Rodach (Main)

	Rodach
	The Rodach am Zollwehr near Neuses ( Kronach )
	Data
Water code	EN : 2414
location	Thuringian-Franconian low mountain range Thuringian slate mountains; Upper Palatinate-Upper Main hill country Upper Main Hill Country; Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land Itz-Baunach hill country; Germany Thuringia Saale-Orla district; ; Bavaria Upper Franconia Lichtenfels district ; ; ;
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Main → Rhine → North Sea
source	near Rodacherbrunn am Rennsteig in the Thuringian border area ; 50 ° 25 ′ 13 ″ N , 11 ° 31 ′ 54 ″ E
Source height	690 m above sea level NN
muzzle	at Marktzeuln in the Main Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 26 ″ N , 11 ° 9 ′ 12 ″ E 50 ° 9 ′ 26 ″ N , 11 ° 9 ′ 12 ″ E;
Mouth height	approx. 270 m above sea level NN
Height difference	approx. 420 m
Bottom slope	approx. 7.9 ‰
length	53 km
Catchment area	1,009.88 km²

The Rodach , to distinguish it from its left tributary, the Wild Rodach , also known as the Zahme Rodach up to its confluence , is a 53 km long right tributary of the Main in the western Franconian Forest . Not far away there is a tributary of the same name of the Itz .

geography

course

The Rodach rises at about 690 m above sea level. NN near Rodacherbrunn am Rennsteig in the Thuringian border area, flows from there in a southerly direction and forms the 1.5 km border between Bavaria and Thuringia between the tributaries Fränkische Muschwitz and Titschengrundbach . In earlier times, the Titschendorfer raft pond was the starting point for the rafts with which wood was transported from the Franconian Forest to the Netherlands . Just below Nordhalben , the Rodach picks up the Ködel from the right, which shortly before feeds the Mauthaus drinking water reservoir .

Traffic map from 1912 with Rodach at the top

In the further course it turns to the southwest, flows through the market communities Steinwiesen and Marktrodach , from the confluence of the Wilden Rodach near Erlabrück along the federal road 173 , and reaches the town of Kronach , where the Haßlach flows from the right . Other places on the Rodach are Küps and Redwitz , before they reach Marktzeuln at about 270 m above sea level. NN flows into the Main.

Tributaries

The Haßlach in Kronach

Grunzebach ( left )
Orlabach ( left )
(Stream from (the) Spiendler's level) ( right )
(Bach von der Heinrichshöhe) ( right )
Franconian Muschwitz ( left )
Titschengrundbach ( right )
Ölsnitz ( left ) ( 8.54 km )
Steinbach ( left )
Goldbach ( left )
Dörrnbach ( left )
Langenaubach ( left ) ( 6.08 km )
Kaugelbach ( left )
Nurner Ködel ( right ) ( 9.49 km with left upper reaches Nordhalbener Ködel )
Weißbach ( left )
Große Leitsch ( right ) ( 6.2 km )
Wilde Rodach ( left ) ( 21.09 km )
Finkenbach ( right )

Zeyern ( left ) ( 6.83 km )
Rehenbach ( left in the left arm Mühlgraben )
Losnitz ( left in the left arm Mühlgraben )
Fischbach ( left in a left branch)
Stübengraben ( left )
Teufelsgraben ( left )
Haßlach ( right ) ( 30.05 km )
Krebsbach ( right )
Leßbach ( left ) ( 11.18 km )
Factory ditch ( left )
Tüschnitzer Graben ( right )
Teufelsgraben ( left )
Weidigsgraben ( right )
Steinach ( right ) ( 46.89 km )

Rodach river system

List of rivers in the Rodach river system

freetime and recreation

Flößerweg

The whole of the Rodach is accompanied by the Rodach hiking trail run by the Franconian Forest Association , also known as the Flößerweg . The approximately 52 km long main route begins at Rodacherbrunn and ends at the confluence of the Rodach in the Main. There is also the approximately 25 km long secondary route along the Wild Rodach , which begins at the source at Rauhenberg and leads to the main path at Erlabrück to the Rodach estuary.

Rodach river educational trail

The river section between Unterlangenstadt and Redwitz an der Rodach was renatured by the Bamberg Water Management Office in 2000 to create a natural meadow landscape . A nature trail leads through the area with a total of 13 information pillars as well as a few additional ones for children, all of which provide information on aspects of the thematic focus on the river and floodplain . The educational trail was laid out as a permanent exhibition as part of the 2002 State Garden Show in Kronach . A bicycle path leads around the meadow landscape, but the nature trail itself is designed as a footpath. The most striking is the Rodachsteg , a steel pedestrian bridge over the Rodach, which is provided with an approximately 10 m high viewing platform.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Directory of stream and river areas in Bavaria - Main river area, page 17 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 3.3 MB)
↑ Bavarian flood news service (as of July 27, 2013)
↑ Level data (MQ) from Unterlangenstadt an der Rodach and Fürth am Berg of the Rodach tributary Steinach, increased by the area discharge of the remaining catchment area (7.7 l / s.km²), area discharge determined from level data from Mainleus, Fürth am Berg, Unterlangenstadt, Weismain and Schwürbitz
↑ ^a ^b ^c Infobrochure River Landscape Rodach , Ed .: Water Management Office Bamberg, Bamberg 2004

Web links

Commons : Rodach - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Rodach: flood risk management plan , water system , flood characteristics , flood events , government of Lower Franconia
The Flößerweg - map and description , nordhalben.de
Level at Rieblich, HND Bavaria
Level near Erlabrück, HND Bavaria
Level at Unterlangenstadt, HND Bavaria
WTG: Rodach at Water Tourism Guide

[DE-BY_GV2417-1] Directory of stream and river areas in Bavaria - Main river area, page 17 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 3.3 MB)

[2] Bavarian flood news service (as of July 27, 2013)

[3] Level data (MQ) from Unterlangenstadt an der Rodach and Fürth am Berg of the Rodach tributary Steinach, increased by the area discharge of the remaining catchment area (7.7 l / s.km²), area discharge determined from level data from Mainleus, Fürth am Berg, Unterlangenstadt, Weismain and Schwürbitz

[Brosch-Fll-Rod-4] Infobrochure River Landscape Rodach , Ed .: Water Management Office Bamberg, Bamberg 2004