Hafenlohr (river)

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Hafenlohr
former name: Lohrbach
The Hafenlohr near Windheim

The Hafenlohr near Windheim

Data
Water code EN : 2456
location Spessart

Bavaria

River system Rhine
Drain over Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
swell Rothenbuch :
at the castle:
49 ° 58 ′ 4 ″  N , 9 ° 23 ′ 52 ″  E
in the Tiergartengrund:
49 ° 58 ′ 41 ″  N , 9 ° 23 ′ 18 ″  E
Source height 385  m above sea level NHN 
Q. in the Tiergartengrund
355  m above sea level NHN Q. at the castle
muzzle At Hafenlohr in the Main Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 6 ″  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 16 ″  E 49 ° 52 ′ 6 ″  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 16 ″  E
Mouth height 142  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 243 m
Bottom slope 8.8 ‰
length 27.7 km 
with Tiergartenbach
26.5 km from Hafenlohrquelle
Catchment area 147.31 km²
Discharge at the Hafenlohr
A Eo gauge : 147 km²
Location: 600 m above the mouth 		NNQ
MNQ 1971–2014
MQ 1971–2014
Mq 1971–2014
 MHQ 1971–2014
HHQ (01/26/1995) 		50 l / s
300 l / s
1.71 m³ / s
11.6 l / (s km²)
 15.8 m³ / s
38.6 m³ / s
Left tributaries Mäusbach
Right tributaries Tiergartenbach , Breitbach , Steinbach , Wachenbach
The Hafenlohr near Windheim

The Hafenlohr near Windheim

The Hafenlohr is a 26.5 km (with Tiergartenbach 27.7 km) long, right tributary of the Main in the districts of Aschaffenburg and Main-Spessart in the Bavarian Spessart .

Surname

The defining word of the compound Hafenlohr goes back to the Middle High German Havenaere , which means Hafner ( potter ). The origin of the basic word Lohr is the same as for the nearby river Lohr . The municipality of Hafenlohr takes its name from the river Hafenlohr .

geography

Sources of the harbor ear

The Hafenlohr arises from two sources in the municipality of Rothenbuch . The longer and at times richer source branch is the Tiergartenbach , which often dries up on dry days. Officially, it is viewed as the upper course of the Hafenlohr main stream. The origin in the middle of the village, named as Hafenlohrquelle, gives water almost all year round.

Hafenlohrquelle

Hafenlohrquelle

The Hafenlohrquelle is located at Rothenbuch Castle. It was set in sandstone in the course of the road widening of the St 2317 . Its water flows through the castle moat northwest and flows about a hundred meters from the left side into the bed of the 1.3 km long Tiergartenbach, which comes from the Tiergartengrund on the northern edge of the village . It does not provide water all year round, but at times more than the perennial spring at the castle.

The spring at the castle used to be a meeting place for hunting in the eastern Spessart, which is why the construction of a hunting lodge began here in 1342 . The castle moat and some of the surrounding trout lakes that no longer exist today were fed with the rising spring water.

course

After the confluence of the source streams, the Hafenlohr continues in the south-eastern direction already taken by the Tiergartenbach. About 3 km east of Weibersbrunn in the Hochspessart it is reinforced at the Ahlmichdamm from the right of the Steinbach . The Hafenlohr runs east-northeast through a deeply cut valley, the bottom of which is occupied by the Hafenlohrtal nature reserve . There are no larger settlements here, which gives hikers peace and quiet. West of Lichtenau , at the small Eichensee in the side valley mouth, the Mäusbach, which comes from the north-northwest, flows to the left. The Hafenlohr then runs in the deeply cut valley through the Lichtenauer Grund , flows past several small ponds and then reaches the Mainzer Eck nature reserve , from where the valley begins to meander. The mountain Klosterkuppel ( 552  m above sea level ) prevents the Hafenlohr from continuing on its eastern course and it turns permanently to the southeast near Erlenfurt .

Several state and princely forest houses then line the bank, initially the Old and New Diana . Passing Einsiedel , the Hafenlohr reaches the Lindenfurterhof , first moving south and then south-east , from which the valley is now more stretched. Below it, just before the road bridge, there is a remarkable aqueduct . Then she passes the Breitfurt gatehouse . It continues downwards through a romantic , natural valley that is bordered in the southwest by the non-community area of Fürstlich Löwensteinscher Park . On the right on the plateau lies the Karlshöhe , 449  m above sea level. Flat mountain top reaching NN , on which there is an excursion restaurant and a hunting lodge. Next talab follow the Forsthaus Prince Bridge and Hubertus , formerly railway bridge mill welcomed where the Jugendzeltplatz Windheim is the district Main-Spessart.

