Steinach (Tauber)

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Steinach
Steinach in Niedersteinach

Steinach in Niedersteinach

Data
Water code DE : 24618
location Bavaria

Baden-Württemberg

Bavaria

River system Rhine
Drain over Tauber  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
origin Confluence of Grimmelbach and Gailshofenerbach about 1.5 km east of

Uffenheim- Langensteinach next to the A 7
49 ° 29 ′ 35 ″  N , 10 ° 12 ′ 12 ″  E

Source height approx.  368  m above sea level NHN
muzzle about 0.8 km southeast of the edge of the settlement of Bieberehren from the right and east into the Tauber coordinates: 49 ° 30 ′ 29 ″  N , 10 ° 1 ′ 2 ″  E 49 ° 30 ′ 29 ″  N , 10 ° 1 ′ 2 ″  E
Mouth height little below  250  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 118 m
Bottom slope approx. 5.3 ‰
length 22.3 km 
from Q. Bodenwiesgraben SO from Ohrbach
18.2 km
from Zsfl. d. Spring streams
Catchment area 85.4 km²

The Steinach is a 22 km long creek, calculated from its source furthest from the mouth, in the border area of ​​northwestern Bavaria and northeastern Baden-Württemberg , which flows into the Tauber from the right and east near Bieberehren in the district of Würzburg . Its upper reaches are the right Grimmelbach and the left Gailshofenerbach

geography

Right upper reaches Grimmelbach

The right source creek Grimmelbach der Steinach arises next to the district road 43 from the Gallmersgarten village Mörlbach to the Uffenheimer Kirchdorf Custenlohr a little before their entry into the Hardt at about 409  m above sea level. NHN and runs as a ditch next to a dirt road only half a kilometer southwest. It bends south for half of this distance in front of the Lindenau forest , takes up a similarly long ditch on this piece from the left and then reaches its flat floodplain basin running west throughout, in which it separates from paths and its first more significant inlet from the left from the Kautau forest .

Then it crosses the street of Ohrbach and the associated wasteland Landthurm a little to the left of the course, where a land tower of the Rothenburger Landhege used to offer passage through the boundaries of the territory of the imperial city to the north of Hinterpfeinach , which belongs to Uffenheim ; here and a little afterwards two more trenches run towards him from that direction. A little later, the Grimmelbach, which previously ran along a few small pieces of forest, steps with its floodplain between the large beech wood in the north, in which the nearby relics of an approx. 4 hectare Celtic jump testify to early settlement in the area, and a smaller forest in the South, from which a stream runs towards it again and in which there is a smaller jump. After a little more than a kilometer further run, it meets the Gailshofenerbach coming from the left shortly before the A 7 running through the woods and joins it after a run of 3.7 km to the Steinach.

Left upper course Gailshofenerbach

The left source brook Gailshofenerbach der Steinach arises under the name Bodenwiesgraben southeast of Ohrbach on the edge of the forest island Walzerlohe at about 421  m above sea level. NHN . From here it flows towards the village, takes in a small tributary from the left shortly before it, touches it in the east and is strengthened by an influx that arises in it after the village. Then it runs in a wide meadow basin first north, then north-west and after 2.9 km flows at the Ohrbach sewage treatment plant with the not half as long left Brühlgraben , which is created on the edge of the Ohrbach village of Gailshofen . The resulting Gailshofenerbach then has a run of 1.2 km and touches the edge of the forest on the right bank for almost this entire stretch.

After about half of this distance, the 1.6 km long Herbisgraben , which is also created on the edge of Gailshofen, flows again from the left , then the Gailshofenerbach runs north, crosses under the embankment of the A 7, picks up the inflow of a pond at the corner of the mouth and unites after a total of 4.1 km with the left Grimmelbach to Steinach, which then continues west in the Grimmelbach direction.

course

The at about 368  m above sea level. The Steinach formed by the NHN crosses under the motorway, runs west towards Langensteinach and soon leaves the forest behind. Shortly before the parish village, the 4.6 km long Buchholzbach flows out of the eponymous large forest north of the Grimmelbach and the Steinach above. In the village, which lies in the now noticeable valley basin, the Selbach joins from the left, followed by the Heimbach from the right.

