Hürbe

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Hürbe
The Hürbe a few steps before the mouth of the Lone. View upstream to the west of the Kaltenburg ruins.

The Hürbe a few steps before the mouth of the Lone. View upstream to the west of the Kaltenburg ruins .

Data
Water code DE : 11724
location Germany , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Swabian Alb
River system Danube
Drain over Brenz  → Danube  → Black Sea
source In Hürben
48 ° 35 ′ 37 ″  N , 10 ° 12 ′ 16 ″  E
Source height approx.  455  m above sea level NN
Spring discharge MQ
 60 l / s
muzzle south of Hermaringen in the Brenz coordinates: 48 ° 35 ′ 18 ″  N , 10 ° 10 ′ 1 ″  E 48 ° 35 ′ 18 ″  N , 10 ° 10 ′ 1 ″  E
Mouth height 445.6  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 9.4 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.3 ‰
length 7.2 km
Catchment area 9.778 km²  excluding Lone
approx. 320 km² with Lone
Right tributaries Lone

The Hürbe is a seven kilometer long right tributary of the Brenz on the Swabian Alb in the district of Heidenheim .

Surname

The name Hürbe is derived from the Old High German word horo or from the Middle High German word hurwin , which means something like swamp or morass . The Urbrenz, which once flowed through the Hürbetal in a loop stretching far to the west around the Kagberg , and the Hürbener See , which was finally drained in the 19th century , created this wetland.

geography

Hoop pot

The hoop pot

The Hürbetopf, also called Roßwedde , is located at the foot of the Hohen Felsen in Hürben, on which Hürben Castle once stood. It is a dammed karst spring that pours an average of 60 liters per second .

course

Only a few meters after its source, the Hürbe is reinforced by the Häuselbach, which flows out on the left. The Hürbe then flows through Hürben in a southeastern direction . In the further course it is strongly straightened. Below the Kaltenburg ruin , narrow meadow meanders set in in the Hinterer See Gewann and small spring outlets flow towards the creek barely more than a meter wide above. Then, once leads after 2 km flow path from the right with well 37 km considerably longer, but despite a more than thirty times as large catchment area to the southwest in the ver karsteten Alb often less water Lone .

The Hürbe flows from here in an approximately east-northeast direction and passes the southern edge of the Burgberg , opposite which the Burgberg Castle stands above the right-hand slope. Then the bottom of the valley widens to the left to the wide plain of the Lower Ried , a formerly marshy area that some ditches drain towards it. It narrows again between the Hermaringener Hirschberg and the mountain spur of the Ravensburg ruins , here the Hürbe crosses under the Brenzbahn at the very last . Then it flows into the Brenz from the right a few hundred meters southwest of the outskirts of Hermaringen .

Tributaries

  • Häuselbach (left)
  • Lone (right) , 38 km and 310.2 km²

history

The Lone Valley, known for its caves and prehistoric finds, flows south of Hürben . The site of the Hürbe estuary was previously called St. Josen-Furt and in the Middle Ages was the north-western border point of the Duchy of Bavaria .

Attractions

Web links

Commons : Hürbe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( notes )