Mümling

Mümling Mömling
History map of the Mümling
Data
Water code	EN : 2474
location	Hessian-Franconian mountainous region Sandstone forest Beerfelder platter Mümlingtal Germany Hesse Odenwaldkreis Bavaria Miltenberg district
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	Twelve-tube fountain in Beerfelden in the Hessian Odenwald 49 ° 34 ′ 6 ″  N , 8 ° 58 ′ 31 ″  E
Source height	400  m above sea level NN
muzzle	near Obernburg in the Main Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '54 "  N , 9 ° 8' 38"  E 49 ° 49 '54 "  N , 9 ° 8' 38"  E
Mouth height	117  m above sea level NN
Height difference	283 m
Bottom slope	5.7 ‰
length	49.7 km from Mümlingquelle 59.7 km  with Mossau and Marbach
Catchment area	377.35 km²
Discharge at the Michelstadt A Eo gauge : 134.6 km² Location: 33.7 km above the mouth	NNQ MNQ 1961–2006 MQ 1961–2006 Mq 1961–2006 MHQ 1961–2006 HHQ (1995)	260 l / s 551 l / s 1.77 m³ / s 13.2 l / (s km²) 17.6 m³ / s 54.2 m³ / s
Discharge at the Hainstadt gauge (86.2% of the catchment area) A Eo : 325.3 km² Location: 8.7 km above the mouth	NNQ MNQ 1959–2006 MQ 1959–2006 Mq 1959–2006 MHQ 1959–2006 HHQ (1994)	720 l / s 1.34 m³ / s 3.72 m³ / s 11.4 l / (s km²) 32.6 m³ / s 64.8 m³ / s
Discharge A Eo : 377.35 km² at the mouth	MQ Mq	3.94 m³ / s 10.4 l / (s km²)
The Mümling in Erbach

The Mümling is a 49.7 km, 59.7 km long left tributary of the Main via Mossau and Marbach , which gives the Mümlingtal in the Odenwald its name. On the Bavarian side it is also called Mömling , especially on maps and in official documents.

Surname

Etymology
The Romans called the river Nemaninga , evident from the name of the Scout Unit Numerus Brittonum Nemaningensium , which was supposedly stationed in Obernburg. In the 9th century the name was mentioned as Mimininga . From what the name Mümling is actually derived is not exactly known. There are three possible theories:

• The name Mümling belongs to the "old European hydronymy ", which historically extends beyond the boundaries of the individual Indo-European language families; it is probably to be seen as a parallel to the river name Memel . The place name Mömlingen is derived from the river name.

• The river name is derived from the place name Mömlingen, which is based on the old personal name Mimino and was derived from an affiliation suffix ing . The river name was derived from the Old High German word aha , for water.

• The river and place names were initially created in parallel and independently of each other. Later parts of the name were mutually assimilated.

Earlier spellings
Earlier spellings of the river from various historical maps and documents:

• 798 Mimelinga
• 1012 Minimingaha

geography

Mümling spring and spring streams

The Mümling spring in Beerfelden, a twelve-tube fountain made of Odenwald sandstone

The Mümling spring is located in the Hessian Odenwald at an altitude of 400  m above sea level. NHN in the middle of the Oberzenter district of Beerfelden .

The source is a twelve-tube well . This is a culturally and historically significant fountain system from 1810 with lion heads made of cast brass. The fountain itself as well as the entire surrounding area are listed as a historical monument.

The headwaters around Beerfelden is the southernmost part of Hesse, which still belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Main

From this source comes the Walterbach , which unites in Hetzbach with the roughly equal Gretengraben .

River course

After unification, the river was named Mümling.

The Mümling near Obernburg

The Mümling initially flows north in a wide valley through the Hinteren Odenwald . Your valley is the core area of ​​the Odenwaldkreis . The largest villages in the district are lined up in it from south to north: the former residential and current district town of Erbach, Michelstadt, Bad König and Höchst in the Odenwald. After Höchst, the Mümling turns to the north-east, curves south and east around Breuberg Castle , and finally strives for the last 8.4 km on Bavarian soil in an easterly direction towards the Main .

The Mümling finally flows into Obernburg at an altitude of 117  m above sea level. NHN from the left into the Main.

Its 49.7 km long run ends about 283 meters below its source, so it has an average bed gradient of 5.7 ‰.

Longest strand and main hydrological strand

Longest strand

The Mümlingquelle is not the farthest source in the Mümlingtal, but rather the water that emerges from the source of the Mossaubach on the Morsberg in the Reichelsheim area , initially over the Marbach and then the Mümling 59.7 km to the Main, and thus 10 km more than the spring water of the Mümling itself.

Main hydrological strand

The Marbach

1. Direct comparison of Mümlingoberlauf and Marbach at the confluence

Surname	length [in km]	EZG [in km²]	MQ [in l / s]
Mümling	06.1	11.37	159.5
Marbach	12.5	57.38	888.4

The longer Marbach has the larger catchment area and is also richer in water than the Mümling.

The Mossaubach

2. Direct comparison of the Marbachoberlauf and Mossaubach at the confluence

Surname	length [in km]	EZG [in km²]	MQ [in l / s]
Marbach	08.4	22.76	311.3
Mossaubach	11.4	25.48	309.0

The longer Mossaubach has the larger catchment area, but is not quite as rich in water as the Marbach.

