Eger (Wörnitz)

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Eger
Eger near Bopfingen

Eger near Bopfingen

Data
Water code EN : 1188
location Swabian Alb

Eastern Alb foreland

Nördlinger Ries

Baden-Württemberg

Bavaria

River system Danube
Drain over Wörnitz  → Danube  → Black Sea
Karst spring Eger origin at the fulling mill of Bopfingen-Aufhausen
48 ° 51 '17 "  N , 10 ° 18' 38"  E
Source height approx.  520  m above sea level NN
Spring discharge MNQ
MQ
MHQ
 20 l / s
50 l / s
900 l / s
muzzle at Egermühle von Harburg- Heroldingen from the right and west into the Wörnitz coordinates: 48 ° 48 '30 "  N , 10 ° 38' 12"  E 48 ° 48 '30 "  N , 10 ° 38' 12"  E
Mouth height approx.  400  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 120 m
Bottom slope approx. 3.3 ‰
length 36.9 km
Catchment area 440.788 km²
Discharge at the Lierheim
A Eo gauge : 395 km²
Location: 2.8 km above the mouth 		NNQ (09/21/2004)
MNQ 1977–2006
MQ 1977–2006
Mq 1977–2006
 MHQ 1977–2006
HHQ (06/07/1984) 		276 l / s
585 l / s
3.21 m³ / s
8.1 l / (s km²)
 46.1 m³ / s
73.4 m³ / s
Left tributaries Schneidheimer Sechta , Mauch
Right tributaries Trout stream

The Eger is a right tributary of 37 kilometers in length to the Wörnitz , which arises at the source of the Eger and mostly runs in the flat Nördlinger Ries . The Eger mostly flows canalised, but on the lower reaches partly in a natural river bed .

geography

The Eger origin
Eger catchment area

Eger origin

The Eger origin, not to be confused with the source of the other Eger flowing to the Elbe , is located in a water protection area near the fulling mill in the Aufhausen district of the city of Bopfingen in the Ostalb district in Baden-Württemberg . This contained karst spring at the foot of the Eastern Alb pours an average of 50 liters per second (minimum 20 l / s, maximum 900 l / s).

course

The Eger begins its course in an easterly direction, flows under the Ipf through Bopfingen and enters the very flat and completely open landscape of the Nördlinger Ries a little below the small town . There it turns directly to the northeast and runs through the walled medieval city of Nördlingen with a temporary right branch . Then the Mauch , its most important tributary, reaches it approximately in the middle of the Ries from the northwest, whereupon the combined river continues in the old direction of the Mauch to the southeast. At the southern edge of the Ries it deepens noticeably for the first time. It then flows from the right at Harburg - Heroldingen into Wörnitz , which comes from the north and which begins its southeastern breakthrough valley to the Danube .

The Eger lost its former catchment area in the north to the Jagst due to the Ries event .

Tributaries

List from source to estuary. Collected from LUBW-FG10 and BayernAtlas (formerly: BayernViewer). Where possible and sensible, with name, mouth side, mouth location and length. Water courses, lengths and areas preferably according to the LUBW data set entries, where available, if necessary measured on LUBW-FG10 or the BayernViewer. Names preferred after the card labels. Lengths rounded to the nearest hundred meters. Italicized and linked water names are used as proper names in one of the sources used, otherwise a descriptive name is used as a substitute, of which only the italicized parts (valley names, mountain names, common names, etc.) are proper names from the sources.

Origin of the Eger in a karst spring west of the fulling mill of Bopfingen- Aufhausen at about 520  m above sea level. NN .

