Kainach (Wiesent)

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Kainach
left main line upper course: Schwalbach
Kainach in the Hollfeld swimming pool

Kainach in the Hollfeld swimming pool

Data
Water code DE : 242612
location Franconian Alb

Bavaria

River system Rhine
Drain over Wiesent  → Regnitz  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
origin Confluence of the left Schwalbach and right Kaiserbach in Hollfeld- Kainach
49 ° 57 ′ 30 ″  N , 11 ° 17 ′ 20 ″  E
Source height approx.  395  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in Hollfeld next to the river bridge on Forchheimer Straße from the left and north into the upper Wiesent Coordinates: 49 ° 56 '8 "  N , 11 ° 17' 25"  E 49 ° 56 '8 "  N , 11 ° 17' 25"  E
Mouth height approx.  379  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 16 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.2 ‰
length 13 km  with Schwalbach
approx. 4 km only name run
Catchment area 60.47 km²

The Kainach is a 4 km long stream in the Bayreuth district in Bavaria , which flows into the upper Wiesent from the left and north in the town of Hollfeld . Together with its Schwalbach upper course up to its origin in the Kainach district , it reaches a length of about 13 km.

course

The Kainach arises from the confluence of the left, Schwalbach coming from the north-northeast and the shorter Kaiserbach in Kainach, approaching from the north-northwest . Their upper valleys, especially that of the Kaiserbach, lead to water far below. From Kainach on, the Kainach moves in a winding meander in its Kerbsohlental, which is lined with forest on the slopes, southwards, without taking in any larger tributaries. In the center of Hollfeld it turns for just a short lower section to the southwest and then flows into the upper Wiesent next to the bridge of Forchheimer Straße (St 2189) about 4.0 km below its confluence from the left .

Along with the Schwalbach is the Kainach about 13.0 km long, at least if one of these their highest source at junction Schirradorf the A 80 expects to; on the first one and a half kilometers next to the autobahn route through the Fuchsteichtal, a side valley of the much longer dry valley from Heidelknock in the north, up to a little before Wonsees- Schirradorf, this often does not have any water.

Catchment area

The 60.5 km² catchment area of ​​the Kainach is located in Franconian Switzerland in the northern Franconian Jura . It borders in the north-west on that of the Weismain , in the north-east on that of the Friesenbach ; in the southeast the Erbach, which flows into the Lochau , as well as this itself drain the area beyond the watershed to the Wiesent below, in the southwest the Wiesent, which flows very close to the Kainach and absorbs it. The highest elevation Heidelknock ( 537  m above sea level ) is on the northern tip at Kasendorf -Zultendorf in the neighboring district of Kulmbach , which includes a large part of the upper catchment area.

The catchment area is characterized by the heavily karstified Upper Jurassic limestone underground and therefore shows long, completely waterless upper valleys; Shortly before Hollfeld is the geotope Käthelesteinhöhle , a half-cave with a rock gate . The valley of the Kainach itself and that of its main upper course, the Schwalbach, are located in the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park and mostly in the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest nature reserve.

places

The Kainach flows through the following places:

See also

Individual evidence

BayernAtlas ("BA")

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

  1. ↑ a b c Height requested on the background layer Official map (right click).
  2. ↑ Length measured on the official map background layer .
  3. ↑ Geology according to the layer geological map 1: 500,000 .

Water directory Bavaria ("GV")

  1. ↑ Length according to: Directory of stream and river areas in Bavaria - Main river area, page 53 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 3.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Catchment area according to: Directory of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Main river area, page 53 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 3.3 MB)

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