Lauterach (river)

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Lauterach
The Lauterach in the Hirschwald Nature Park

The Lauterach in the Hirschwald Nature Park

Data
Water code EN : 1488
location Upper Palatinate
River system Danube
Drain over Vils  → Naab  → Danube  → Black Sea
source in Lauterhofen
49 ° 22 ′ 7 ″  N , 11 ° 35 ′ 41 ″  E
Source height 480  m above sea level NN
muzzle at Schmidmühlen in the Vils coordinates: 49 ° 15 '54 "  N , 11 ° 55' 31"  E 49 ° 15 '54 "  N , 11 ° 55' 31"  E
Mouth height 352  m above sea level NN
Height difference 128 m
Bottom slope 4.2 ‰
length 30.4 km
Discharge at the Stettkirchen
A Eo gauge: 237.31 km²
Location: 10.95 km above the mouth
NNQ
MNQ 1958–2012
MQ 1958–2012
Mq 1958–2012
MHQ 1958–2012
HHQ (July 2, 1987)
640 l / s
1.58 m³ / s
2.83 m³ / s
11.9 l / (s km²)
12.9 m³ / s
38.5 m³ / s
Communities Lauterhofen , Kastl , Hohenburg , Schmidmühlen

The Lauterach is a right tributary of the Vils in the Upper Palatinate .

course

It rises in Lauterhofen in the Franconian Alb from two sources (Lauter and Ziegelbrunnen). The Lauterach flows further through the Upper Palatinate Jura and flows into the Vils at Schmidmühlen .

In the municipal area of ​​Kastl, Hohenburg and Schmidmühlen, the Lauterach valley runs along the northern border of the Hohenfels military training area , where it forms the natural border of the Hirschwald Nature Park .

Tributaries

  • Mühlhauser Bach (right)
  • Weihermühlbach (right)
  • Hausener Bach (left)
  • Taubenbach (left)

Places on the river

Fish death

In September 2019, fish died in Lauterach near Kastl . A fish farm was also affected.

literature

  • Franz Bogner: The valley of Vils and Lauterach. Pustet-Verlag, Regensburg 2001, ISBN 3-7917-1755-3

Web links

Commons : Lauterach (Vils)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Flood news service of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment ( information )
  2. Michael Buchner: 20 tons of fish perished in the Lauterach near Kastl. In: br.de . September 24, 2019, accessed September 24, 2019 .