Hagenbach (Altmuehl)

	Hagenbach; upper reaches: Speierhofgraben → Froschbächlein → Leimbach
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Water code	DE : 13814
location	Swiss franc amount Guest fields pool; Bucher height; Bavaria Ansbach district community Gebsattel ; Commune Buch am Wald ; City of Leutershausen ; ;
River system	Danube
Drain over	Altmühl → Danube → Black Sea
source	0.4 km southwest of Gebsattel - Speierhof ; 49 ° 19 ′ 41 ″ N , 10 ° 15 ′ 7 ″ E
Source height	approx. 485 m above sea level NHN Q. Speierhofgraben
muzzle	approx. 1.0 north-west of the center of Leutershausen from the right and west-north-west into the upper Altmühl coordinates: 49 ° 18 '21 " N , 10 ° 23' 51" E 49 ° 18 '21 " N , 10 ° 23' 51" E;
Mouth height	about 425 m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 60 m
Bottom slope	approx. 4.1 ‰
length	14.6 km ; from the source of the Speierhofgraben
Catchment area	34.68 km²
Small towns	Leutershausen ; only EZG : Schillingsfürst
Communities	Gebsattel , Buch am Wald ; only EZG: Geslau

The Hagenbach is a 14.4 km long brook in the district of Ansbach in western Bavaria , which flows into the upper Altmühl from the right and west-northwest at Leutershausen .

geography

course

The Hagenbach arises on the Frankenhöhe close to the hamlet Speierhof in the municipality of Gebsattel , whose eponymous capital lies beyond the nearby European main watershed between the Danube and the Rhine. The most distant and at the same time the highest but unstable source of the stream called Speierhofgraben in the wide bay around the Speierhof between the wooded mountains Spitaleck in the northeast and Kohlplatte in the southwest rises around 600 meters southwest of the hamlet at about 485 m above sea level. NHN on a Hangwaldeck. From here the brook runs northeast towards the hamlet and unites in the middle of the bay at a little below 475 m above sea level. NHN with a shorter source ditch from the west-northwest. After that, the stream begins its very directional course to the east-south-east until it flows into the Altmühl as the Hagenbach .

Not quite halfway between the Speierhof and the village of Schönbronn von Buch am Wald , the stream crosses the municipal boundary , passes the two road lakes on the right on the slope and is then crossed by the St 2249. From here on it is now called the frog brook . After entering the Schönbronn soft patch, the first inflow of almost a kilometer in length comes from the right; here a short left branch feeds the central village pond. Below the village, he passes the building of the solitude of the Froschmühle, which is on the right at a branched mill ditch . A little after that, the road from Gastenfelden to Morlitzzüge crosses it , after which the almost five-kilometer-long Hirtenbachl flows from a bay in the northwest around Geslau - Ober- und Geslau , after length (3.8 km) like the catchment area on the left, about the same as the Hagenbach Upper course in the stream system.

After that, the little frog brook is sometimes called the Leimbach . This soon takes the Deutschbach from the Buch forest from the left and flows past the Bucher Leimbachsmühle on the left bank . A little further down in Hagenau , its most catchment-rich and almost five-kilometer-long tributary, the Gastenfelder Bach flows from the west, which, south of the eponymous Gastenfelden, with its right tributaries has cleared a large erosion bay reaching as far as Schillingsfürst - Stilzendorf , which has given it a sub-catchment area that comes close to the Leimbach.

With the confluence of the Leimbach and Gastenfelder Bach , the Hagenbach , which is just under eight kilometers long on its name segment , is created, to which only one important brook, namely the Berbersbach, flows . Its sources lie on the northern edge of the Buch forest and on its overall south-eastern course it crosses the municipal seat of Buch am Wald and then flows less than a kilometer east-southeast of Hagenau near the hamlet of Berbersbach . Close to the south-southwest edge of the left Weidlach high forest , the Hagenbach now crosses the hamlet of Clonsbach , which already belongs to Leutershausen , then branches off a long left mill ditch, passes the hamlet of Lenzersdorf at the right foot of the slope and then takes up the tributary again at the Untreumühle . It then flows between the associated parish village of Jochsberg above and the town of Leutershausen, which is closer below, from the right and into the east-south-eastern course at just under 425 m above sea level. NHN in the upper Altmühl .

