Kempt

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Kempt
Luppmen, Chämt
The Kempt in Kemptthal

The Kempt in Kemptthal

Data
Water code CH : 602
location Switzerland
Canton Zurich
Hinwil district
Pfäffikon district
Winterthur district
River system Rhine
Drain over Töss  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in Grabenriet in the municipality of Bäretswil
47 ° 20 ′ 55 ″  N , 8 ° 50 ′ 47 ″  E
Source height 821  m above sea level M.
muzzle near the riding arena in the Töss coordinates: 47 ° 28 ′ 21 ″  N , 8 ° 42 ′ 24 ″  E ; CH1903:  695 598  /  258 756 47 ° 28 '21 "  N , 8 ° 42' 24"  O
Mouth height 441  m above sea level M.
Height difference 380 m
Bottom slope 17 ‰
length 22.5 km
Catchment area 62.51 km²
Discharge at the gauge in front of Töss
A Eo : 62.5 km².
Location: 170 m above the mouth 		MQ
Mq
 		1.3 m³ / s
20.8 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries Huenerbach
Reservoirs flowed through Luppmenweiher , Tobelweiher , ( Kemptweiher )

The Kempt is a left tributary of the Töss . Along with the Eulach , it is one of the largest tributaries of the Töss.

Surname

Kempten ZH , a district of Wetzikon , is named after the Kempt, but is not traversed by it; it rises about one and a half kilometers away. The ancient, Gallo-Roman name of Kempten is Cambodunum after a Celtic or at best pre-Celtic water name Kambā , "the crooked" .

The Kempt should not be confused with the Chämtnerbach named after Kempten , the largest tributary of the Pfäffikersee .

course

Waterfall on the upper reaches near Pfäffikon

The river rises in its furthest arm north of Bäretswil in the Grabenriet wetland on the western slope of the Höchi . This arm is called a luppmen . As such, it flows through the village of Hittnau, merging with other streams coming from the Stoffel , and then runs north of Pfäffikon ZH past to Fehraltorf . From there, the Kempt continues northwest to Illnau and crosses the village to continue flowing towards Kemptthal . The Kempt flows north through the narrow Kempttal and flows into the Töss at the foot of the Eschenberg in Winterthur's municipality after around 20 kilometers.

Water quality

Around 1977-79 the water of the Kempt still had too high levels of ammonium , nitrite , phosphate , total phosphorus , BOD5 and DOC . This improved, however, so that today (2012/13) almost all values ​​are good or sufficient for nitrate.

Varia

In 1861 Michael Maggi bought the hammer mill in Kemptthal. His son Julius Maggi founded the Maggi factory there in 1869 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b individual records of the geographic information system of the canton of Zurich
  2. ↑ Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  3. ↑ Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Kempt before Töss. (PDF) Position 903: monthly samples. In: Office for Waste, Water, Energy and Air, Department of Water Protection. Retrieved December 20, 2015 .
  5. ^ Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, Volume 16, Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Walter de Gruyter, 2000, pages 424-429 .
  6. ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 2: Emmenholz - Kraialppass . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1904, p. 734, keyword Kempt or Kemptbach   ( scan of the lexicon page ).