  • Schenkenbach , from the left in Bopfingen - Aufhausen at about 485  m above sea level. NN at the bridge of thetonsbergstrasse, 4.4 km. Arises northeast of Lauchheim - Röttingen on the edge of the forest in the Haldenäckern at about 488  m above sea level. NN .
  • Schneidheimer Sechta , from the left in Bopfingen at the southern end of the Langen Straße at about 459.3  m above sea level. NN ., 18.1 km. Arises at the Sederndorf von Tannhausen settlement at around 526  m above sea level. NN .
  • Grundbach , from the left in front of the Bopfingen- Flochberger industrial zone in the Gräbenwiesen opposite to about 453  m above sea level. NN , 1.3 km. Arises between the outskirts of Bopfingen and the Osterholz settlement to the northeast at about 495  m above sea level. NN .
  • Heidbach , from the right at the level of the Flochberger industrial zone, 1.7 km. Arises west of the Flochberger Heidmühle at just under 495  m above sea level. NN .
  • → (exit on the left side of a Mühlkanal) in the Bopfingen-Trochtelfinger Wasserschapf.
  • Eichelgraben , from the left on the western outskirts of Trochtelfingen into the Mühlkanal, 0.8 km. Arises from the southern edge of the Osterholz forest in western Eichert at around 488  m above sea level. NN .
  • ← (return of the Mühlkanal), from the left at the Trochtelfingen sports ground bridge, 0.7 km.
  • Steigebächle , from the right at the road bridge to Trochtelfinger Bad, 0.8 km. Arises on the northern edge of the Kapf nature reserve at about 480  m above sea level. NN .
  • → (exit of the Arlachgraben ), turn right at the road bridge to the Trochtelfingen train stop. Often dry at the branch.
  • Ellenbach , from the left immediately afterwards into the Eger, 2.0 km. Originates on the south-eastern edge of the forest Osterholz, is a long field path ditch and crosses Trochtelfingen.
  • Aßbühlgraben (?), From the left just before the Nördlingen - Nähermemminger Walkmühle in the Eger itself, 1.6 km. Originates south of the Aasbühl (!).
  • → (exit of the long Egermühl Canal ), to the left just before the Fulling Mill.
  • ← (return of the Arlachgraben ), from the left to 435.9  m above sea level. NN at the Riesbürg -Utzmemminger sewage treatment plant in the Eger itself, 3.0 km.
  • Röhrbach , from the right not ten meters further into the Eger itself, 7.1 km. Arises southwest of Bopfingen-Härtsfeldhausen in Haldenhau at about 588  m above sea level. NN .
  • ← (return of the Egermühl Canal ), from the left at the Nähermemminger Klötzenmühle to about 435  m above sea level. NN , 2.5 km.
    This arm ran much further independently in historical times, as the places of the Lohmühle and Stegmühle, which are now far to the left of the Eger, still testify.
  • Bachwiesengraben , with the upper reaches of Epsengraben → Rinnergraben → Bachwiesengraben, from the right, 3.8 km. Arises on the southern edge of Nördlingen -Herkheim at about 435  m above sea level. NN .
    On the following section, residual water from the backwater accompanies the straightened course.
  • → (exit of the Kornlach branch ), to the left at the middle Stegmühlweg.
  • Baldesgraben , from the left at the level of a sports field between Kornlach and Eger in the Kornlach, 3.8 km. Arises on the southern edge of Riesbürg-Pflaumloch at about 435  m above sea level. NN .
  • (Cross trench between the two branches), next to the Nähermemminger Weg, 0.2 km.
    Shortly afterwards, the Eger itself enters Nördlingen's old town through the upper water tower of the city ​​wall on its west side, where it runs in the area of ​​the Gerbergassen and leaves the wall ring through the lower water tower at the Tändelmarkt and the Neue Mühle in the north. The Kornlach remains close to the city.
  • → (exit of the Ohmet trench ), to the right of the Eger in the area of ​​the substation.
  • ← (return of the Kornlach ), from the left between the Kaiser and Grummetwiesen, 2.1 km; the right arm is similarly long.
  • → (exit of the mill canal of the Schwallmühle), to the left at a dirt road bridge.
  • ← (return of Ohmetgraben ), from the right next to Schwallmühlstrasse, 1.0 km.
  • ← (return of the mill canal of the Schwallmühle), from the left close to the associated road bridge, 0.4 km.
  • → (exit of the mill canal of the Aumühle), to the right at the sewage treatment plant.
  • Goldbach , immediately afterwards from the left into the Eger itself, 11.6 km. Arises on the edge of Bopfingen- Kalkofen at about 530  m above sea level. NN .
