Rechtenbach (Main)

	Rechtenbach; (lower course: Kaibach )
	The Rechtenbach northeast of the Upper Fulling Mill before Lohr a. M.
	Data
Water code	DE : 24532
location	Spessart Bavaria Lower Franconia Main-Spessart district ; ;
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Main → Rhine → North Sea
source	in Rechtenbach ; 49 ° 59 ′ 1 ″ N , 9 ° 30 ′ 14 ″ E
Source height	346 m above sea level NHN
muzzle	in Lohr am Main in the Main Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 29 ″ N , 9 ° 34 ′ 49 ″ E 49 ° 59 ′ 29 ″ N , 9 ° 34 ′ 49 ″ E;
Mouth height	147 m above sea level NHN
Height difference	199 m
Bottom slope	24 ‰
length	8.2 km
Catchment area	25 km²
Left tributaries	Kitchen ditch
Right tributaries	Bischbornbach , Hemmgraben , Dunkelgraben
	The Rechtenbach (Kaibach) flows into the Main

The Rechtenbach or Kaibach is a creek a good eight kilometers long in the Bavarian Spessart , which flows into the Main from the right and west in Lohr am Main in the Lower Franconian district of Main-Spessart .

Surname

The name is made up of the adjective rëht for right and the substantive, mhd. Basic word bach for Bach. Rechtenbach means right Main tributary. The stream gave its name to the community of the same name.

geography

course

The Rechtenbach rises in Rechtenbach at an altitude of 346 m above sea level. NHN in an enclosed well room . There it is fed underground by the Bischbornbach, which only flows on rainy days .

The Rechtenbach flows through the village and then runs for a longer part in a large south curve in a Kerbtal to Lohr am Main , with the Bundesstraße 26 accompanying it on the left . In Lohr, the Rechtenbach flows eastwards again and splits into Kaibach and Stadtbach just before the western bypass . The latter is guided through the old town . Both streams reunite on Gärtnerstrasse.

The Kaibach finally flows into the sport boat harbor at an altitude of 147 m above sea level. NHN from the right into the Main approaching from the northeast .

The 8.2 km long course of the Rechtenbach ends about 199 meters below its source, so it has an average bed gradient of about 24 ‰.

Catchment area

The 25.25 km² catchment area of the Rechtenbach lies in the Spessart and is drained through it via the Main and the Rhine to the North Sea.

It borders

in the northeast to the catchment area of the Lohr , which flows into the Main

in the southeast to that of the sand ditch , which also flows into the Main

in the south to that of the Neuhöllbrunnbach tributary of the Main

in the southwest to the Hafenlohr , also a tributary of the Main

in the northwest to that of the Outer Bach , which drains over the Lohrbach into the Aubach

and in the north to that of the Aubach itself, which flows into the Lohr

The highest point is the monastery dome at 553 m above sea level. NHN in the south of the catchment area.

The catchment area is largely forested and the town of Lohr is located in the estuary. Other settlements are the lying in the source area village Rechtenbach and the Bisch Born Bach to the community Neuhütten belonging exclave Bischbornerhof .

Tributaries

According to the Bayernviewer, lengths measured, heights estimated according to contour lines.

Bischbornbach , more than 3 km. Rises at the Bischborner Hof in the Neuhüttener community exclave near a small pond at about 452 m above sea level. NHN . Longest upper course of the Rechtenbach in its subsequent valley line.

Küchengraben , from the left about 0.3 km after the mill at the end of Rechtenbach at about 297 m above sea level. NHN , 2.0 km. Rises on the western Rothenberg at about 440 m above sea level. NHN .

Hemmgraben , from the right about 0.7 km after the end of the village to about 287 m above sea level. NHN , 1.1 km. Rises south of the Hemmberg from the Lower Molkebrunnen at about 347 m above sea level. NHN .

Valleyless slope channel from the Upper Molkebrunnen ( Philipp-Wiesmann-Quelle ), from the left to about 273 m above sea level. NHN , 0.7 km. Arises in the Waldgewann Wombacher Buch at about 440 m above sea level. NHN .

Dunkelgraben , from the right at the waterworks on the south arch of the Rechtenbach to about 251 m above sea level. NHN , 1.1 km. In the Rodenbacher Buch, it rises from the Nützenbrunnen at around 415 m above sea level. NHN .

Mills

There are some old mills on the Rechtenbach. The uppermost Hartmanns mill is still on the outskirts of Rechtenbach. Only on the lower reaches from the south bend of the creek are the upper fulling mill , a paper mill , the lower fulling mill , the lower and the upper paper mill and the Lohmühle , the latter three already in the closed settlement area of Lohr.

Web links

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

Course and catchment area of the Rechtenbach on the UmweltAtlas - basic data on flowing waters Bavarian State Office for the Environment ( information )

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
^ 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. 183–184 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Map from Google Maps
↑ At Main-km 198.
↑ Time travel
↑ Position sheets

[DE-BY_BV-1] BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )

[LfO-2] 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. 183–184 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[3] Map from Google Maps

[4] At Main-km 198.

[5] Time travel

[6] Position sheets