Rohrbach (Ettenstatt)

Rohrbach community Ettenstatt Coordinates: 49 ° 3 ′ 20 ″ N , 11 ° 2 ′ 49 ″ E
Height :	482 m above sea level NN
Residents :	41
Postal code :	91796
Area code :	09148
Location of Rohrbach in Bavaria
	Rohrbach, town view

Rohrbach seen from the fortress Wülzburg

Rohrbach is part of the municipality of Ettenstatt in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen .

The place with about 40 inhabitants is about 2.6 kilometers south of Ettenstatt. The municipality of Höttingen is 3.5 kilometers west of Rohrbach . The distance to the district town of Weißenburg in Bavaria in the southwest is six kilometers.

Until the municipality reform , Rohrbach was part of the then independent municipality of Hundsdorf . On May 1, 1978, both places voluntarily joined the Ettenstatt community.

nature

Stone gutter

Rohrbach is best known for the Steinerne Rinne , located 500 meters southeast of the village . This is about 60 meters long and up to a meter high. It was formed through geological processes, but was partly artificially bricked up and maintained. The stone gully is designated as a natural monument and by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment as geotope 577R004 . See also the list of geotopes in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district . The area is easily accessible by a wooden walkway. In the stone gutter overcomes Limes trail , a section of the German Limes trail , the eaves of the Frankish Alb .

Young stone gutter

About 200 meters away are the Rotschlucht and the Junge Steinerne Rinne , which also belong to the geotope 577R004. The approximately 20 meter long channel is in the process of being created and is more like a sinter terrace.