspicuously plan-shaped Ansbach village from the end of the 18th century. At the bridge of the K 2643 from Crailsheim to Stimpfach - Weipertshofen , which crosses the valley here , the tree gallery along the water is exposed. About half a kilometer further the stream flows at about 417 m above sea level. NN in the 6.2 hectare Degenbachsee , a crescent-shaped retention basin that is also used as a bathing lake in summer, the outside of which hugs the forest slope of the Pfannenberg. On this lie above the lake inlet at a height of about 485 m above sea level. NN in the forest the remains of the Pfannenburg on a small ridge.
After the dam, over which a road runs to the hamlet of Eichelberg , which is a little downhill on the lower left spur of the valley, the Degenbach flows at about 413 m above sea level. NN again in an open stream bed. On its remaining course, which is around one and a half kilometers long, the creek, again accompanied by a gallery, shows small meanders for the first time . After emerging in the Jagst flood plain of the river crossing about one hundred fifty meters from the southern edge of the settlement Jagstheimerhaus Castle Hill from the riverine Augraben and ends as much further to 405.7 m above sea level. NN in the last almost westerly direction from the right into the upper Jagst .
The 7.5 km long Degenbach with an average bed gradient of about 16 ‰ flows about 119 meters below its origin.
Catchment area
The Degenbach has a catchment area of 9.4 km², which is part of the Crailsheimer Hardt sub-area (in the narrower sense) in the Frankenhöhe natural area . With the exception of insignificant fringes, it is located entirely in the urban area of Crailsheim , with the upper part in the district of Westgartshausen and the lower in that of Jagstheim . It extends from the highest point to 541.9 m above sea level. NN in the Westgartshausener Pfarrholz in the northeast about 6.7 km to the southwest to the mouth at Burgberg; across it it is at most just over 2 km wide. The greater part of it is an open meadow landscape with isolated juniper heaths on the lower right slope; In contrast, there is a lot of forest above the source and on the slope to the higher left edge.
The north-eastern watershed, only about one kilometer long, between the highest point in Pfarrholz and the water tower near Neuhaus, which runs inconspicuously in the forest of the plateau, is nevertheless the most important section hydrologically, because it is part of the European main watershed between the Rhine on this side and the Danube on the other . Half a kilometer north of the origin of the Degenbach is the source of the Brühlbach , which drains via the Mühlbach and the Zwergwörnitz into the Wörnitz tributary of the Danube . Beyond the southeastern side of the long takes something catchment richer and higher Jagst influx Reiglersbach arising also close to Neuhaus, mostly indirectly the drain of the other comb side. Competitors on the northeast side from the mouth upwards are successively a small Jagst tributary at the Wiesmühle, the Weidenbach flowing out on the southern border of the Ingersheim district and at the top the Hammerbach through Westgartshausen, whose outflow only reaches the river via the Trutenbach on the southern edge of Crailsheim's old town.
The meadow course of the Degenbach up to today's Degenbachsee has evidently been straightened, because maps from the 19th century also show clearly recognizable small loops above.
Tributaries and lakes
List of tributaries and 
lakes from source to mouth. Length of water, lake area, catchment area and altitude according to the corresponding layers on the LUBW online map. Other sources for the information are noted.
Origin of the Degenbach at about 525 m above sea level. NN 0.4 km west of Kreßberg - Neuhaus on the southern edge of the clearing of the L 2218.
- Greutbuschgraben , from the left and east to about 465 m above sea level. NN opposite Ofenbach , 0.6 km and 0.3 km². Arises at about 410 m above sea level. NN at the top of the blade forest Greutbusch approximately 0.4 km northwest of Wegses . For the first approx. 0.3 km in the forest there is an inflow of partly unstable hillside springs of similar or lesser length and height to the respective upper reaches of the Greutbuschgraben.
- Passes the remains of an old dam in the Preusselsee Gewann approx . 0.5 km south of Ofenbach.
- (Drainage of the courtyard meadows ), from the left and northeast to about 440 m above sea level. NN before the bridge of the K 2645 near Lohr , approx. 0.2 km and approx. 0.3 km². Arises at about 445 m above sea level. NN with a single tree on a dirt road. Only at the beginning and at the end open trench.
- (Graben from Wolfsberg ), from the right and northwest to about 432 m above sea level. NN approx. 0.7 km west-southwest of Lohr, approx. 0.6 km and approx. 0.5 km². Arises at about 440 m above sea level. NN at the eastern tip of the forest Finsteres Greut . Only a short stretch.
