Sulzbach (Main)

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Sulzbach
The Sulzbach in Sulzbach am Main

The Sulzbach in Sulzbach am Main

Data
Water code DE : 247534
location Spessart

Bavaria

River system Rhine
Drain over Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
confluence from Leidersbach and Sodener Bach east of Sulzbach am Main
49 ° 54 ′ 49 ″  N , 9 ° 10 ′ 18 ″  E
Source height 131  m above sea level NHN 
muzzle near Sulzbach in the Main Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '43 "  N , 9 ° 8' 39"  E 49 ° 54 '43 "  N , 9 ° 8' 39"  E
Mouth height 113  m above sea level NHN 
Height difference 18 m
Bottom slope 7.8 ‰
length 2.3 km   from the confluence
10.82 km  with Leidersbach
Catchment area 40.55 km²

The Sulzbach ( listen ? / I ) is a 2 km long right and eastern tributary of the Main in the Miltenberg district in the Bavarian Spessart . It arises from the confluence of the Leidersbach and Sodener Bach rivers . Audio file / audio sample

Surname

The name Sulzbach is derived from the defining word sulzi , which means salt water or mud , morass , and the basic word bach . The brook gave the municipality of Sulzbach am Main its name.

geography

Spring streams

Confluence of the Sodener Bach (front left) and Leidersbach (back left) to the Sulzbach (to the right)

Leidersbach

The Leidersbach rises in the district of Volkersbrunn . It runs in a north-westerly direction through Leidersbach . At around 8.4 km, it is the longer and more water-rich source stream.

Soden stream

The source of the 6.2 km long Sodener Bach , the Kaltenbrunnen , is located southeast of Soden . The brook flows through the village and joins the Leidersbach east of Sulzbach am Main in the Feuchtwiesen nature reserve in Sulzbachtal .

Wachenbach

The source of the 3.9 km long Wachenbach , the Hahle-Brunnen , is located northwest of Soden on the border with the Schweinheim district of the city of Aschaffenburg. The stream takes in the Fichtenbach coming from the north , flows around the Sulzberg north and flows east of Sulzbach am Main , about 75 m before the confluence, into the Sodener Bach.

course

After the confluence of the source streams, the Sulzbach runs in two arms through the municipality of the same name. There it crosses under the State Road 2309 and flows into the Main .

On some maps, the Soden Bach is named Sulzbach. Others refer to the entire stream as the Leidersbach.

Feuchtwiesen nature reserve in Sulzbachtal

The approximately 25 hectare large nature reserve has been designated the 1984th It is located on the meandering streams of the Soden Bach, the Sulzbach and the Leidersbach, east of Sulzbach am Main .

There are large reed zones , large sedges and wet and damp meadows in a wide flood plain. The protection goal is the preservation of rare biotope types as a habitat for the typical animal and plant species.

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Topographic map 1: 10000 Bavaria North
  2. a b Directory of stream and river areas in Bavaria - Main river area, page 155 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 3.3 MB)
  3. Map from Google Maps
  4. ^ Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 216 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. Original position sheet of the land survey in Bavaria: Hofstetten and surroundings in 1850
  6. Nature reserves in the Spessart Nature Park