Haarbach (Mattenbach)

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Haarbach
The Haarbach before dipping at the Seen train station

The Haarbach before dipping at the Seen train station

Data
Water code CH : ZH101266
location Switzerland
Canton Zurich
Winterthur district
City of Winterthur
District lakes
River system Rhine
Drain over Mattenbach  → Eulach  → Töss  → Rhine  → North Sea
Headwaters in the forest area Etzberg
47 ° 29 '31 "  N , 8 ° 46' 55"  O
Source height approx.  547  m above sea level M.
muzzle below the Kanzleistrasse in the Mattenbach Coordinates: 47 ° 29 '2 "  N , 8 ° 45' 44"  E ; CH1903:  699 762  /  260065 47 ° 29 '2 "  N , 8 ° 45' 44"  O
Mouth height 465  m above sea level M.
Height difference approx. 82 m
Bottom slope approx. 36 ‰
length 2.3 km
Big cities Winterthur

The Haarbach is a 2.3 kilometer long right tributary of the Mattenbach in the Winterthur lakes district .

course

The stream rises at a height of about 547  m above sea level. M. in the middle of the Etzberg approximately at the height of the former clearing, where the farm «Vorderer Etzberg» used to be. It flows between Etzbergstrasse and Schönenbergerweg westwards towards the lakes . There the brook flows in the Sonnenberg district between rows of houses towards Winterthur-Seen train station . The stream is overturned at the Seen train station and then flows under Landvogt-Waser- und Kanzleistrasse towards Mattenbach, into which it flows underground.

etymology

The Haarbach was first recorded as Hardbach in 1562 and was also listed under this name on the wild map from 1739. The name is derived from Hof ​​Hard, which was once 300 m below the source to the right of the stream. In contrast to the Vorderer Etzberg farm, this could be seen at the source of the lakes. The lower course of the brook, which is now largely indolent, was formerly called Schwerzenbach (1569 Schwartzennbach) and indicated the blackish ground in the plain.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c GIS browser Canton Zurich, accessed on November 6, 2017
  2. ↑ Jörg Rutishauser: The names of the running waters in the Winterthur district . In: New Year's Gazette of the Winterthur City Library . No. 298 . Buchdruckerei Konkordia, Winterthur 1967, p. 52 & 53, 123 & 124 .