Floßbach (Isenach)
| Floßbach | ||
 Stechgraben - mouth into the Floßbach |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | DE : 23914886, DE : 2391488 | |
| location | Germany | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Isenach → Rhine → North Sea | |
| Derivation | northeast of Schifferstadt to the left from the Rehbach 49 ° 24 ′ 2 ″ N , 8 ° 23 ′ 30 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 95 m above sea level NHN | |
| muzzle | east of Lambsheim from the right in the Isenach coordinates: 49 ° 30 '24 " N , 8 ° 18' 18" E 49 ° 30 '24 " N , 8 ° 18' 18" E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 92 m above sea level NHN | |
| Height difference | approx. 3 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 0.19 ‰ | |
| length | 16 km | |
| Catchment area | 169.328 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Schwabenbach , Stechgraben | |
The Floßbach (also Floßgraben or Floßkanal , outdated Flotzbach or Flotzbachgraben ) is a 16 km long and artificially created right tributary of the Isenach in Rhineland-Palatinate , which was created in the 18th century for the drift of logs .
geography
The Floßbach branches off in the Vorderpfalz northeast of Schifferstadt at an altitude of 95 m above sea level. NHN from the Rehbach , the left branch of the mouth of the Speyerbach . It flows west parallel to the Rhine in an initially north-westerly, then mainly north-westerly direction through the Upper Rhine Plain and is fed by numerous ditches. The Floßbach passes Limburgerhof and Mutterstadt in the west, Dannstadt-Schauernheim in the east, then flows through the eastern Maxdorf and flows east of Lambsheim at an altitude of 92 m on the right into the Isenach.
As a flatland river, the Floßbach overcomes a height difference of only 3 m on its 16.04 km long path, which corresponds to a mean bed gradient of 0.2 ‰. It drains a 169.328 km² catchment area via the Isenach and Rhine to the North Sea .
history
In 1736, Elector Charles III took over . Philipp von der Pfalz opened the Schönfeld saltworks in Dürkheim and began building a graduation house in the same year . Large quantities of wood were required both for the construction of the building and as fuel for the salt boiling. Since the forest around Dürkheim belonged to the noble family of Leiningen , it had to be cleared in the electoral forest property in the Neustadter Valley and lifted from there to Dürkheim. The Floßbach was created as a connection between the Rehbach and the Isenach for this purpose: On the Rehbach the wood could be transported from the forests of Elmstein and Neidenfels near Neustadt to the north of Schifferstadt, over the Floßbach it reached the Isenach and on this it was brought to Dürkheim (later also to Frankenthal). The transport by Trift was comparatively uncomplicated, and the streams used ran through the Electoral Palatinate area, so that no customs duties were due to foreign rulers.
The raft brook was excavated between 1740 and 1741 by the residents of the surrounding villages. Other times of origin between 1736 and 1745 are also given on various occasions (for example the dates 1743 or 1745), but the first reports about the transport of wood on the newly created waterway can be found as early as 1741 and 1742. Elector Karl Theodor , who came to power in 1742, had it changed again later and also straightened the Isenach at the mouth of the Floßbach near Lambsheim. To feed the artificial stream, a lock was built in the Rehbach north of the Kohlhof near Limburgerhof . The Scheidegraben between Mutterstadt and Dannstadt partially merged into the Floßbach, the Marlach and Schwabenbach were diverted.
The Trift on the Floßbach was continued after the construction work on the graduation tower in Dürkheim was completed. In the course of the 18th century the raft brook gained importance as a transport route for firewood and construction wood, not only to supply Dürkheim, but also to other growing cities in the region, such as Frankenthal and Mannheim . In 1757 and 1791 raft regulations were therefore issued that regulated and controlled the use. The clearing and transport of the wood was monopolized in the following decades by "wood companies", which the Palatinate and later the Bavarian government accepted in view of the raft fees paid to them. In addition, the raft brook served to drive mills and was used in 1796 for the targeted flooding of the landscape to repel approaching French troops. A branch was branched off to flood the Ruchheim Castle.
In 1792/1793 the Trift on the Floßbach was closed, but was resumed in 1802. In the years between 1830 and 1840 extensive construction work was carried out on the water. It was not until 1882 that the Bavarian government finally ended the Trift on the Floßbach. On April 25, 1998, a rafting fountain designed by Christian Steinrock was inaugurated in Maxdorf as a reminder of the history of the stream .
Water condition
The Floßbach is one of the small low-lying streams (type 19). Its water structure quality is stated as completely changed, except for short sections. In the upper reaches, the Floßbach does not constantly carry water from the separation from the Rehbach. Only from Schauernheim with the inflow from Stechgraben / Marlach is there a permanent water flow , at the same time the water quality is classified as "heavily polluted".
Web links
literature
- Wolfgang Kunz: The Trift on the "Floßbach". In: Ders., Henning Cramer, Wolfgang Fluck: Maxdorf. History and nature. Knecht-Verlag, Landau 2014, ISBN 978-3-939427-19-3 , pp. 147-165.
- Bernd-Stefan Grewe: The blocked forest. Lack of resources in the Bavarian Palatinate (1814–1870) (= environmental historical research. Volume 1). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-412-10904-5 , pp. 292–302 (deals with the Trift in the Palatinate in general, on the Floßbach especially p. 293).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
- ↑ a b c Rhineland-Palatinate water management administration
- ↑ Wolfgang Kunz: The Trift on the "Floßbach". In: Ders., Henning Cramer, Wolfgang Fluck: Maxdorf. History and nature. Knecht-Verlag, Landau 2014, ISBN 978-3-939427-19-3 , pp. 147–165, here p. 148 and p. 164, note 1.
- ↑ Bernd-Stefan Grewe: The blocked forest. Lack of resources in the Bavarian Palatinate (1814–1870) (= environmental historical research. Volume 1). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-412-10904-5 , pp. 293-295.
- ↑ Historical town plan Maxdorf (Association for History and Culture Maxdorf 2010 eV) , accessed on May 1, 2019.