Hüscherabach

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Hüscherabach
The Hüscherabach in front of the confluence with the Hinterrhein. In the background the village of Splügen.

The Hüscherabach in front of the confluence with the Hinterrhein. In the background the village of Splügen.

Data
Water code CH : 
location Canton of Graubünden ; Switzerland
River system Rhine
Drain over Hinterrhein  → Rhine
source Splügenpass
46 ° 30 ′ 40 ″  N , 9 ° 19 ′ 5 ″  E
Source height approx.  2370  m above sea level M. [1]
muzzle in the Hinterrhein Coordinates: 46 ° 33 ′ 7 ″  N , 9 ° 19 ′ 16 ″  E ; CH1903:  744 364  /  157358 46 ° 33 '7 "  N , 9 ° 19' 16"  O
Mouth height 1451  m above sea level M.
Height difference approx. 919 m
Bottom slope approx. 15%
length approx. 6 km
Communities Rheinwald

The Hüscherabach (also Hüscherenbach ) is a brook in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . It has a length of about 6 kilometers.

Surname

The name of the stream is derived from the locality name Bi da Hüschera ( Walser German for “ near the houses”), a group of houses that is opposite the village of Splügen in the area of ​​today's valley station of the mountain railway and next to which the stream flows before it enters the Hinterrhein flows out.

course

The Hüscherabach is formed from numerous nameless side streams that flow together in a wide basin on the north side of the Splügen Pass. Among other things, it also absorbs the water from the Bergseelis above the top of the pass. At an altitude of 1846  m above sea level. M. , below the serpentines of the pass road, the actual stream has formed from it. It flows north and after about one kilometer it passes the Isabrüggli, where the hiking trail to the Suretta lakes begins at the bus stop . After about another kilometer, it crosses under the marble bridge , after a steep bottleneck, crosses the road again and flows into the Hinterrhein in the village of Splügen.

  • Upper course in the valley basin on the north side of the Splügen Pass

  • Inflow from the east

  • At the Isabrüggli car park

  • Marble bridge

  • Confluence with the Hinterrhein

Flooding in summer 2019

On June 12, 2019, heavy rainfall fell on the north side of the Splügen Pass. The water collected in the valley basin, flowed through the funnel of the bottleneck above the village, whereby the gradient increased the pressure of the strongly swollen brook. At the exit of the ravine, the creek tore half of the parking lot and a VW bus parked there with it. The two men who had stayed there were rescued just in time. Then the brook damaged the road bridge, washed away the abutments and tore part of the road with it. Then it flooded the small forest to the left and right of the stream and tore numerous trees and the wooden footbridge with it. The A 13 motorway was also flooded, but not further damaged.

  • September 2013

  • Wooden bridge, September 2013

  • The same place in August 2019

  • On the right the makeshift bridge, on the right the remains of the road bridge

Web links

Commons : Hüscherabach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rätisches Namenbuch , Volume 2: Etymologies. Edited and edited by Andrea Schorta. Bern 1964, p. 426 f.
  2. ↑ Wanderland.ch
  3. ↑ www.tagblatt.ch
  4. ↑ grheute.ch