Mariahaldenbach
| Mariahaldenbach | ||
 Former mill from Auw |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | CH : 1964 | |
| location | Canton of Aargau , Switzerland | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Reuss → Aare → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | south of Horben Castle on the canton border 47 ° 12 ′ 40 ″ N , 8 ° 19 ′ 35 ″ E |
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| Source height | 792 m | |
| muzzle | near Auw in den Dorfbach coordinates: 47 ° 12 '39 " N , 8 ° 21' 44" E ; CH1903: 669 974 / 229292 47 ° 12 '39 " N , 8 ° 21' 44" O |
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| Mouth height | 495 m | |
| Height difference | 297 m | |
| Bottom slope | 78 ‰ | |
| length | 3.8 km | |
| Communities | Auw | |
The Mariahaldenbach is a 3.8 km long brook in the canton of Aargau and a source brook of the Sinserbach , which flows into the Reuss at Sins .
course
The stream rises on the eastern slope of the Lindenberg on the canton border between Aargau and the canton of Lucerne , below the hamlet of Oberillau. A small area in the area of the Lucerne municipality of Hohenrain belongs to the immediate vicinity of the source .
The stream follows the northern edge of the Büelwald forest in Mariahaldetobel . In the mountain forest it takes up short tributaries and then flows past the Chrüzweid and near the Mariahalden estate , which has been a domain of the Muri monastery since the Middle Ages . Up to this point it forms the municipal boundary between Beinwil in the north and Auw in the south. From Mariahalden to Grosskellerhof, the stream lies in a narrow railing channel that is accompanied by a strip of forest. In the last section, the brook valley crosses the open agricultural area to the village of Auw, where it crosses the bridge of the road to Alikon and joins the Fuchshaldenbach coming from the south to the Auwer Dorfbach or Bergbach, which in turn follows a 2.5-kilometer run below of the former town of Meienberg meets the Alikerbach , which also flows down from the Lindenberg to the east, and together with it forms the Sinserbach.
Under the confluence of the Mariahaldenbach and the Fuchshaldenbach, the village of Auw arose in the Middle Ages, the place name of which probably refers to these waters. Their water was previously used in Auw as an energy source for a sawmill and the former old mill in Auw , whose main building, built in 1766, is now classified as a cultural asset of national importance . Sometimes the mountain streams caused great destruction in the village after heavy storms over the Lindenberg with floods and debris loads, as last happened on September 20, 1963. The devastation in Auw was reflected in media releases throughout Switzerland.
A little north of the Mariahaldentobel lies the headwaters of the Sembach .
literature
- Dominik Sauerländer: Auw. A local history. Auw 2012.