The brook and valley now deepen further and meander slightly in their westward course between forests on the plateaus to the left and right, into which the district road 43 enters. The 7.1 km long Harbach then flows from the left, it is the longest Steinach tributary ever. Between heights that are open again, the Steinach then reaches the Simmershofen town of Equarhofen , in the middle of which the Wallmersbach flows from the homonymous town of Uffenheims 6.1 km upstream in the northeast. After the parish village, the stream reaches the state border with Baden-Württemberg at the associated pit mill, on whose route the Freudenbach, which is about a kilometer shorter, flows from the left .

On the following northern wedge of the town boundary from Creglingen to Bavaria, the brook passes the village of Frauental on the right, which lies with the remaining parts of the Cistercian convent Frauental on a small, flat northern spur. About two and a half kilometers down the stream it crosses the Creglingen hamlet of Niedersteinach and shortly thereafter and about 60 m below the steep right spur of the associated Brauneck castle ruins, it takes on its last major stream, the 2.5 km long Sechselbach .

From here the state border commutes around the course of the brook, but below the Altmühle, which belongs to Reinsbronn close to the left in a small side valley, the brook finally crosses into Bavaria, into the municipality of Bieberehren . Less than a kilometer downhill it reaches the right valley floodplain of the Taubertal, which is moving northwards here, runs another half a kilometer in it at an acute angle towards the river and then flows less than a kilometer southeast of the eponymous settlement of the community at almost 250  m above sea level. NHN from the right and finally south-southeast into the Tauber . From the confluence of its source streams, it has a run of about 18.2 km behind it, from the source of the Bodenwiesgraben furthest from the mouth it is even 22.3 km.

Catchment area

The Steinach has a catchment area of ​​85.4 km². It extends from the Mörlbach – Custenlohr road in the east to the confluence with the Tauber at almost 250  m above sea level. NHN in the far west over 17 km wide, has a constant width of up to 7 km to the state border at Equarhofen and then wedges. The plateau into which the stream cuts itself soon after its source branches meet, drops noticeably from east to west and from south to north. At the eastern edge of the catchment area near the Grimmelbach spring, the site reaches a height of 418  m above sea level. NHN , in the east of the southern watershed against Gickelhäuser Bach and Tauber, which flows at one point less than a kilometer away, even at 425  m above sea level. NHN , elsewhere apart from the valley cuts it remains consistently over 340  m above sea level. NHN .

From the northwest to the north to the northeast, the catchment area borders on the somewhat larger Gollach , which flows a little downwards in Bieberehren into the Tauber. In the east, beyond the nowhere very striking watershed, the Aisch competes , which initially runs in the opposite direction to the east to the Regnitz . In the south it runs against the receiving Tauber itself and its much smaller right tributaries, of which the Gickelhäuser Bach, which is created as Scheckenbach in Oberscheckenbach near the sources of the Bodenwiesgraben, exceeds a length of 5 km.

Tributaries and lakes

Hierarchical list of tributaries and RiverIcon-SmallLake.svglakes from source to mouth. Height information according to the contour line image on the Bavaria Atlas or the geodata viewer, water lengths usually measured or according to LUBW-FG10 (data record entries) and catchment areas according to LUBW-GEZG. Sources for the unmeasured information are noted.

Confluence of Steinach from Grimmelbach and Gailshofenerbach to about 368  m above sea level. NHN next to the embankment of the A 7 about 1.5 km east-southeast of the Uffenheim parish village Langensteinach im Buchholz .

