Rohrach (Wörnitz)
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Rohrach Mühlgraben |
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| Water code | EN : 1186 | |
| location | Bavaria | |
| River system | Danube | |
| Drain over | Wörnitz → Danube → Black Sea | |
| source | at Obelshof at 49 ° 2 ′ 2 ″ N , 10 ° 43 ′ 16 ″ E |
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| Source height | 555 m above sea level NN | |
| muzzle | near Wechingen Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '47 " N , 10 ° 37' 6" E 48 ° 53 '47 " N , 10 ° 37' 6" E |
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| Mouth height | little below 410 m above sea level NN | |
| Height difference | 145 m | |
| Bottom slope | 6 ‰ | |
| length | 24.1 km | |
| Catchment area | 49.74 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Röthelgraben , Standiggraben | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Hahnenkammsee | |
| Communities | Heidenheim , Polsingen , Munningen , Wechingen | |
The Rohrach is a brook in the Bavarian districts of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen and Donau-Ries , which flows into the Wörnitz from the left near Wechingen . To distinguish it from the nearby "Eastern" Rohrach , which runs to Altmühl near Treuchtlingen , it is also referred to here as the Western Rohrach . In one section it is also called Mühlgraben .
geography
origin
The Rohrach is being built on the Obelshof wasteland of Markt Heidenheim in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district . Here begins at an altitude of about 555 m above sea level. NN directly at the property is her initially inconspicuous, south-southeast moving meadow ditch, which is reinforced by a spring on the left slope immediately after crossing under the St 2218 and takes in the Kohlbrunnenbach from the southwest a good kilometer below its origin at the Kirschenmühle .
course
The Rohrach then runs tightly between the main town of Heidenheim on the left and the Ziegelhütte area on the right. On its meanwhile south-south-western course, two streams flow to the community's sewage treatment plant from the right, which arise near the tick wood in the corridor, a few steps further from the left the Röthelgraben . Half a kilometer further down the valley, the Wiedereckgraben , which flows in the Kohlbrunnen west of the Heidenheimer Bucks , takes in the short outflow of the Sieben Quellen from the left , and a little afterwards the Faulerwasenbach flows in from the right , before the Wiedereckgraben soon opens. Between the Balsenmühle and the Scheckenmühle , where the Safranbach flows from the west , the Rohrach Mühlgraben is called . Shortly afterwards, it has an inlet from the Steinerne Rinne close to the east. Hechlingen am See, which follows in the south- facing valley, on the lower slope of Kapellenberg , on whose summit the Katharinenkapelle stands, flows around the creek on the western edge of the village and immediately afterwards through the area of the Hasenmühle .
Then the Rohrach flows to 468.5 m above sea level. NN in the approximately 23 hectare Hahnenkammsee , the oldest reservoir in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, which is part of the Franconian Lake District . Before the reservoir was built, the Egelseegraben flowed into the river. After leaving again in the south, the Rohrach passes the Heidenheimer Stahlmühle and then enters the municipality of Polsingen . Here she first reaches the village of Ursheim and immediately afterwards the Wiesmühle . It touches the central Polsingen itself in its northeast in a right-hand bend, after which it continues to flow west-southwest. There the Rohrach takes on the Schwalbenbach . After the hamlet of Kronhof on the left bank, it leaves the municipality, runs through the eastern edge of the Ries and flows into the area of Munningen in the Donau-Ries district. Here it crosses the village of Laub , on the eastern edge of which the Federwiesgraben joins from the left . Shortly after the village, it changes to Wechinger district, on the left bank, first the wolf mill, then the plow mill follow one another. About three hundred meters further down the Rohrach flows after a run of about 19 km opposite the sports field and the church of St. Veit von Wechingen at a little below 410 m above sea level. NN from the left into the Wörnitz .
Shortly before the village of Laub, the Baderschlachtgraben branches off to the right from the Rohrach and reaches the Wörnitz via the Neugraben 500 m above the mouth of the Rohrach.
Name interpretation
1053 the brook is called "Rohrara", a flowing body of water (Ache) on which reeds grow. The name was formed by Germanic tribes who lived in the 3rd and 4th centuries. Populated the valley in the 18th century.
See also
literature
- Martin Winter: On the Rohrach . In: Ders .: Hechlingen am See - Pictures from the landscape and early history. In: Alt-Gunzenhausen, Heft 48 (1993), pp. 28-90, especially pp. 37-39.
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to the contour image in BayernViewer ( memento of the original from April 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. interpolated.
- ↑ a b Directory of the stream and river areas in Bavaria - Danube river area from source to Lech, page 86 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.3 MB)
- ↑ Name of the Wiedereckgraben after this detail map of the upper course of the brook with background Historical map on: Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( information )
- ↑ Winter, p. 37
