Merzelfeldgraben

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Merzelfeldgraben
Data
location Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district , Middle Franconia district , Bavaria , Germany
River system Danube
Drain over Augraben  → Altmühl  → Danube  → Black Sea
source at Edersfeld
49 ° 5 ′ 32 ″  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 8 ″  E
Source height approx.  456  m above sea level NHN
muzzle at Aha in the Augraben zur Altmühl coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′ 8 ″  N , 10 ° 45 ′ 3 ″  E 49 ° 6 ′ 8 ″  N , 10 ° 45 ′ 3 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  412  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 44 m
Bottom slope approx. 15 ‰
length approx. 3 km

The Merzelfeldgraben is a right tributary of the Augrabens near Gunzenhausen - Aha in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen .

course

The Merzelfeldgraben rises in a forest area west of Edersfeld not far from the federal highway 466 and south of the Wurmbacher Berg at an altitude of 456  m above sea level. NHN . The stream leaves the forest and from then on constantly crosses a wide open landscape in the Altmühl valley . It flows through Edersfeld and passes under the Treuchtlingen – Würzburg railway line . It then flows through Aha and passes under the district road WUG 27 and the federal road 13 . The Merzelfeldgraben flows after a run of around 3.0 kilometers at an altitude of around 412  m above sea level. NHN northeast of Aha from the right into the Augraben , which is only half as long here , which flows less than 200 meters further into a loop of the Altmühl .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Topographic maps , Bavarian Surveying Office ( BayernAtlas )

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