  • Grimmelbach , right source stream, approx. 3.7 km. Arises a little before the forest entry of Kreisstraße 43 (K 43) from the Gallmersgartener parish village Mörlbach to Uffenheimer Kirchdorf Custenlohr at about 409  m above sea level. NHN . ( Source coordinates Grimmelbach ) Is only a little bit before the inlet of the brook from the Kautau more than a ditch.
    • (Ditch), from the left at the southeast corner of the Lindenau forest to about 395  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 0.6 km. Arises on the edge of the county road at about 405  m above sea level. NHN .
    • (Stream from the Kautau forest ), from the left on its northern edge to almost 390  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 1.4 km. Arises in a hollow in the south at about 403  m above sea level. NHN . With this tributary as the upper course, the Grimmelbach would be around 3.9 km long.
    • (Inflow through Hinterpfeinach), from the right at the bridge of the roads from Uffenheim- Hinterpfeinach to Ohrbach at about 385  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 1.2 km. Arises at the northern tip of the Lindenau forest at about 410  m above sea level. NHN .
    • (Inflow), from the right a little afterwards to about 382  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 0.5 km. Arises on the western edge of Hinterpfeinach at about 399  m above sea level. NHN .
    • (Bach through the Dornschlag ), from the left at the beginning of the Wiesenau between Buchholz and another forest in the south to about 373  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 1.7 km. Arises inconsistently in the corridor about 0.5 km southeast of the Landthurm at about 403  m above sea level. NHN .
  • Gailshofenerbach , left source stream, approx. 1.2 km from the confluence and approx. 4.1 km from the source of the Bodenwiesgraben furthest from the mouth . Arises from the confluence of Bodenwiesgraben and Brühlgraben at the Ohrbach sewage treatment plant at about 382  m above sea level. NHN .
    • Bodenwiesgraben , right source stream of the Gailshofenerbach, approx. 2.9 km. Arises south-east of Ohrbach on the northwest edge of the forest island Walzerlohe at about 421  m above sea level. NHN . ( Source coordinates Bodenwiesgraben ) Remains Weggraben up to a little behind Ohrbach, inconsistent in the local area.
      • (Inflow), from the left almost on the outskirts of Ohrbach to about 412  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 0.6 km. Arises on a saddle against Oberscheckenbach to about 422  m above sea level. NHN .
      • (Inflow from the center of the village), from the left a little northeast of Ohrbach to a little over 400  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 0.4 km, maybe 0.7 km with Verdolung, because on the southwestern edge of the village there is a small pond in the upper valley basin at about 410  m above sea level. NHN lies whose drain it is probably.
    • Brühlgraben , left source stream of the Gailshofenerbach, approx. 1.2 km. Arises on the southwestern outskirts of the Ohrbach village Gailshofen at about 412  m above sea level. NHN and crosses the place partly verdolt.
    • Herbisgraben , from the left about 0.3 km before crossing under the A 7 at about 375  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 1.6 km. Arises on the western edge of Gailshofen at about 412  m above sea level. NHN .
    • RiverIcon-SmallLake.svg Short inlet from a pond, from the right just before the mouth.
  • Buchholzbach , from the right a little east of the state road 2419 (St 2419) near Langensteinach at less than 360  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 4.6 km and 7.272 km². Arises on the western edge of the Buchheimer Wald on the K 43 east of Vorderpfeinach at about 410  m above sea level. NHN . About the first 0.8 km to almost the edge of the settlement are inconsistent.
    • Wiesfleckengraben , from the right in the middle of the forest between Buchholzes and Hoher Au at 371.5  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 3.8 km. Arises southeast of Custenlohr in the curve of a forest edge path at over 405  m above sea level. NHN . About the first 0.7 km to the K 43 are unstable.
      • RiverIcon-SmallLake.svgFlows through the Horbsee at over 395  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 0.4 ha.
    • RiverIcon-SmallLake.svgFeeds a group of ponds on the western edge of the Buchholz , together under 1.2 ha.
    • Hohenaugraben , from the right immediately after the ponds at 363.4  m above sea level. NHN , 2.2 km. Arises on the northern edge of the Hohen Au near the K 49 at about 392  m above sea level. NHN and mostly unsteadily follows the forest contour.
  • Selbach , from the left in Langensteinach at less than 355  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 2.1 km. Arises in the gallows wood south of the Kirchendorf Reichardtsroth at around 400  m above sea level. NHN .