Catchment area

The Hagenbach has a catchment area of less than 35 km². It is roughly in the shape of a not quite isosceles wedge that ends 11 km from the Kohlplatte above the Speiergraben spring east-southeast to the confluence with the Altmühl , and is about 7 km wide at the western base. On the left, north-eastern watershed, from Frankenhöhe-Trauf on Wildenhofer Ranken to the south-east to the area around Buch am Wald, the catchment area of the large upward Altmühl tributary, Kreuthbach, adjoins, after which the drainage area of smaller tributaries to this pushes itself up to the confluence with the Altmühl . The catchment area of the again quite large Erlbacher Mühlbach , which runs in the same direction as Kreuthbach and Hagenbach itself to the Altmühl, soon lies on the southern watershed . At the southwest corner of the catchment area arise just beyond the here with over 540 m above sea level. NHN, the watershed reaching the maximum height in the area, whose large tributary Sulzach and in Schillingsfürst the Wörnitz .

The western watershed is also the main European watershed between Altmühl / Danube on this side and Tauber / Main / Rhine on the other side. On the larger part of the stretch from Schillingsfürst in the south to the Kohlplatte mentioned at the source, on the other side, the Wohnbach competes with its tributaries. The sheath is barely noticeable here due to the Rhenish water taps advancing in the old Danubian valleys. On the remainder of the stretch to the northwest corner of the catchment area, the downward Tauber tributary Kirnberger Mühlbach collects its tributaries. Here the terrain slopes mostly steeply to the west.

In terms of nature, the catchment area belongs entirely to the Frankenhöhe (main unit 114). The largest sub-room in it is the so-called Gastenfelden Basin (114.12) , which is defined by the flat corridor landscape . It is divided into a sub-basin around the upper reaches of the Hagenbach Froschbächlein with Speierhofgraben and Hirtenbachl in the north-west on the one hand and another around the Gastenfelder Bach with its tributaries Rothbach and Traisdorf Bach in the west-south-west, which then converge to the east near Hagenau and like the draining brooks narrow so far up to the mouth of the Berbersbach near the hamlet of the same name that the still following narrow middle and lower Hagenbach valley is counted as one of the adjacent sub-areas. These are determined by forests on the edge heights, which belong to the Rothenburger Hardt (114.10) in the west, to the Bucher Höhe (114.14) in the northwest and to the Sulzach edge heights (114.03) and an eastern branch of it and the basin very much ring closed. There are noticeable land bridges to the adjoining open landscapes in the northwest at Oberbreitenau and Unterbreitenau to the Colmberg Basin (114.13) around the Kreuthbach and the upper Altmühl itself, at the Schillingsfürster Schafhof to the Wettringer and Oestheimer Bucht (127.91) of the Hohenloher Ebene natural area in the west below the Keuperstufe (Main unit 127), next to it, of course, the corridor hose along the Hagenbach name run to the Altmühl in the east, which is included in the Bucher Höhe.

The greatest heights in the catchment area are all on the western watershed or close to it on the left and right. At the Südwesteck on the ridge that stretches eastward from Schillingsfürst, over 545 m above sea level. Reached NN , at times the Bronnenhaus source branch of the Stilzendorfer Bach rises almost at this height. The Kohlplatte southwest of Speierhof rises to over 520 m above sea level. NN , north of Oberbreitenau, the plateau rises above the Stiftsholz to 524 m above sea level. NN .

The municipality of Buch am Wald has by far the largest and most central part of the catchment area. In the south, southwest and west, another large part belongs to the Schillingsfürst, in the west a tiny one to Gebsattel, in the north a noticeable one to Geslau and the also noticeably large estuary from the middle course of the Hagenbach in the east to Leutershausen.

Inflow system

Hierarchical list of the tributaries and lakes, each from the source to the mouth, each indented under the receiving water. Water names, water lengths, lake areas and heights usually based on the BayernAtlas. Other sources for the information are noted.

Origin of the Hagenbach on the eastern edge of Buch am Wald - Hagenau at about 433 m above sea level. NHN from the confluence of the Leimbach and Gastenfelder Bach .

Leimbach , also called Froschbächlein , west-north-west, left and main upper reaches of the Hagenbach , on the name section approx. 2.9 km, on the main line from the source of the Speierhofgraben 6.8 km and 12.1 km². Arises at about 441 m above sea level. NHN about 0.7 km west-southwest of Buch am Wald - Morlitz winds from the confluence of the Froschbächlein and Hirtenbachl .

Froschbächlein , right and main upper reaches of the Leimbach , on the name section approx. 2.5 km, from the source of the Speierhofbach 3.8 km. and 4.1 km². From the crossing under the St 2249 , continue the previous Speierhofgraben a little after the municipality boundary of Gebsattel .

Speierhofgraben , upper reaches of the Froschbächlein , approx. 1.4 km. Arises at about 485 m above sea level. NHN on a Waldeck about 600 meters southwest of Speierhof on the municipality boundary from Gebsattel to Schillingsfürst .