The Marbach with its source stream Schmerbach is thus the main hydrological strand of the Mümling river system.

Tributaries

The tributaries of the Mümling include from the source down:

Direct tributaries of the Mümling

Stat. in km	Surname	GKZ	location	Length in km	EZG in km²	MQ in l / s	Mouth	Mouth height in m above sea level NHN	Natural space
046.80	Walterbach	2474	left source stream	003.3000			Oberzent - Hetzbach	30000000
046.80	Gretengraben	2474-112	right source stream	001.4000			Hetzbach	30000000
044.60	Himbachel	2474-192	right	001.5000			at Hetzbach	26000000
044.00	Marbach	2474-2	Left0	001.5000	0057.3800	0888.4000	at Marbach	26000000
041.10	Bach from the Hasengrund	2474-3194	right	001.0000			in Erbach - Schönnen	24000000
040.10	Günterfürsterbach	2474-3196	Left0	002.1000			at Schönnen	23000000
038.40	Lauerbach	2474-34	Left0	003.1000	0005.3100		in Erbach- Lauerbach	22000000
037.90	Krebsbach	2474-352	right	002.3000			in Erbach	21700000
000.00	Mümling	2474		049.7000	0377.3500	3940.0000	near Obernburg am Main	11700000

Notes on the table

1. ↑ For information on indirect tributaries, see the list of rivers in the Mümling river system
2. ↑ Water code number , in Germany the official river code number with a separator inserted after the prefix for better readability, which stands for the common Mümling receiving water .
3. ↑ Confluence with the Gretengraben to the Mümling
4. ↑ Confluence with the Walterbach to the Mümling
5. ^ Main hydrological strand
6. ↑ The Mümling data for comparison
7. ↑ Length from Mümlingquelle , longest stretch Mossau → Marbach → Mümling 59.7 km
8. ↑ Empties into the Main

Further tributaries

Roßbächl ( left ) Bach from the Kemmelsgrund ( left ) Erdbach ( right ) Rehbach ( left ) Cellar ditch ( right ) Brook of Götterhain ( left ) Waldbach ( brook from the Alter Grund ) ( right ) Brombach ( left ) Kimbach ( right ) Fürstengrunder Bach ( right )

Kinzig ( left ) Leg ditch ( right ) Forsteler Bach ( left ) Upper highest brook ( left ) Obrunngraben ( right ) Hetschbach ( left ) Breitenbach ( right ) Raibach ( right ) Amorbach ( left ) Lautergraben ( left )

Mümling river system

• List of rivers in the Mümling river system

Places on the Mümling

• Beerfelden
• Erbach
• Michelstadt
• Zell in the Odenwald
• Bad King
• Mümling-Grumbach
• Highest in the Odenwald
• Breuberg
• Mömlingen
• Eisenbach
• Obernburg

fauna

Mümling in Erbach. Climbing aquatic plants move in the current

The Mümling fish population includes grayling , brown trout , brook loaches , bream , perch , gudgeon , arbors , hazel , carp , ruffle , nasal , roach , tench , eel , aiteln , three- spined stickleback and pikeperch .

Bullheads and brook lampreys are rare .

traffic

The Mümlingtal is an important traffic artery for north-south traffic in the rear Odenwald . The Odenwaldbahn runs between the Frau-Nauses-Tunnel near Höchst and the Krähberg Tunnel near Hetzbach . Also via Frau-Nauses , the federal highway 45 connects the Mümlingtal with the Rhine-Main area and via Beerfelden and the Gammelsbachtal to the south with the Neckar valley .

The federal highway 426 follows the Mümling from Höchst to its end point near the Mümling estuary in Obernburg. The disused Bachgaubahn to Aschaffenburg ran from Höchst to Mömlingen.

See also

• List of tributaries of the Main

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Topographic map 1: 25,000
2. ↑ Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology: Retention Register of the Mümling River Area PDF file (7.09 MB)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Map service for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Hesse
4. ↑ ^{a b} Bavarian flood news service (accessed on September 6, 2011)
5. ↑ Hainstadt gauge value increased by the drainage of the remaining catchment area (52.05 km²), determined from the data from the Rück , Hainstadt , Goldbach , Harreshausen , Alzenau , Hanau , Kleinheubach and Frankfurt am Main Osthafen gauges
6. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 150 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
7. ↑ denkmalpflege-hessen: Zwölfröhrenbrunnen (Mümlingquelle)
8. ↑ Hessenviewer (Geoportal Hessen) of the Hessian State Office for Soil Management and Geoinformation with property mapping ( information )
9. ↑ At the confluence with the Marbach
10. ↑ length with Walterbach
11. ↑ At the confluence with the Mossaubach
12. ↑ Length with the source stream Schmerbach
13. ↑ Fishing Association of Lower Franconia: Our waters ( Memento from September 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
14. ^ Upper course and tributaries of the Mümling ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Natura 2000 Hessen

Web links

Commons : Mümling  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profiles Untere Mümling ( memento from December 4, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) and Obere Mümling ( memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), database WFD Hessen
• The “R1” Mümlingtal cycle path ( Memento from September 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
• Level near Michelstadt, level near Hainstadt, HND Bavaria
• Flood risk management plan Mümling (PDF, 93.4 kB)