Lothbach

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Lothbach
Data
Water code DE : 118534
location Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district , Middle Franconia district , Bavaria , Germany
River system Danube
Drain over Wörnitz  → Danube  → Black Sea
source near Heidenheim - Hohentrüdingen
48 ° 59 ′ 28 ″  N , 10 ° 42 ′ 47 ″  E
Source height approx.  545  m above sea level NN
muzzle at Aumühle in Wörnitz coordinates: 48 ° 58 '20 "  N , 10 ° 37' 6"  E 48 ° 58 '20 "  N , 10 ° 37' 6"  E
Mouth height approx.  416  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 129 m
Bottom slope approx. 14 ‰
length approx. 9 km
Catchment area approx. 13.88 km²
Left tributaries Erlgraben
Right tributaries Glass head ditch
Communities Heidenheim , Westheim , Auhausen , Hainsfarth

The Lothbach is a left tributary of the Wörnitz in the districts of Donau-Ries and Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen .

course

The stream rises at a height of 545  m above sea level. NN in a spring-rich area between Hohentrüdingen in the north-west and Hechlingen in the south-east. The Safranbach , the Faulerwasenbach and the Egelseegraben rise not far . In addition to a few shorter, unnamed streams, the Glaskopfgraben flow into the river south of Hohentrüdingen and the Erlgraben south-east of Lehmingen . The river partly forms the border between the communities Heidenheim and Westheim . It flows through Roßmeiersdorf and Pagenhard . After a run of around 9 kilometers, it flows from the left into the Wörnitz at the Aumühle .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Topographic maps , Bavarian Surveying Office ( BayernAtlas )
  2. Directory of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Danube river area from source to Lech, page 90 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.3 MB)

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