Northern Regnitz

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Northern Regnitz
The northern Regnitz shortly before it flows into the Saale

The northern Regnitz shortly before it flows into the Saale

Data
Water code DE : 56152
location District of Hof , Upper Franconia
River system Elbe
Drain over Saale  → Elbe  → North Sea
origin Confluence of Aubach and Litschenbach northeast of Feilitzsch
50 ° 22 ′ 38 ″  N , 11 ° 56 ′ 58 ″  E
Source height approx.  500  m above sea level NN
muzzle near Hof- Untererkotzau in the Saale Coordinates: 50 ° 20 '24 "  N , 11 ° 53' 38"  E 50 ° 20 '24 "  N , 11 ° 53' 38"  E
Mouth height approx.  465  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 35 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.5 ‰
length 7.7 km
Catchment area 41.8 km²
Medium-sized cities Hof (Saale)
Communities Feilitzsch

The Nördliche Regnitz or Untere Regnitz is a right tributary of the Saxon Saale in the district of Hof in Upper Franconia .

It has two source streams. The first rises at about 570  m above sea level. NN between Münchenreuth and Gutenfürst (Gem. Weischlitz ) ( 50 ° 25 ′ 1 ″  N , 11 ° 56 ′ 29 ″  E ) and is called Heubach in its upper reaches , from a pond near the hamlet of Föhrig (Gem. Trogen ) then Litschenbach . The second is the Aubach , which has its source about 580  m above sea level. NN near the Feilitz part of the community Unterhartmannsreuth ( 50 ° 24 ′ 1 ″  N , 11 ° 55 ′ 24 ″  E ). The confluence lies exactly below the A72 motorway , just west of the Hochfranken motorway triangle . From here the Regnitz flows in a south-westerly direction through Feilitzsch and reaches in the Hof district of Unterkotzau at 465  m above sea level. NN the Saale. Its total length including the Litschenbach is about 10 km.

  • Valley of the Northern Regnitz between Feilitzsch and Unterkotzau

  • The mouth of the Northern Regnitz (in the background) into the Saale (from the right)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Complete table of the Bavarian water directory of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (XLS, 10.3 MB)