Franconian Muschwitz (Rodach)

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Franconian Muschwitz
Data
location Thuringian-Franconian low mountain range

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Rodach  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source near the 726 meter high Kulmberg at Schlegel
50 ° 24 ′ 33 ″  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 25 ″  E
Source height 678  m above sea level NN
muzzle east of the core town of Nordhalben in the Rodach coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 49 ″  N , 11 ° 32 ′ 3 ″  E 50 ° 22 ′ 49 ″  N , 11 ° 32 ′ 3 ″  E
Mouth height 508  m above sea level NN
Height difference 170 m
Bottom slope 24 ‰
length 7.1 km

The Franconian Muschwitz is a left tributary of the Rodach in the Thuringian Saale-Orla district and in the Upper Franconian district of Kronach in Bavaria .

geography

course

The Franconian Muschwitz rises at an altitude of 678  m above sea level. NHN in a forest. Its source, like that of the Thuringian Muschwitz, is located on the watershed between the Elbe and the Rhine near the 726-meter-high Kulmberg near Schlegel , a district of the Rosenthal am Rennsteig in the south of the Thuringian Saale-Orla district .

From there, the stream flows first in a southerly and then largely in a south-westerly direction almost along its entire length as a border stream between Bavaria and Thuringia through the Franconian Muschwitz nature reserve . It finally flows east of the core town of the market town of Nordhalben and north of its district Heinersberg at an altitude of 508  m above sea level. NHN in the Rodach .

Catchment area

The catchment area of ​​the Franconian Muschwitz is limited

Tributaries

  • Lachengrundbach ( left ), 0.5 km
  • Aschengrundbach ( left ), 0.4 km
  • Tiegelsbach ( right ), 1.8 km

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Self-measurement on the Geoproxy Thuringia