Kressbach (Jagst, Rindelbach)

	Kressbach; in old orthography : Kreßbach
	Mouth of the Kressbach (from behind) into the Jagst (from right to left)
	Data
Water code	DE : 2388136
location	Eastern Alb foreland Pfahlheim-Rattstädter Liasplatten; Swabian-Franconian forest mountains Ellwanger Mountains; Baden-Württemberg Ostalbkreis City of Ellwangen ; ;
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Jagst → Neckar → Rhine → North Sea
source	about half a kilometer north of Ellwangen- Eigenzell ; 48 ° 59 ′ 46 ″ N , 10 ° 10 ′ 30 ″ E
Source height	approx. 526 m above sea level NHN
muzzle	in Ellwangen- Rindelbach from the right and east into the upper Jagst coordinates: 48 ° 59 '2 " N , 10 ° 7' 34" E 48 ° 59 '2 " N , 10 ° 7' 34" E;
Mouth height	below 425 m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 101 m
Bottom slope	approx. 18 ‰
length	5.6 km
Catchment area	8.224 km²
Flowing lakes	Kreßbachsee

The Kressbach - in old orthography: Kreßbach - is a 5½ km long stream in northeastern Baden-Württemberg , which flows into the upper Jagst from the right and finally east in the Rindelbach district of Ellwangen in the Ostalbkreis . Its lower course feeds and drains the Kreßbachsee . It should not be confused with the Jagst tributary of the same name, except for the spelling, Kreßbach am Unterlauf near Neudenau .

geography

course

The Kressbach rises north of Ellwangen-Eigenzell on the upper slope of the plateau in a meadow of a spring at about 526 m above sea level. NHN , under which it enters the forest immediately to the north, and then after about 400 meters of running downhill to reach its upper valley channel running to the west. In this it usually flows between the forest on the left bank and the open corridor around Stocken on the right, passing this hamlet and then turning south. Now the corridor narrows to a narrow floodplain, in which the road from Eigenzell via Stocken to Rotkreuz, which previously ran on the right hill, comes close to the bank. Shortly before the hamlet of Holbach, the corridor widens again and the stream continues west between the individual farms of the settlement, the road leaves the valley here. After that, the Kressbach soon flows through the 6.6 hectare Kreßbachsee, a retention basin with an open-air swimming pool in summer, on whose banks there is again forest. After exiting again under the dam, it has reached the right valley floor of the Jagst , it still flows between the southernmost houses in the village of Rindelbach and then flows into the sports field in the Aue at about 425 m above sea level. NHN from the right and east into the upper Jagst, which flows northwards here.

The Kressbach flows after a 5.6 km long run with an average bed gradient of approx. 18 ‰ about 101 meters below its source.

Catchment area

The Kressbach has a catchment area of 8.2 km², located entirely in the urban area of Ellwangen , which has roughly the shape of an east-west parallelogram with one acute corner at the mouth in the southwest and the other in the north-east in the forest on a northern branch of the plateau a little north of the Eigenzeller sports field, where the 555 m above sea level. NHN is the highest point in the catchment area.

From a natural point of view, the headwaters and the upper left eaves are in the lower Pfahlheim-Rattstädter Liasplatten of the Eastern Alb foreland , the rest of the area in the lower Ellwanger Mountains of the Swabian-Franconian Forest Mountains .

The course of the Kressbach lies entirely in the upper Mittelkeuper . Its source and the high-onset left inflows are in Knoll marl ( Trossingen lineup ), on which up to the watershed on the high surface to own cell, Rattstadt and the spur of the Schoenberg still a narrow strip erosion resistant layers of black Jura lies, in places by Lösssediment from quaternary deposit covered. Beyond the valley, at the height of the Eberhardsrods above the Keuper Islands, Goldshöfer Sands lie . Everywhere else except in the narrow floodplain loam around Kressbach and Jagst is the Stubensandstein ( Löwenstein formation ) of the Mittelkeuper.

Most of the catchment area is forested. The left slope eaves, the clearing island around Stocken in the north, the lower clearing island around Holbach and Rotkreuz and the triangle at Rindelbach are open.

Beyond the northern watershed, the Fischbach drains west to the downward Jagst at Jagstzell -Schweighausen, beyond the east the Röhlinger Sechta south to the upward at Rainau - Schwabsberg . Nowhere does the western watershed even reach 500 m above sea level. NHN , the northern one rises too quickly towards the northeast tip of the catchment area from below 500 m above sea level. NHN at over 550 m above sea level. NHN , the eastern falls on the flat Black Jurassic plateau around Eigenzell slowly to the south to about 525 m above sea level. NHN from.

Tributaries and lakes

List of tributaries and lakes from source to mouth. Length of water, lake area, catchment area and altitude according to the corresponding layers on the LUBW online map. Other sources for the information are noted.

Source of the Kressbach at about 526 m above sea level. NHN in a hillside meadow about 0.3 km north of the outskirts of Ellwangen - Eigenzell a little above the tree line. The brook runs for about the first 400 meters down the slope to the northwest and then swings to the west in its found valley channel.