    • RiverIcon-SmallLake.svg Feeds a lake on the edge of the forest, approx. 1.6 ha.
    • (Inlet), from the right at the lake outlet, approx. 0.5 km. Arises on the St 2418 at about 402  m above sea level. NHN .
  • Heimbach , from the right to the Langensteinacher sewage treatment plant at about 347  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 2.8 km. Arises on the western edge of the forest island Eichenloh at about 385  m above sea level. NHN . Inconsistent for about the first 0.7 km.
  • Allbachgraben , from the left at the municipal boundary from Uffenheim to Simmershofen at less than 340  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 2.0 km. Arises at the southern tip of the Eichicht forest at about 408  m above sea level. NHN . Only about the last 0.7 km from the Grundbrunnen at about 365  m above sea level. NHN are constant.
  • (Inflow), from the right at the NEA 49 valley entrance to a little over 330  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 1.8 km. Arises on the northern edge of the Föhrig at below 390  m above sea level. NHN . Inconsistent.
  • Harbach , from the left below the Spitalholz, east of Equarhofen at about 325  m above sea level. NHN , 7.073 km and 9.268 km². Arises on the St 2419 at about 423  m above sea level. NHN .
    • RiverIcon-SmallLake.svg Passes through an elongated pond shortly after the origin, approx. 0.4 ha.
    • Johannitergraben , from the left along the eastern edge of Neckenhags to about 407  m above sea level. NHN , 0.7 km. Arises at about 417  m above sea level. NHN .
    • Lohgrundgraben , from the left east of the Adelshofen church village Großharbach on the northern edge of the Neckenhags at about 398  m above sea level. NHN , 1.9 km. The upper course Seeleinsgraben flows from a RiverIcon-SmallLake.svgpond of approx. 0.1 ha on the eastern edge of the Gehauholzes to a little over 425  m above sea level. NHN .
    • (Inflow), from the right at the sewage treatment plant at Uffenheim- Kleinharbach at about 353  m above sea level. NHN , 0.4 km. Arises on the eastern edge of the village at about 360  m above sea level. NHN , continues uphill in unstable water-bearing road and path ditches up to 1.5 km further.
  • Wallmersbach , from the right in Equarhofen to below 318  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 6.1 km. Arises on the south-east edge of the Uffenheim parish village Wallmersbach at around 365  m above sea level. NHN .
    • Seeleinsgraben , from the left at about 348  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 1.4 km. Arises close to the K 50 at around 375  m above sea level. NHN .
    • Gräfwiesenbach , from the right to the west of it, after flowing through the Simmersheimer Kirchdorf Hohlach , at around 341  m above sea level. NHN , approx. 2.4 km. Arises east of Hohlach not far from the K 50 at about 375  m above sea level. NHN . About the first 0.6 km along a dirt road are inconsistent.
  • Höllbach , then from the left in Equarhofen, approx. 2.5 km. Arises north of the forest island Birken at about 375  m above sea level. NHN . About the first 0.4 km are inconsistent.
  • Freudenbach , from the left last along the state border between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg at the Equarhofen pit mill at 305.5  m above sea level. NHN , 5.208 km and 8.466 km². Runs from the Schlegelsee, which is RiverIcon-SmallLake.svgless than 0.2 hectares in size, to around 388  m above sea level NHN . The first 1.8 km of the run to the edge of the Creglingen village of Freudenbach are inconsistent.
    • Lachengraben , from the left south of Freudenbach at over 370  m above sea level. NHN , 0.947 km. Arises in Äspich at below 395  m above sea level. NHN .
  • Lohrbach , from the right just before the Creglinger village Frauental at over 300  m above sea level. NHN , 2.532 km and 3.138 km². Arises northeast of the Creglinger Weidenhof on the state border at about 338  m above sea level. NHN .
  • Schlossgraben , from the left below Frauental to below 300  m above sea level. NHN , 0.797 km. Inconsistent course, the little south of the village on the K 2894 after Freudenbach at less than 340  m above sea level. NHN arises.
  • Talgraben , from the left below the Creglinger Fuchshof to under 290  m above sea level. NHN , 0.503 km. Rises from a source below the Enkersbach river at about 310  m above sea level. NHN .
  • S Wechselbach , from the right at the foot of Brauneck Castle on the border between Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria at about 270  m above sea level. NHN , 2.476 km and 3.882 km². Arises on the state border east of the Creglingen hamlet Sechselbach at about 335  m above sea level. NHN .
  • Rödegraben , from the left at the Altmühle in the Creglingen village of Reinsbronn at about 260  m above sea level. NHN , 2.09 km and 2.425 km². Arises east of the village in Klosterweg at about 340  m above sea level. NHN and goes through it.

