Main loop (Urphar)

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Main loop map
View from the apex of the Main loop towards the Eichel barrage. On the left the Leidenrain nature reserve, on the right the Kingdom of Heaven.

The Main loop near Urphar is a loop of the river Main on the southeastern edge of the Main Square in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria .

geography

The Main, flowing down from Marktheidenfeld , runs east of Wertheim near Urphar for almost seven kilometers around the wooded kingdom of heaven , 234  m above sea level. NHN high mountain that forms the southeastern tip of the Spessart . The mountain was partially deforested in 1990 by hurricane Wiebke . At its narrowest point, the loop is a good 400 m wide. The Main loop stretches from the mouth of the Aalbach near Bettingen to the mouth of the Wittbach east of Kreuzwertheim . In the north, the Lohr – Wertheim line ran through the Bettingberg tunnel . The Main is dammed at Eichel at the Eichel barrage. The river forms the border between the town of Wertheim in Baden-Württemberg ( Main-Tauber district ) and the Kreuzwertheim market in Bavaria ( Main-Spessart district ). From a geological point of view, it separates the red sandstone Spessart and the shell limestone areas of the Franconian plate . Between Urphar and acorn lies on the steep slope of the left bank of the Main about 30  ha large nature reserve suffering Rain . Landesstraße 2310 and the Maintalradweg run in the valley of the Urphar Main Loop.

The Heunweg runs through the kingdom of heaven. The Wettenburg was once located there . The Himmelreich gave the parish community Haseltal - Himmelreich its name.

See also

Web links

Commons : Main loop  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Main-Echo: Enter the kingdom of heaven once
  2. Main Post: The kingdom of heaven before your eyes
  3. Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 44 ″  N , 9 ° 33 ′ 17 ″  E