(Bach from the Hüllenklinge ), from the left and east to below 460 m above sea level. NHN immediately before the first stream crossing of the K 3227 from Ellwangen- Stocken to Ellwangen- Rotkreuz , 1.1 km and approx. 0.5 km². Rises at about 515 m above sea level. NHN north-west of Eigenzell in the upper Mühlberg forest .
Here the Kressbach already flows southwest.
Forstbach , from the right and northwest to over 455 m above sea level. NHN immediately after the mentioned stream crossing, 0.8 km and approx. 0.4 km². Arises at about 479 m above sea level. NHN near a forest path star in the north of the Bernhardsrod forest .
Hirschbach , from the left and finally east to below 445 m above sea level. NHN at the valley widening in front of the hamlet Ellwangen- Holbach , 1.8 km and approx. 2.2 km². Rises at about 510 m above sea level. NHN west of Eigenzell in a hillside forest island and initially runs southwards.
- Kreuzbach , from the left and southeast to about 455 m above sea level. NHN shortly after the west bend of the Kreuzbach and shortly before its entry into the forest, 0.7 km and about 0.4 km². Rises at about 505 m above sea level. NHN in the southwest of Eigenzell in the upper slope forest.
- (Stream from the Gfall forest ), from the left and south to about 450 m above sea level. NHN at the entrance to the Roschholz , 1.0 km and approx. 0.5 km². Arises at about 495 m above sea level. NHN in the Erbertswiesen forest north-east of Ellwangen- Schönenberg .
- Grenzbach , from the right and east-northeast below 445 m above sea level. NHN at a water house just before the Hirschbach estuary, 0.8 km and about 0.3 km². Arises at about 470 m above sea level. NHN at the edge of the forest.
Holbach , from the left and southeast to about 440 m above sea level. NHN between the individual farms of Holbach, 0.7 km and approx. 0.3 km². Arises at about 460 m above sea level. NHN at the southern end of the shooting range in Roschholz .
After that the Kressbach flows more and more westwards.
Flows through at about 435 m above sea level. NHN the Kreßbachsee north of the Rotkreuz residential area, 6.6 ha.
Rotkreuzbach , from the left and southeast into the Kreßbachsee, 0.8 km and approx. 0.5 km². Arises at about 465 m above sea level. NHN a little east of Rotkreuz under the Schönbergwald .
Flows through below 430 m above sea level. NHN a lake on the south-eastern outskirts of Ellwangen- Rindelbach , 0.3 ha.

Mouth of the Kressbach from the right and a total of about northeast to below 425 m above sea level. NHN near Ellwangen- Rindelbach in the upper Jagst . The Kressbach is 5.6 km long and has an 8.2 km² catchment area

Localities

Places on the run with their affiliations. Only the names of the lowest nesting level denote neighboring settlements.

Ostalbkreis
- City of Ellwangen
  - Rindelbach
    district
    
    Stocken (hamlet, right hollow slope)
    
    Holbach (hamlet, left hollow slope of everything)

Use of groundwater

A 132-hectare water protection area has been set up around Holbach, in which the Ries water supply association operates two of its fifteen deep wells that cut the sandstone of the Löwenstein formation . The bottom of this aquifer used is formed by sealing clay stones of the Upper Bunten Marl ( Mainhardt Formation ).

Individual evidence

LUBW

Official online waterway map with a suitable section and the layers used here: Course and catchment area of the Kressbach
General introduction without default settings and layers: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( notes )

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Height according to the contour line image on the background layer topographic map .

↑ ^a ^b Length according to the waterway network layer ( AWGN ) .

↑ ^a ^{b Catchment} area according to the basic catchment area layer (AWGN) .

↑ Lake area after the layer standing waters .

↑ Catchment area measured on the background layer topographic map .

↑ Length measured on the background layer topographic map .

Other evidence

↑ Hansjörg Dongus : Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 171 Göppingen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1961. → Online map (PDF; 4.3 MB)

↑ Geology according to the layers for Geological Map 1: 50,000 on: Map server of the State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining (LGRB) ( notes )
↑ See the water protection area layer on the Baden-Württemberg geoportal ( notes ).
↑ RiesWasserVersorgung website ( memento of the original from March 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the origin of their drinking water. @1@ 2

literature

Topographic map 1: 25,000 Baden-Württemberg, as single sheet No. 6926 Stimpfach, No. 6927 Dinkelsbühl, No. 7026 Ellwangen (Jagst) West and No. 7027 Ellwangen (Jagst) East

Web links

Map of the course and catchment area of the Kressbach on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )
Measuring table sheets in the Deutsche Fotothek :
- 6926 Jagstheim from 1936
- 7026 Ellwangen from 1935
- 7027 Zöbingen

[TK-HLB-Höhe-1] Height according to the contour line image on the background layer topographic map .

[BfL-171-4] Hansjörg Dongus : Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 171 Göppingen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1961. → Online map (PDF; 4.3 MB)