Esbach (Main)
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Southwest German step country
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| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Main → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | southwest of Gädheim - Greßhausen 50 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ N , 10 ° 22 ′ 43 ″ E |
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| Source height | 303 m above sea level NHN | |
| muzzle | between Theres - Untertheres and Gädheim- Ottendorf in the Main Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ′ 59 ″ N , 10 ° 23 ′ 20 ″ E 50 ° 0 ′ 59 ″ N , 10 ° 23 ′ 20 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 216 m above sea level NHN | |
| Height difference | 87 m | |
| Bottom slope | 38 ‰ | |
| length | 2.3 km | |
The Esbach is a two kilometer long right and northern tributary of the Main in the Lower Franconian district of Haßberge .
geography
course
The Esbach rises in the southern Hesselbacher Waldland at an altitude of about 303 m above sea level. NN just under 50 m southwest of the Greßhausen part of the municipality of Gädheim in an agricultural zone directly on the municipality boundary between Schonungen and Gädheim, but still in the area of the Greßhausen district.
It initially flows strongly straightened about a third of a kilometer along the municipal boundary of Gädheim and Schonungen south-south-east through an agricultural zone, then takes a small hook to the right and then runs south-south-east through a narrow valley through fields and becomes a good half way down the stream Kilometers accompanied by thick wood. For a short distance, it marks the municipal boundary from Gädheim to Theres . He now changes to the area of the municipality of Theres and runs through fields and fields more and more towards the south.
It still crosses under the B 26 and the tracks of the Bamberg – Rottendorf railway line and finally flows between Untertheres and Ottendorf at approximately Main km 345.9 at an altitude of 216 m above sea level. NN from the right and north into the Main.