  • Brühlgraben , on the lower course of the Zwinggraben , from the left into the Eger itself, 5.9 km. Arises on the northeast edge of Kirchheim am Ries -Benzenzimmern as a ditch next to the L 1060 at about 547  m above sea level. NN .
  • ← (return of the Mühlkanal of the Aumühle), from the right in front of the bridge of the Nördlingen – Gunzenhausen railway line , 0.3 km.
  • → (exit of the Mühlkanal from Löpsingen), to the left on the western outskirts of Nördlingen- Löpsingen .
  • ← (return of the Mühlkanal from Löpsingen), from the right at the Egerbrücke in Löpsingen, 0.8 km.
  • Birkhauser Graben , from the left opposite the sewage treatment plant on the eastern edge of Löpsingen, 15.0 km. Arises as a Riedbach at about 484  m above sea level. NN On Pfaffenweg west of Unterschneidheim -Geislingen.
  • Mauch , from the left near Deiningen - Klosterzimmer at about 415  m above sea level. NN , 20.3 km and 62.9 km². Arises between the museum railway and Bundesstraße 25 at the Oppersberg settlement from Wilburgstetten - Rühlingstetten at about 467  m above sea level. NN .
  • Roßweidengraben , from the right in front of the Wiesmühle from Nördlingen- Grosselfingen im Ries to below 412  m above sea level. NN , about 5.9 km. Arises east of the Nördlinger Fritz-Hopf-Straße at less than 420  m above sea level. NN as Langwiesengraben.
  • Schafgraben , from the right at the Grosselfingen sports fields at about 411  m above sea level. NN , about 2.4 km. Arises east of the Deininger settlement area Hegenbach at about 424  m above sea level. NN and falls temporarily dry.
  • Grosselfinger Bach , from right to Möttingen - Enkingen at below 410  m above sea level. NN , about 5.7 km. Rises at the threading of the B 25 southeast after the outskirts of Nördlingen at about 425  m above sea level. NN
  • Trout stream , from the right at the lower mill of Möttingen, 17.5 km. Arises west of Forheim on the edge of the forest north of the Gewann Engenlicht at about 570  m above sea level. NN .
  • Mühlkanal from Lierheim, further up on the Lauf also Sulzgraben, from the left before the road bridge to Möttingen, 5.6 km. Arises as a back ditch east of the Grosselfinger Wiesmühle at about 512  m above sea level. NN and is connected at the lower course with two trenches with the right parallel Eger, which go off at a weir of the same.
  • Bautenbach pder Kreuzbach, from the right on the eastern outskirts of Möttingen, 12.0 km. Arises north of the Merdingen -Bollstadter sports field on the edge of the forest at about 562  m above sea level. NN .
  • Walsgraben , from the right, about 2.1 km. Arises at the foot of the Hühnerberg near Möttingen-Kleinsorheim at about 435  m above sea level. NN .
  • Kaufertsgraben , from the left, about 0.9 km. Inconsistent upper course, floodplain in the lower course.
  • Großsorheimer Bach , from the right immediately before the Harburg-Heroldinger Egermühle, about 2.1 km. Arises west of Großsorheim as a dirt road ditch in Espan at about 435  m above sea level. NN .

Mouth of the Eger at the Egermühle von Harburg - Heroldingen from the right and west to around 400  m above sea level. NN after a run of 36.8 km in the Wörnitz .

Mühlenweg Eger

Eger in the old town of Nördlingen.
Eger near Bopfingen.

The river is followed by the Eger mill trail, which is around 20 kilometers long between Bopfingen-Aufhausen and Nördlingen . This trail leads past 37 former watermills , 25 of which have been preserved. Four of the flour mills are still in operation.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hansjörg Dongus : Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 171 Göppingen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1961. →  Online map (PDF; 4.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Ralph Jätzold: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 172 Nördlingen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. →  Online map (PDF; 3.9 MB)
  3. ↑ a b State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )
  4. ^ Deutsches Gewässerkundliches Jahrbuch Danube region 2006 Bavarian State Office for the Environment, p. 117, accessed on October 4, 2017, at: bestellen.bayern.de (PDF, German, 24.2 MB).
  5. ^ State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining, Baden-Württemberg
  6. ↑ Labeling in blue at the mouth on the background map of the LUBW-FG10 at a scale somewhat coarser than 1: 5,000.

literature

Web links

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