Mouth of the Steinach about 0.4 km north-northwest of the single house Reinsbronn von Bieberehren at almost 250  m above sea level. NHN from the right and finally south-southeast into the Tauber . The stream is approx. 18.2 km long from the confluence of its source streams, 22.3 km from its furthest upstream source and has a catchment area of ​​85.392 km² behind it.

Tauber river system

Localities

on the run with their affiliations. Only the names of the lowest nesting level denote neighboring settlements.

Grimmelbach :

Gailshofenerbach with upper course Bodenwiesgraben :

  • Bavaria
    • Ansbach district
      • Ohrbach municipality
        • Ohrbach (parish village, almost only on the left)

Steinach from the confluence of the source streams:

geology

The two upper reaches of the Steinach begin in the loess sediment layer of the Unterseuper , at their lowest sections they are in the Unterseuper. At the confluence of the two, the valley floor just reaches the Upper Muschelkalk , which soon takes up most of the slope downstream. in the lowest valley shortly after the Reinsbronner Altmühle the bed is then in the Middle Muschelkalk , into which the Steinach also flows.

Approximately from the eastern edge of the Creglingen village of Freudenbach, a fault line runs northwest to the hamlet of Sechselbach, but it stops where it crosses the Steinach valley.

Landscape image

The Steinach flows through an undulating arable landscape, which is interspersed with several forest islands of varying sizes. Its narrow valley on the upper reaches from Langensteinach initially only offers a few small fields, further down, more and more fields reach the shore. From about the Fuchsberg at the Fuchshof below Frauentals, stone bars overgrown by hedges set in on the right slope, interrupted by a few wooded areas, which continue to the entrance to the Taubertal. The forest is more common on the slope opposite on the south side, the hedges, which are not uncommon here, usually run parallel to the height lines. Almost everywhere outside of the few settlements in the valley, a wood gallery accompanies the stream itself. The banks of the two source streams, on the other hand, are mostly bare.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d According to the contour line image on the Bayernviewer.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j According to LUBW-FG10 (data record entry).
  3. ↑ a b From the information from the LUBW-FG10 data set, which allows the Steinachlauf to begin at the source of the Bodenwiesgraben, minus the measured upperflow from Gailshofenerbach and Bodenwiesgraben.
  4. ↑ a b Sum of the sub-catchment areas according to LUBW-GEZG (data record entries).
  5. ↑ a b c d e f According to LUBW-GEZG (data record entry).
  6. ↑ a b c Text entry in blue on the Bayernviewer.
  7. ↑ Geology according to LGRB-GÜK300 and BA-GK25.

literature

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