Krebsbach (Elsava)

	Krebsbach
	The Krebsbach at Mespelbrunn Castle
	Data
location	Spessart Bavaria Lower Franconia Aschaffenburg district ; ;
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Elsava → Main → Rhine → North Sea
source	at Mespelbrunn Castle ; 49 ° 54 ′ 17 ″ N , 9 ° 18 ′ 38 ″ E
Source height	280 m above sea level NHN
muzzle	in Mespelbrunn in Elsava Coordinates: 49 ° 54 ′ 17 " N , 9 ° 17 ′ 48" E 49 ° 54 ′ 17 " N , 9 ° 17 ′ 48" E;
Mouth height	249 m above sea level NHN
Height difference	31 m
Bottom slope	31 ‰
length	1 km
Catchment area	4.7 km²

The Krebsbach is a left tributary of the Elsava in the district of Aschaffenburg in the Bavarian Spessart .

geography

course

The Krebsbach rises in Espelborn about 300 m east of Mespelbrunn Castle at the foot of the Eselshöhe ridge . The spring gave the moated castle and later the place its name. The Krebsbach flows in a westerly direction and feeds several ponds at the castle. In Mespelbrunn it crosses under the state road 2308 and flows into the Elsava from the left.

Elsava river system

List of rivers in the Elsava river system

Web links

Commons : Krebsbach (Elsava) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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. 147 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

The Krebsbach (pipe at the back on the right) flows into the Elsava

[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. 147 ( limited preview in Google Book search).