Kesselbach (Zwiefalter Aach)

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Kesselbach
Kessel-Aach
The Kessel-Aach between the source and the mouth

The Kessel-Aach between the source and the mouth

Data
Water code DE : 113384
location Germany , Baden-Wuerttemberg
River system Danube
Drain over Zwiefalter Aach  → Danube  → Black Sea
source Kesselquelle in Zwiefalten
48 ° 13 ′ 47 ″  N , 9 ° 27 ′ 16 ″  E
Source height approx.  539  m above sea level NN
Spring discharge MNQ
MQ
MHQ
 350 l / s
700 l / s
1.57 m³ / s
muzzle at Zwiefalten Monastery in Zwiefalter Aach Coordinates: 48 ° 13 '53 "  N , 9 ° 27' 38"  E 48 ° 13 '53 "  N , 9 ° 27' 38"  E
Mouth height approx.  535  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 4 m
Bottom slope approx. 6.9 ‰
length 580 m
Catchment area 120.7 km²
The confluence of the Kessel-Ach (left) and the Zwiefalter Aach (right)

The confluence of the Kessel-Ach (left) and the Zwiefalter Aach (right)

The Kesselbach or the Kessel-Aach is an approximately 600 m long right tributary of the Zwiefalter Aach in Zwiefalten in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Boiler source

The boiler source

The Kesselquelle, sometimes just called the Kessel , is located on the western outskirts of Zwiefalten in the lower Tobeltal. It is a karst spring with a bluish shimmering spring pot that pours an average of 700 l / s (minimum 350 l / s and maximum 1,570 l / s). Part of the spring water is fed into the Alb water supply . The 22 meter wide and four meter deep spring pot is under nature protection and is completely fenced . The water that once flowed through the Tobeltal cave a little over half a kilometer further up in the Tobeltal has paved a new path to the Kesselquelle over the millennia.

course

Less than 50 meters below its source, the Kesselbach takes in the Tobelbach, together with its upper course Flözenbach , 4.6 km long, which first runs north, later northeast and sometimes falls dry in summer. The Kesselbach itself first flows to the northeast, then bends towards the east-southeast and flows into the Zwiefalter Aach opposite the Zwiefalten monastery .

On the other hand, Zwiefalter Aach and Kessel-Aach merged into Aach on old maps . Even today, a sign at the confluence indicates how the place name Zwiefalten came from:

Confluence of the twofold Aach = Zwiefaltach = Zwiefalten

Tributaries

  • Tobelbach (left, dry at times) , 4.6 km

See also

Web links

Commons : Kessel-Aach  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )
  2. ↑ State Office for Geology at the Freiburg Regional Council