Inflow in the direction of the valley axis, from the left and west to about 469 m above sea level. NHN in a small wood southwest of the Speierhof, approx. 0.2 km.

Inflow, from the right and southwest to over 467 m above sea level. NHN on the dirt road from Speierhof to the south, approx. 0.6 km. Arises at about 478 m above sea level. NHN on the edge of the forest slope to the Gründle .
Runs through two ponds at the edge of the forest, together approx. 0.5 ha.

Two ponds called Straßensee at about 465 m above sea level. NHN and about 462 m above sea level. NHN on the right at the edge of the forest immediately after crossing the municipal marker of Buch am Wald , approx. 0.8 hectares and approx. 1.5 hectares. Here the Speierhofgraben also crosses the St 2249 and becomes a little frog brook .

Inflow, from the right and southwest to about 458 m above sea level. NHN at the western end of the village of Schönbronn , approx. 0.9 km. Arises below 484 m above sea level. NHN am Lerchenholz .
Runs through below 478 m above sea level. NHN a pond at the exit of the forest, approx. 0.1 ha.

Village pond next to the run at about 457 m above sea level. NHN , approx. 0.4 ha. Irrigated and drained via a short left branch.

Several small ponds south on the right slope above the village in the Rothenburg-Schönbronn Golf Park.

After clearing ponds with a meandering contour down the village to about 449 m above sea level. NHN immediately afterwards exit to the right of the widened canal to the frog mill and its return.

Hirtenbachl , left upper reaches of the Leimbach 3.8 km and 4.9 km². Arises at about 477 m above sea level. NHN about 1.1 km northwest of Geslau - Oberbreitenau deep in a bay under the Wildenhofer tendrils . Runs south-east throughout. In the upper reaches to Oberbreitenau, the stream does not always carry water, as do some short ditches that run from the side on this stretch.

Inflow, from the right and west to about 456 m above sea level. NHN shortly before the first courtyard on the right of the hamlet of Unterbreitenau von Geslau, approx. 0.8 km. Arises at about 462 m above sea level. NHN between fields in the piece field south-southwest of Oberbreitenau and mainly accompanies a dirt road.

Inflow, from the left and north to almost 455 m above sea level. NHN at the western tip of the closed development of Unterbreitenaus, approx. 0.6 km. Arises at about 468 m above sea level. NHN between fields in the Höhenklingenfeld north of Unterbreitenau. From this point onwards, the Hirtenbachl, previously a fairly straight ditch with only sporadic bushes or trees, begins a gentle meander run.

Opposite the mouth of the previous one there is a fire water pond , approx. 0.1 km.

Inflow, from the right and finally south to about 454 m above sea level. NHN opposite the closed development of Unterbreitenaus, approx. 1.3 km. Arises at about 469 m above sea level. NHN at the eastern tip of the Spitalholz forest, southwest of Unterbreitenau next to the district road AN 7. The aforementioned pond is located close to the upper corner of the mouth.

Inflow, from the left and northeast to about 452 m above sea level. NHN at the last building in Unterbreitenau, approx. 0.6 km. Arises at about 465 m above sea level. NHN at the foot of the hillside forest Ameisberg . About 200 meters below, a tree gallery begins to accompany the Hirtenbachl.

Lauterbach (?), From the right and northeast to about 446 m above sea level. NHN about 200 meters southwest of the hamlet of Morlitzhaben von Buch am Wald , about 1.0 km. Arises at about 474 m above sea level. NHN north-east of Moritzwinds in front of the north-western tip of the Buch forest and runs south-west through the Lauterbach field .

Drains five small ponds at about 462 m above sea level. NHN at the northern tip of Moritzwinds, two of them in a basin that tapers from the northwest, together approx. 0.3 ha.

Feeds and drains three ponds at about 454 m above sea level. NHN on the north-western outskirts of Moritzwind on both sides of the road from Geslau-Geslau , together approx. 0.4 ha.

Inflow, from the left and east in the hamlet immediately after the last of the previous ones, approx. 0.3 km. Arises on the eastern outskirts of Buchfeld on this side of a farm in a single location and runs through a small pond of less than 0.1 ha in the soft area. Verdolt in the village.

In the downward corner of the mouth of the Lauterbach there is a pond with a small island, about 0.6 ha.

Deutschbach , from the left and northeast to about 439 m above sea level. NHN about 700 meters west-northwest of the Leimbachsmühle, about 1.2 km. Arises in the middle of the Buch forest at about 476 m above sea level. NHN .

Runs through to heights of 450 m above sea level. NHN two ponds immediately before and after the emergence of the forest, together approx. 0.3 ha.

