Gornerbach (Reuss)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gornerbach
Reuss valley near Wiler, in the center of the picture next to the Gotthard Railway the machine house of the Gurtnellen power plant behind the confluence of the Gornerbach into the Reuss.

Reuss valley near Wiler, in the center of the picture next to the Gotthard Railway the machine house of the Gurtnellen power plant behind the confluence of the Gornerbach into the Reuss.

Data
Water code CH : 4394
location Switzerland
River system Rhine
Drain over Reuss  → Aare  → Rhine  → North Sea
source at the Bächenfirn below the Bächenstöcklis
46 ° 46 '4 "  N , 8 ° 32' 31"  E
Source height approx.  2700  m above sea level M.
muzzle at Wiler in the Reuss coordinates: 46 ° 43 '31 "  N , 8 ° 37' 12"  E ; CH1903:  690.31 thousand  /  175592 46 ° 43 '31 "  N , 8 ° 37' 12"  O
Mouth height 737  m above sea level M.
Height difference approx. 1963 m
Bottom slope approx. 24%
length 8.3 km
Catchment area 17.69 km²
Discharge at the estuary
A Eo : 17.69 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		780 l / s
44.1 l / (s km²)
Communities Belt fasteners

The Gornerbach is an 8.3 kilometers long left tributary of the Reuss in the municipality of Gurtnellen in the Swiss canton of Uri .

course

The stream rises in the west of the municipality of Gurtnellen am Bächenfirn below the Bächenstöckli . The valley of the mountain range from streams floor framed in the west over the Zwächten and Schneehüenderstock in the northwest to the Krönten in the Northeast and the Sass-floor in the east. At the end of the valley there are several small glacier areas, including the Sassfirn and the Tierälpli, whose meltwater streams flow into the Gornerbach in addition to the Sass-Seeli . The rocky slope on the west side below the Bächenfirn bears the name Bäch because there several parallel channels direct the water into the valley.

In the lower valley area, the Gornerbach no longer receives any noteworthy tributaries. The alpine settlements of Rinderboden, Rosti, Rüepenstafel and Grueben lie on its course. In the last section, the river falls steeply through a gorge to the valley floor near Wiler. Two footbridges cross the gorge near the Brandegg above the Stäumenkapelle and allow access to the Dreistäubenfall, a waterfall in the Gornerbach.

Hydropower

In 1885 Granitwerke Gurtnellen AG built the Stäubenwald small power plant on the lower reaches of the Gornerbach , the first hydroelectric power plant built in the canton of Uri. This plant was shut down in 1910 after the concession had meanwhile passed to the Elektrochemische Fabrik Gurtnellen AG and from there to the Altdorf electricity company.

At Grueben, part of the water is captured and fed in a tunnel and a pressure pipe with a 585 meter gradient to the Gurtnellen power station near Wiler on the Reuss, which was built in 1900.

Before the Gornerbach joins the Reuss, the Gotthard Railway crosses the creek on the Gornerbach Bridge .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  2. ↑ Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Table_13
  3. ↑ a b Modeled mean annual discharge. In: Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Sass-Seeli on the ortsnames.ch server
  5. ↑ Dust Path
  6. ↑ Dust Path
  7. ↑ Stäubenwald power plant
  8. ↑ Gurtnellen power station