Grumbach (Werra)
Grumbach | ||
At the Grumbach Bridge in Meimers. |
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location | Thuringia , Germany | |
River system | Weser | |
Drain over | Werra → Weser → North Sea | |
source | Southwest slope of the Great Weissenberg , Rennsteig 50 ° 50 ′ 48 ″ N , 10 ° 24 ′ 35 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 715 m above sea level NN | |
muzzle | For Breitungen / Werra coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 30 ″ N , 10 ° 18 ′ 21 ″ E 50 ° 46 ′ 30 ″ N , 10 ° 18 ′ 21 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 242 m above sea level NN | |
Height difference | approx. 473 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 34 ‰ | |
length | 14 km | |
Catchment area | > 10 km² | |
Right tributaries | Kallenbach (3.6 km) | |
Small towns | Bad Liebenstein |
The Grumbach is a 14 km long orographically right tributary of the Werra in Thuringia in Germany .
course
The headwaters of the Grumbach drain the southwest slope of the main ridge of the Thuringian Forest on the Rennsteig from the Großer Weißenberg (747 m) to the northwest over the Gerberstein (728 m) to the Glöckner (702 m).
The named Grumbach arises in Steinbach through the confluence of the Kallenbach from the right into the main Steinbach headwaters . Below Steinbach follows Bad Liebenstein , then the Grumbach flows in a natural bed past the Sorga settlement and the Meimers district , changes its direction of flow in a south-westerly direction and flows into the Werra at Grumbach , a district of Breitungen .
Surname
The name of the Grumbach flowing past was used twice: Grumbach as one of the two founding places of (Bad) Liebenstein and Grumbach as a district of Breitungen at the mouth. The former municipality of Steinbach was also named after the source stream of the same name.
Economic history
Steinbach was a center of mining and metal processing as early as the High Middle Ages . Numerous grinding knots for the manufacture of knife blades were operated on the Steinbach until around 1920 .
In the urban area of Bad Liebenstein, the creek was exposed to significant pollution, especially cadmium , due to the Bad Liebenstein fluorescent plant, which was operated near the water from 1948 to 1990 . In the course of the demolition of the industrial wasteland, decontamination and rehabilitation of the flowing water also took place from 2003. Today the Grumbach feeds the ponds in the Elisabeth and Stadtpark in Bad Liebenstein.
literature
- Eduard Fritze: History about Bad Liebenstein, Schweina, Steinbach and Atterode ; Elch Verlag 1999 (first printed in 1925); ISBN 3-933566-09-6
- Between Ruhla, Bad Liebenstein and Schmalkalden (= values of our homeland . Volume 48). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1989.