Kürnach (Pleichach)

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Kürnach
The Kürnach shortly before the semolina mill to Kürnach (2016)

The Kürnach shortly before the semolina mill to Kürnach (2016)

Data
Water code DE : 24364
location Main Franconian plates
  • Downhill area in the southern Main Triangle
  • Würzburg northern main side valleys
  • Würzburg basin

Bavaria

River system Rhine
Drain over Pleichach  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Rankenholz forest east of the village of Kürnach
49 ° 50 ′ 48 ″  N , 10 ° 4 ′ 7 ″  E
Source height approx.  269  m above sea level NHN
muzzle In Würzburg from the left into the Pleichach coordinates: 49 ° 48 '0 "  N , 9 ° 57' 35"  E 49 ° 48 '0 "  N , 9 ° 57' 35"  E
Mouth height approx.  186  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 83 m
Bottom slope approx. 7.2 ‰
length 11.6 km
Catchment area 32.1 km²

The Kürnach is a stream less than 12 km long in the Bavarian district and the city of Würzburg . It is a left tributary of the Pleichach .

Surname

Information board for the Kürnach

The Kürnach was first mentioned in a document in 779 and was called Quirnaha in Old High German . Quirn means something like mill and aha means water. The brook was mentioned as Mühlbach.

geography

course

The Kürnach rises from the Schwarzen Brunn , which lies east of the village of Kürnach in the northern part of the Rankenholz forest . It flows roughly southwest. It crosses Kürnach and Estenfeld , then changes from the district to the independent city of Würzburg and runs from the Lengfeld district in the closed urban settlement area. At the foot of the B 19 leading northeast to Unterpleichfeld on the plateau , it joins the lowest Pleichach from the left after a total of 11.6 km.

Tributaries

  • Höllberggraben, from the left and east in Estenfeld
  • Nägeleinsbach, from the left and east to Estenfeld
  • Riedbach, from the left and east at the beginning of Lengfeld

Mills

  • Obere Mühle, near Kürnach
  • Herrenmühle (middle) near Kürnach
  • Grießmühle (lower), west of Kürnach
  • White Mill (formerly Weismühle or Weissmühle ), south of Estenfeld
  • Riedmühle, near Lengfeld
  • Wood mill in Lengfeld
  • Rosenmühle, in Lengfeld
  • Schlinglersmühle
  • The three mills of Kürnach

  • Sign board

  • Lower mill - "semolina mill"

  • Middle mill - "Herrenmühle"

freetime and recreation

The 24-kilometer two-brook bike tour - characterized by two fish on one bike - leads over paved and signposted paths along the Kürnach and Pleichach brooks.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
  2. ↑ a b Directory of stream and river areas in Bavaria - Main river area, page 83 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 3.3 MB)
  3. ↑ University of Würzburg: Thomas Memminger: Würzburgs streets and buildings. 2nd edition, Gebrüder Memminger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Würzburg 1921, p. 36
  4. ↑ Unterpleichfeld.de: Bach circuit between Kürnach and Pleichach . Online at www.unterpleichfeld.de. Retrieved March 3, 2016.

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