Otterbach (Mud)

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Otterbach
(lower course: Amorbach )
The Otterbach shortly before its mouth

The Otterbach shortly before its mouth

Data
Water code DE : 24725
location Odenwald

Bavaria

River system Rhine
Drain over Mud  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source northwest of Otterbach
49 ° 39 ′ 2 ″  N , 9 ° 9 ′ 33 ″  E
Source height 295  m above sea level NN
muzzle in Amorbach in the Mud coordinates: 49 ° 39 ′ 10 "  N , 9 ° 12 ′ 32"  E 49 ° 39 ′ 10 "  N , 9 ° 12 ′ 32"  E
Mouth height 152  m above sea level NN
Height difference 143 m
Bottom slope 29 ‰
length 5 km
Catchment area 10.9 km²
The Otterbach (in front) flows into the Mud

The Otterbach (in front) flows into the Mud

The Otterbach or Amorbach in the lower reaches is a left tributary of the Mud in the Bavarian Odenwald .

Surname

It is often wrongly assumed that the sub-name Amorbach is derived from the god Amor in Roman mythology . So it was translated as " Bach of Love ". But the name comes from the medieval word amar , which referred to summer spelled , also known as emmer . The later spelling Amor is due to folk etymology . The brook gave the city of Amorbach and the district of Amorsbrunn their names.

geography

course

The Otterbach rises northwest of the Otterbach forest house in the valley below the federal road 47 . It flows past the Amorhof holiday complex to Amorsbrunn . The upper reaches of the Otterbach often have no water and in some sections there is no fixed creek bed. Only at Amorsbrunn is the dry stream fed by the Amorsquelle. From here on it also bears the name Amorbach. In the city of Amorbach it flows into the Mud .

Cupid source

The spring basin of the Amorsquelle

The Amorsquelle ⊙ is located at the Amorsbrunn spring cult site . It generates 4 liters of water per second. The spring outlet lies under the floor of the chapel there and is led into the spring basin via a brick underground channel. The water could be drawn directly from the spring through an opening in the floor of the chapel. In 1565 a spa was built to use the spring water . It was mainly used to treat eye problems and childlessness. Until the 18th century, the bathroom was covered. Wolfram von Eschenbach describes the Amorsquelle in his work Parzival .

See also

Web links

Commons : Otterbach (Mud)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Original position sheet of land surveying in Bavaria: Amorbach and the surrounding area in 1845
  2. ↑ a b Google Earth
  3. ↑ Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
  4. ^ 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. 25 ( limited preview in Google Book search).