Littenbach (Rhine Valley Inland Canal)

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Littenbach
Fallbach
Littenbach Berneck Schossenrietbrücke.jpg
Data
Water code CH : 2139.0
location Canton of St. Gallen ; Switzerland
River system Rhine
Drain over Rhine Valley Inner Canal  → Old Rhine  → Lake Constance  → Rhine  → North Sea
source Bensol ( Oberegg )
47 ° 25 ′ 14 ″  N , 9 ° 31 ′ 34 ″  E
Source height 1060  m above sea level M.
muzzle Rheintaler Binnenkanal coordinates: 47 ° 26 '18 "  N , 9 ° 38' 33"  E ; CH1903:  766 222  /  256498 47 ° 26 '18 "  N , 9 ° 38' 33"  O
Mouth height 404  m above sea level M.
Height difference 656 m
Bottom slope 73 ‰
length 9 km
Left tributaries Blaubach, Kübach
Right tributaries Ächeli (Husen)
Communities Berneck , Au
Navigable No
Forms an 8 m high waterfall.

The Littenbach is a river in the St. Gallen Rhine Valley in the eastern Swiss canton of St. Gallen . It drains part of the northeastern foothills of the Appenzell Pre-Alps and feeds their waters to the Rhine Valley inland canal .

geography

course

The Fallbach rises above Oberegg at an altitude of 1060 m. ü. M. At the confluence of the Sulzbächli with the Fallbach it is named Littenbach . It then forms an 8 m high waterfall before flowing through the Taatobel towards Berneck.

The lower course of the Littenbach was greatly corrected as part of the amelioration of the Rhine plain .

Littenbach river system

The Littenbach in front of the Taatobel , at the confluence of Fallbach (from left) and Sulzbächli (from above)
The Littenbach near the Obermühle in Berneck. Backflow of the wastewater from the Obermühle (Mülibach) and old Mülibrugg
  • Littenbach
    • Fallbach ( right source stream ) 4.5 km (with Schneietenbach 6.4 km), southeast of Sulzbach
      • Schneietenbach ( left source stream ) 1.8 km, west of Oberegg
      • Eugstbach ( right source stream ) 1.8 km, west of Oberegg
      • Moosbach ( right ) 1.3 km, south of Oberegg
      • Blaubach ( left ) 1.8 km, north of Reute
        • Schitterbach ( left ) 0.6 km, east of Oberegg
          • Städelibach ( left ) 0.3 km, east of Oberegg
      • Oberrütibach ( right ) 0.9 km, east of Reute
        • Litenbach ( right ) 0.3 km, south of Reute
    • Sulzbächli ( left source stream ) 1.5 km, southeast of Sulzbach
    • Mülibach ( left junction ) 1.3 km, in Berneck
    • Mülibach ( reflux )
    • Kübach ( Schlifibach ) ( left ) 3.3 km, northeast of Berneck
      • Hasetbach ( left ) 0.7 km, Unterfeld
    • Kobelbach ( left ) 1.3 km, southeast of Kobel
      • Täschenleererbach ( left ) 0.4 km, Kobel
    • Haslachbach ( left ) 0.4 km, Au

Localities

environment

The Littenbach was significantly corrected at its lower reaches, and the course of the river was artificially changed in order to gain more cultivated land in the Riet . In order to reduce the dangers of floating debris and debris during floods , debris collectors were built in front of the castle bridge and in the Schossenriet area, a debris barrier with debris collector .

  • Flood collectors in Berneck seen from the castle bridge

  • Flood collector in the Schossenriet area

  • The Littenbach between Berneck and Au (looking towards Berneck)

  • Confluence of the Kübach (from above) into the Littenbach (from the left)

  • The Littenbach in Au before the confluence with the Rheintaler inland canal

  • The confluence of the Littenbach in the Rheintaler inland canal in Au

Web links

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