Goldach (Isen)

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Goldach
The Goldach near Schwindegg

The Goldach near Schwindegg

Data
Water code DE : 18382
location Bavaria
River system Danube
Drain over Isen  → Inn  → Danube  → Black Sea
source near Holzhäusl, Kirchdorf parish
48 ° 11 ′ 15 ″  N , 12 ° 9 ′ 53 ″  E
Source height 597  m above sea level NHN
muzzle opposite Zurmühle, Schwindegg municipality , from the right and south-west into the Isen coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 59 ″  N , 12 ° 16 ′ 2 ″  E 48 ° 16 ′ 59 ″  N , 12 ° 16 ′ 2 ″  E
Mouth height 425  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 172 m
Bottom slope 7.5 ‰
length 23.1 km 
with the upper reaches of the Königswinkler Bach
Catchment area 97.1 km²
Left tributaries Goldbach , Grünbach, Feuerbach
Right tributaries Stachelbach, Wernhardsberger Graben, Buchgraben, Weizenbach, Steinbach, Schachener Graben, Rimbach , Ornaubach

The Goldach is an approximately 23 km long river mainly in the Upper Bavarian districts of Mühldorf am Inn and Erding and flows north of Schwindegg as its largest tributary from the right and southeast into the Isen . Its upper course is sometimes also called Königswinkler Bach , only from the inlet of the Goldbach , which can be seen as the left upper course, does it consistently bear the name under which it flows.

Surname

The Goldach used to be called Schwindach , as the small village of the same name between Schwindkirchen and Schwindegg is still today. As can be seen, some other places in the valley also bear part of the original name in their names. After some gold nuggets found in the stream bed in the area of Schiltern / Stollnkirchen, the name of the river is said to have changed to Goldach over time.

course

Middle Goldachtal, in front Armstorf v. southwest

The Goldach rises in the district of Mühldorf am Inn a little northeast of the hamlet of Holzhäusl in the municipality of Kirchdorf at about 597  m above sea level. NHN in the forest. It initially runs westwards, but soon turns to the right accompanied by the federal highway 15 on the northern course, which it has now reached on the southern edge of St. Wolfgang in the Erding district . Up to that point - at least in the last section - it is also called Königswinkler Bach ; the Goldbach coming from the southwest and connecting there with it from the left exceeds the Königswinkler Bach , which is nevertheless regarded as the main upper reaches, in length and in part of the catchment area. She continues her right curve below St. Wolfgang. At the associated village of Kleinschwindau, the main road leaves the valley, which from now on runs steadily east-northeast, to the north through the church village of Armstorf on the left slope . On the rest of the course, the river passes some smaller towns, passes through Schwindkirchen , after which it changes back to the Mühldorf district. At the beginning of Schwindegg , the Goldach takes the Rimbach from the right and shortly thereafter in the broad Isen-Aue from the same side the largest tributary Ornaubach . Immediately afterwards it flows across the Schwindegger Einöde Zurmühle in a north-easterly direction from the right and at about 425  m above sea level. NHN in the middle Isen.

On its 23.1 km long course (with Königswinkler Bach ) the Goldach has a total gradient of about 172 meters in altitude, i.e. an average bottom gradient of around 7.5 ‰. Almost half of the slope, namely about 94 meters in altitude, it runs through on the only 4.3 km of its right upper course Königswinkler Bach , where the mean bottom slope is therefore almost three times as large at about 22 ‰.

The Goldachtal is the western and northern boundary of the Gattergebirge . Its largest towns are St. Wolfgang, the Wolfganger district of Armstorf , Schwindkirchen and Schwindegg , which, however, already has a share in the right Isentalaue.

The valley can be divided as follows:

  • The upper valley from the source to Kleinschwindau.
  • The middle valley from Kleinschwindau to Schwindkirchen.
  • The lower valley from Schwindkirchen to the edge of the Isenaue in Schwindegg.

Legend

There is a legend that binds both of them around the source of the Goldach and the origin of the community of St. Wolfgang. In 975 the Regensburg bishop Wolfgang left his bishopric as a result of political turmoil and fled to the Goldachtal. According to a legend written in a papal bull in 1737, the bishop threw a hoe into the valley from the hills east of today's St. Wolfgang. At the point where it fell on the ground, a spring with fresh water was then awakened. Bishop Wolfgang then settled there in a hut ("cell") and thus laid the foundation stone for the town of St. Wolfgang. The so-called Wolfgang Fountain can still be found today in the Wolfgang Chapel, which in turn is located in the St. Wolfgang Church, which was completed in the 15th century.

Others

Parts of the Goldachtal are FFH areas that are threatened by the construction of the federal motorway 94 . The Goldach is also the namesake of an event hall and a golf club in St. Wolfgang.

Individual evidence

BayernAtlas ("BA")

Official online waterway map with a suitable section: Course and catchment area of ​​the Goldach
General introduction without default settings and layers: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( information )

  1. ↑ a b Height queried on the background layer Official map (right click).

Water directory Bavaria ("GV")

  1. ↑ Length according to: Directory of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Inn river area, page 41 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.8 MB)
  2. ↑ Catchment area according to: Directory of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Inn river area, page 41 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.8 MB)

Others

  1. ↑ Dorfen our city Internet presence of Dorfen; On: dorfen.de

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