Glattbach (Aschaff)

	Glattbach
	The Glattbach in Aschaffenburg - dam
	Data
location	Spessart Bavaria Lower Franconia Aschaffenburg district; City of Aschaffenburg ; ;
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Aschaff → Main → Rhine → North Sea
source	southeast of Oberafferbach ; 50 ° 1 ′ 8 ″ N , 9 ° 8 ′ 45 ″ E
Source height	271 m above sea level NHN
muzzle	in Aschaffenburg - Damm in the Aschaff Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 21 ″ N , 9 ° 9 ′ 3 ″ E 49 ° 59 ′ 21 ″ N , 9 ° 9 ′ 3 ″ E;
Mouth height	126 m above sea level NHN
Height difference	145 m
Bottom slope	36 ‰
length	4 km
Catchment area	4 km²
Right tributaries	Eichetsbach
	The Glattbach flows into the Aschaff

The Glattbach is a right tributary of the Aschaff in the Bavarian Spessart .

Surname

The name " Glattbach " is made up of the Old High German words glat , which means bright or clear and bach . The stream gave the municipality of Glattbach its name.

geography

course

The Glattbach rises in a valley southeast of Oberafferbach . It flows through the town of the same name , crosses under the A 3 and flows into the Aschaff in Aschaffenburg - Damm .

Tributaries

Eichetsbach ( right )

Aschaff river system

List of rivers in the Aschaff river system

Web links

Commons : Glattbach (river) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
^ 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. 83 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[DE-BY_BV-1] BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )

[LfO-2] 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. 83 ( limited preview in Google Book search).