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Schüttberger Bächle , from the left and east to about 430 m above sea level. NN less than 200 meters after the previous one, 1.8 km and about 0.7 km². Arises at about 495 m above sea level. NN at the westernmost houses of Schüttberg .
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Flows through at about 440 m above sea level. NN two fish ponds on the edge of the Pfannenberg forest, 0.2 ha.
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- (Rinnsal from Pfannenberg ), from the left and southeast to about 424 m above sea level. NN shortly before Alexandersreut , up to 0.7 km and approx. 0.2 km². Arises in three source arms up to 465 m above sea level. NN a little below the valley-parallel ridge of the Pfannenberg (up to 496.2 m above sea level ). Inconsistent.
- (Rinnsal from Pfannenberg ), from the left and southeast to about 421 m above sea level. NN opposite Alexandersreut, up to 0.3 km and approx. 0.1 km². Arises at about 433 m above sea level. NN on the Pfannenberg lower slope. Inconsistent.
- (Ditch from the Schafhalde ), from the right and north to about 420 m above sea level. NN presumably shortly before the bridge of the K 2643 through Alexandersreut, approx. 1.0 km and approx. 0.6 km². Inconsistent.
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Flows at about 440 m above sea level. NN a silting pond on the southern slope of the Schafhalde , under 0.1 ha.
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Flows through at about 417 m above sea level. NN the Degenbachsee above the Jagstheimer residential area Burgberg , 6.2 ha.
- In the flat floodplain, cross the Augraben next to the Jagst a good hundred meters from the mouth.
Mouth of the Degenbach at 405.7 m above sea level. NN from the right and northeast into the upper Jagst , approx. 0.2 km from the southern edge of the Jagstheimer new housing estate Burgberg . The stream is 7.5 km long and has a catchment area of 9.4 km².
Localities
The following settlement neighbors, named one after the other below their political affiliations, lie on the run:
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Schwäbisch Hall district
- City of Crailsheim
- Westgartshausen district
- Jagstheim district
- Alexandersreut (hamlet, a little distance to the right)
- Eichelberg (hamlet, left on the left spur of the valley to Jagst)
- Burgberg (residential area and post-war settlement, right in the floodplain and right up the valley spur)
- City of Crailsheim
In addition, in the catchment area, a little less than half of the Westgartshausen hamlet of Schüttberg lies on the watershed to the Reiglersbach tributary in the source area of the Schüttberger Bächle emerging there . The small hamlet of Neuhof in the Waldtann district of the neighboring municipality of Kreßberg is just outside the easternmost point of the watershed.
geology
Geologically, in the source area and on the consistently higher left ridge in front of the neighboring Reiglersbach valley, there are sandstone steps of the higher Mittelkeuper , silica sandstone ( Hassberge formation ) or even Stubensandstein ( Löwenstein formation ). The side valley cut of the approaching Schüttberger Bächles in the reed sandstone ( Stuttgart formation ), which divides this ridge , roughly follows a fault line across the valley, down from which the Pfannenberg rises again higher into the upper Mittelkeuper. The almost consistently lower ridge to the right of the valley, on the other hand, extends at most into the sandstone reed, in the end as a small layer island on the eponymous mountain of the Burgberg von Jagstheim settlement.
The stream itself already runs in the Gipskeuper ( Grabfeld Formation ) before Ofenbach , at the height of which it also flows into the broad sediment band along the Jagst, which is why Gipskeuper is also present in the larger part of the catchment area. The lowest valley is framed by two faults, probably the outermost foothills of the elongated Neckar-Jagst-Furche subsidence zone .
The obtuse angle of the mouth of the valley to today's Jagst flow direction, which can also be found in other neighboring larger tributaries from it in the area, speaks for a valley formation already in the time when the Jagst was still here in the opposite direction south and over the Urbrenz towards the Danube dehydrated.
See also
Individual evidence
LUBW
Official online waterway map with a suitable section and the layers used here: Course and catchment area of the Degenbach
General introduction without default settings and layers: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( notes )
- ↑ a b Height according to the contour line image on the topographic map background layer .
- ↑ a b c d e Height after black lettering on the background layer topographic map .
- ↑ a b Length according to the waterway network layer ( AWGN ) .
- ↑ a b Catchment area according to the basic catchment area layer (AWGN) .
- ↑ Lake area after the layer standing waters .
- ↑ Catchment area measured on the background layer topographic map .
- ↑ a b c d e Length measured on the background layer topographic map .
Other evidence
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ See, for example, the Ellwangen sheet (PDF, 5.8 MiB) of the Topographical Atlas of the Kingdom of Württemberg from 1838.
- ↑ 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. 6826 Crailsheim and No. 6926 Stimpfach