Auengraben, from the right less than 100 meters before the mouth, approx. 0.3 km. Is a continuous ditch from the Leimbach slightly above, which takes up small source inflows from the flat left slope. The flat meadow enclosed by it and the Leimbach stream drains a few steps before the Deutschbach estuary via another short ditch to the Leimbach itself.

Gastenfelder Bach , west-southwest and right upper reaches of the Hagenbach , 4.9 km and 12.2 km². Arises in the Effnerwald a little southeast of the Sengelhof at about 483 m above sea level. NHN .
- Shorter source branch, from the right to about 447 m above sea level. NHN at the edge of the forest north of the Gaishof , approx. 0.5 km. Arises at about 451 m above sea level. NHN west of the Gaishof in a wide valley that is shared with the Gründleinsgraben , which bends there and drains via Wohnbach and Tauber .

Berbersbach , from the left and north to about 431 m above sea level. NN near the hamlet of Berbersbach von Buch am Wald , approx. 2.6 km and approx. 3.0 km². Arises at about 474 m above sea level. NHN in the eastern edge of the Buch forest to the sand field , about 1100 meters west-northwest of the village center.

Pond at about 463 m above sea level. NHN right on the run at the entrance to Buch am Wald, under 0.1 hectares. In the village, the stream is then mostly turned over.
Inflow, from the right and west to below 459 m above sea level. NHN in Buch am Wald , approx. 0.9 km. Arises at the southwest tip of the sand field at about 472 m above sea level. NHN .
- Runs through below 465 m above sea level. NHN two ponds on the western edge of the village, together approx. 0.2 ha.
Pond near the mouth of the previous one a good 50 meters south-west of the church, under 0.1 ha. After that, up to the next mostly open course
Village pond between Hauptstrasse and Jochsberger Strasse with a small island, approx. 0.7 ha.
Pond at about 445 m above sea level. NHN in the Mühlwiesen in front of the Kleinmühle on the right side of the river, approx. 0.1 ha.
Two small clearing ponds and half a dozen ponds at around 440– 435 m above sea level. NHN ha of together approx 0.7.
Small pond at about 433 m above sea level. NHN to the left of the course at the Rufenmühle near Berbersbach, under 0.1 ha.

Inflow, from the right and south to over 430 m above sea level. NHN shortly after Berbersbach, approx. 0.9 km. Arises below 460 m above sea level. NHN on the forest slope Pöbelholz opposite Berbersbach. Long dirt road ditch.

Inflow, from the left and north to about 429 m above sea level. NHN in the Clonsbacher meadows shortly after a Waldenge and already in the district of Leutershausen , approx. 0.3 km. Arises in a valley bay in Weidlachholz at about 431 m above sea level. NHN .

Inflow, from the right just before Clonsbach , approx. 1.0 km. Arises at about 450 m above sea level. NHN at the southwest corner of Feldgewann Mittelfeld to the hillside forest Kugelholz (or Kudelholz ?) Southwest of Clonsbach and runs mostly as a dirt road ditch. From here to the following exit, the Hagenbach, which is rich in meanders before and after, runs in a straight ditch.

Exit of the Mühlkanal to Untreumühle , to the left shortly after Clonsbach.

Inflow, from the right and from the southwest into the Hagenbach itself, about 200 meters down the valley from the canal outlet, about 1.1 km. Arises at the eastern tip of the Kugelholzes at the right foot of the slope southeast of Clonsbach at about 448 m above sea level. NHN and after a short contact with the settlement edge of Clonsbach it runs as a floodplain next to the Hagenbach.

Graben, from the right and south immediately afterwards from the edge of the hillside forest island Tränkenloh , approx. 0.3 km.

Inflow, from the right and south near Lenzersdorf , approx. 1.4 km. Arises at about 472 m above sea level. NHN at the upper edge of the forested Schollenbergfeld south of Lenzersdorf and runs through the village. Along the way to the hamlet.

Runs through at about 434 m above sea level. NHN the Lenzersdorfer fire-fighting pond on the southern edge of the hamlet, approx. 0.1 ha.

Return of the Mühlkanal to Untreumühle, from the left to below 426 m above sea level. NHN at this, about 1.8 km.

About 400 meters west-northwest of the mouth of the Hagenbach, this comes up to about 425 m above sea level. NHN with a noose on a road, beyond which a flood ditch begins and runs at about 200 meters in a sharply shortened, straight northeast run to the Altmühl.

Two remains of the oxbow river a few steps before the mouth on the right.