Here the Wachenbach , also called Wagenbach , flows from the right and from the southwest , its largest tributary by far. It then runs past several small ponds fed by it for a short distance parallel to Hafenlohrtalstrasse , crosses the village of Windheim in a conspicuous valley widening and then flows past the left side of the low, isolated Achtelsberg ( 235  m above sea level ), the Umlaufberg is a former Main loop. The remaining course of the Hafenlohr uses the tapering part of the old loop of the valley, it passes the Große Au and flows past a few small ponds, then through the Kleine Au , now on both sides between parts of the settlement of Hafenlohr . There it crosses under the main street of the village, which runs along the great river and then flows into the Main on the eastern edge of the village from the right and, last of all, in an easterly direction .

Tributaries

The Hafenlohr flows into the Main

The tributaries of the Hafenlohr include (enumerated downstream):

Surname GKZ location Length
in km 		Mouth height
in m above sea level NHN 		Mouth
Tiergartenbach 245600 right 1.3 353 Rothenbuch
Breitbach 245610 right 1.3 308 Rothenbuch
Steinbach 245620 right 5.5 281 Weibersbrunn
Mäusbach 245630 Left 2.8 254 Rothenbuch-Lichtenau
Wachenbach 245640 right 10.4 163 Hafenlohr wind home

Hafenlohrtal

The Hafenlohrtal
The valley above Lichtenau

freetime and recreation

The beautiful Hafenlohr valley is ideal for hiking. There are a variety of hiking and biking trails here

Nature reserve

The 71 hectare Hafenlohrtal nature reserve extends over various types of grassland in an approximately 4 km long valley section above Lichtenau. The Hafenlohr meanders through this forest and meadow landscape. Wet, damp and dry meadows are preserved and promoted through de-bushing and regular mowing . It is forbidden to leave the paths in the entire nature reserve.

Hafenlohr river system

see list of rivers in the Hafenlohr river system

Flood

Abfluss Abfluss

Creature

The Hafenlohrtal is a species-rich biotope , both in animal and plant life .

fauna

nose
fishes

The near-natural Hafenlohr is a refuge for many fish species. In spring, for example, in the lower course of the stream, you can watch the spectacle of the spawning lift of the nose (popularly: Speier), a stately peaceful fish. There are also:

Crayfish
Rhinoceros beetle
insects

are represented quite diverse in the Hafenlohrtal . So come u. a. in front:

Amphibian
Tree falcon
Reptiles
Birds

The Hafenlohrtal is a retreat for many, sometimes rare, bird species.

Mammals
Spotted orchid

flora

Hafenlohrtalspeicher

Weir at the Hafenlohr

The Bavarian state government had planned the construction of the Hafenlohrtal reservoir for three decades, a dam that was supposed to serve as a drinking water reservoir . This plan was finally abandoned in September 2008 after numerous protests by various parties and associations by resolution of the regional planning association.

See also

literature

  • Anja Zeller: Spessart river tours: Through the Elsava and Hafenlohr valleys. A pleasure tour in the Hochspessart. CoCon, Hanau 2009, ISBN 978-3-937774-81-7 .

Web links

Commons : Hafenlohr (Fluss)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bayernviewer of the Bavarian Surveying Administration: Historical maps from the years 1817–1841 ( Memento from September 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ↑ Bayernatlas: map section Tiergartengrund
  3. ↑ Damming destination on the Main section below the Rothenfels barrage and above the Lengfurt barrage according to the BayernViewer.
  4. ↑ a b Directory of stream and river areas in Bavaria - Main river area, page 123 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 3.3 MB)
  5. ↑ Main values ​​at the Hafenlohr gauge
  6. ^ Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 93 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  7. ↑ LFU Bavaria: Alphabetical list of waters - water body numbers, lengths, drainage routes
  8. ↑ Hike to the idyllic Waldschlösschen in the Spessart ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bnmsp.de
  9. ↑ The Wachengrund site
  10. ↑ Topographic map 1: 10,000 North Bavaria
  11. ↑ The recreational value is often overlooked .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Main-Echo , September 4, 2006@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hafenlohr.de  
  12. ↑ Hike around the “dance floor”: Hafenlohrtal - Breitsee - Weibersbrunn ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spessartbund.de
  13. ↑ Information board on site
  14. ↑ Flora and fauna of the valley
  15. ↑ Die Hafenlohr in the Spessart ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Flyfishers Corner  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.julian-bez.de
  16. ↑ a b c d e Rothenbuch (PDF; 57 kB) In: Main-Post , March 12, 2008
  17. ↑ Bund Naturschutz in Bayern e. V .: Off for the Hafenlohrtalspeicher.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. As of February 1, 2017@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bund-naturschutz.de