Raft (Waldnaab)

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raft
The raft in Störnstein

The raft in Störnstein

Data
Water code EN : 1416
location Neustadt an der Waldnaab district
River system Danube
Drain over Waldnaab  → Naab  → Danube  → Black Sea
origin Confluence of the Gaisbach and Mühlbächl in Flossenbürg-Altenhammer
49 ° 43 ′ 53 ″  N , 12 ° 19 ′ 29 ″  E
Source height approx.  520  m
muzzle near Neustadt an der Waldnaab in the Waldnaab Coordinates: 49 ° 43 '30 "  N , 12 ° 10' 0"  E 49 ° 43 '30 "  N , 12 ° 10' 0"  E
Mouth height 398.4  m
Height difference approx. 121.6 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.7 ‰
length 26 km 
with the upper reaches Aschbächl → Rumpelbach → Gaisbach
Catchment area 94.62 km²
Left tributaries Girnitz
Small towns Neustadt an der Waldnaab
Communities Flossenbürg , Floß , Störnstein

The raft is a left tributary of the Waldnaab in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab . Your upper reaches on the main line are successively the Aschbächl, the Rumpelbach and finally the Gaisbach.

River course

The river section known as the raft arises in Flossenbürg - Altenhammer through the confluence of the Gaisbach ( called Rumpelbach in the upper reaches , rises near Bärnau -Silberhütte at approx. 820  m , 49 ° 45 ′ 34 ″  N , 12 ° 23 ′ 20 ″  E ) and Mühlbächl .

In the further course it flows through the market town of Floß in a mainly westerly direction, takes on the Girnitz from the left at Störnstein and flows into the Waldnaab at Neustadt an der Waldnaab .

In Neustadt, at river kilometer 1.3 - at the level of the Nachtmann Bleikristallwerke engine - there is a fish migration aid set up in 1996 . The water quality corresponds to quality class II.

Spring streams

  • Gaisbach / Rumpelbach
  • Mühlbächl

Tributaries

  • Burgerbach (left)
  • Gösener Bach (right)
  • Hardtbach (left)
  • Schwarzenbach (right)
  • Zullberggraben (left)
  • Girnitz (left)

Individual evidence

  1. Directory of stream and river areas in Bavaria - Naab river area, page 22 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 4.0 MB)
  2. Directory of stream and river areas in Bavaria - Naab river area, page 22 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 4.0 MB)

Web links

Commons : Floß (Waldnaab)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files