Mouth of the Hagenbach at about 425 m above sea level. NHN between Leutershausen- Jochsberg and Leutershausen itself from the right and west-northwest into the upper Altmühl . The creek is 7.8 km long on its name section, 14.6 km on its entire main strand from the source of the Speierhofgraben and has a catchment area of 34.7 km² behind it.

Localities

on the main strand with their affiliations. Only the names of the lowest nesting level denote neighboring settlements.

Ansbach district

Main line section Speierhofgraben:

community Gebsattel

Speierhof (hamlet, a little distance to the left)

Main strand section frog brooks:

Commune Buch am Wald

Schönbronn (village)
Frog Mill (wasteland, right)

Main line section Leimbach / Froschbächlein:

Leimbachsmühle (wasteland, left)
Hagenau (Kirchdorf, mostly on the right)

Main line section Hagenbach:

Berbersbach (hamlet, left)

City of Leutershausen

Clonsbach (hamlet, mostly on the right)
Lenzersdorf (hamlet, at a distance at the right foot of the slope)
Infidelity Mill (wasteland, left)
Jochsberg (parish village, southern edge on the slope above the Untreumühle)

geology

The Hagenbach and its tributaries run entirely in the Mittelkeuper because of their low gradient and because the main stream only includes a small angle to the natural stratification . The higher sources are in the sandstone keuper, the lower ones in the gypsum keuper ( grave field formation ), in which the stream also flows. In the area of the flat convergence of the estuary east of Gastenfelden, where the Traisdorfer Bach , Gastenfelder Bach and Froschbächlein / Leimbach converge one after the other, there is a wedge of loess sediment , which then extends narrowly along the Hagenbach to around Clonsbach. Above all, the two southern of the three large source brooks just mentioned run early in floodplain sediment bands, one of which also accompanies the Hagenbach to its mouth.

Between the Speierhofgraben / Froschbächlein / Leimbach in the north and the Gastenfelder Bach in the south, there is a 3 km-long documented disturbance that begins a little west of the main spring and ends about south of the Frosch Mill.

Individual evidence

BayernAtlas ("BA")

Official online waterway map with a suitable section and the layers used here: Course and catchment area of the Hagenbach
General introduction without default settings and layers: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )

↑ ^a ^b ^c Height requested on the background layer Official map (right click).

↑ Water names after the BayernAtlas. In the case of deviating labeling on different scales, a plausible delimitation was made, where possible with the aid of the lengths of name segments recorded in the relevant sub-directory of creek and river areas in Bavaria of the State Office for the Environment.

↑ With unfortunately inaccurate section labeling. For the name sections, please enlarge to zoom level 13 (location map resolution).

↑ Length measured on the official map background layer .

↑ The area of the lake measured on the official map background layer .

↑ Name derived from the profit name on the Bavaria Atlas.

↑ Geology according to the layer geological map 1: 500,000 .

Water directory Bavaria ("GV")

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Length according to: List of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Lech to Naab river area, page 95 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.9 MB) (number of pages may change)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f catchment area according to: Directory of the brook and river areas in Bavaria - Lech to Naab river area, page 95 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.9 MB) (number of pages may change)

Others

↑ Wolf-Dieter Sick : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 162 Rothenburg o. D. Deaf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. → Online map (PDF; 4.7 MB)
^ Franz Tichy : Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 163 Nuremberg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1973. → Online map (PDF; 4.0 MB)

literature

Area map UK50-17 Frankenhöhe Nature Park of the former State Office for Surveying and Geoinformation Bavaria (LVG)

Web links

River system of the Hagenbach on: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
With unfortunately inaccurate section labeling. Enlarge to zoom level 13 for the name sections (location map resolution).

[Abgefragt-Höhe-1] Height requested on the background layer Official map (right click).

[Namen-6] Water names after the BayernAtlas. In the case of deviating labeling on different scales, a plausible delimitation was made, where possible with the aid of the lengths of name segments recorded in the relevant sub-directory of creek and river areas in Bavaria of the State Office for the Environment.

[CaveNamenAufKarte-7] With unfortunately inaccurate section labeling. For the name sections, please enlarge to zoom level 13 (location map resolution).

[GV13-Länge-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Length according to: List of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Lech to Naab river area, page 95 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.9 MB) (number of pages may change)

[GV13-EZG-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f catchment area according to: Directory of the brook and river areas in Bavaria - Lech to Naab river area, page 95 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.9 MB) (number of pages may change)

[BfL-162-4] Wolf-Dieter Sick : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 162 Rothenburg o. D. Deaf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. → Online map (PDF; 4.7 MB)

[BfL-163-5] Franz Tichy : Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 163 Nuremberg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1973. → Online map (PDF; 4.0 MB)