Roth (Danube)
Roth Obersterlauf: Lauterbächle on the section with a tributary Kleine Roth : Ostroth |
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Northern course of the Roth to the Danube between Iller (west) and Günz (east) |
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Water code | EN : 1154 | |
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Bavaria
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River system | Danube | |
Drain over | Danube → Black Sea | |
source | north of Eisenburg ( Memmingen ) 48 ° 1 ′ 36 ″ N , 10 ° 12 ′ 28 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 660 m | |
muzzle | north of Oberfahlheim (Nersingen) in the Danube Coordinates: 48 ° 26 ′ 40 " N , 10 ° 9 ′ 17" E 48 ° 26 ′ 40 " N , 10 ° 9 ′ 17" E |
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Mouth height | 453 m | |
Height difference | approx. 207 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 3.7 ‰ | |
length | 55.7 km | |
Catchment area | 207.67 km² | |
Discharge at the Roth A Eo gauge : 165 km². Location: 9 km above the mouth |
NNQ (08/19/1998) MNQ 1979–2006 MQ 1979–2006 Mq 1979–2006 MHQ 1979–2006 HHQ (08/12/2002) |
181 l / s 596 l / s 1.6 m³ / s 9.7 l / (s km²) 13.7 m³ / s 22.3 m³ / s |
Left tributaries | Guigengraben , Heilbach , Kleine Roth , Eschachgraben | |
Small towns | Weissenhorn |
The Roth is an approximately 52 km long river in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , which flows into the Danube from the right and south near Oberfahlheim in the municipality of Nersingen in the Neu-Ulm district .
The Roth flows between the parallel Danube tributaries, the Iller, in the west and the upper reaches of the Günz , later the Biber in the east.
Name interpretation
The name Roth comes from the reddish color of the river, which is due to the relatively high iron content of the water. As the name Eisenburg suggests, the soil in the headwaters is very ferrous.
geography
course
The Roth rises in the Otterwald , a forest area north of Eisenburg (Memmingen) . After that it flows very steadily northwards. Near Winterrieden, it crosses the reed, which is criss-crossed by many moats, between the Klosterbeurer and the Kellmünzer Forest, where it picks up a first small Roth from the left , also known as the western Roth , which also drains the reed. Further down, the Roth branches off to the left at the market town of Buch, a second Kleine Roth , which later flows back again at Weißenhorn ; on the division it is also called Ostroth to distinguish it . Both branches drain the Obenhauser Ried west of Buch. After another north run, on which it finally crosses the alluvial forest to the right of the river, the Roth flows north of the Nersingen district of Oberfahlheim from the right and south into the Danube section between Neu-Ulm and Leipheim .
Tributaries
- Kleine Rot (!), From the left at the Zigeunerhalde von Osterberg , 3.0 km and 18.0 km².
- Guigengraben , from the left in the municipality of Oberroth
- Unterriedgraben, from the left before Oberroth-Oberried
- Hurlenbach, from the left in front of Oberroth
- Heilbach , from the left before Unterroth , 6.0 km and 15.4 km².
- Stegmahdgraben, from the left in Unterroth; inconsistent
- → (Departure of the Kleine Roth ) (!), To the left in front of the Lehenmühler from Markt Buch
From here to the return of the Kleine Roth, the section is called Ostroth - Graben am Räppler, from the left in front of the Riedmühle near Buch- Dietershofen near Illertissen
- Dig Untere Wiesenteile, from the left in front of the Riedmühle near Buch- Dietershofen near Illertissen
- → (Return of the Little Roth ) (!), From the left in Weißenhorn , 11.9 km and 40.4 km². Just before they return to Weißenhorn, turn left in front of the Kleine Roth.
- Nebenroth, from left to the end of Weißenhorn, 1.8 km and 0.6 km².
- Geiseler Graben, from the right to the Engelhardmühle near Weißenhorn- Attenhofen
- Eschachgraben , from the left across from the Lohhof before Nersingen - Straß , 8.6 km and 11.1 km².
places
Places on the Roth (including the right main arm Ustroth), from the source to the mouth. With the community and district affiliations. Only places with the greatest indentation are neighbors.
- Independent city of Memmingen
- Eisenburg district
- (without local residents)
- Eisenburg district
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District of Unterallgäu
- Gde. Heimertingen
- Reutehof (wasteland, at a distance on the left)
- Gde. Niederrieden
- Niederrieden (parish village, mostly on the right)
- Weiler Niederrieden , (hamlet, far right)
- Gde. Boos
- Boos (parish village, almost only on the right)
- Gde. Pless
- (without local residents)
- Gde. Winter peace
- (without local residents)
- Gde. Heimertingen
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District of Neu-Ulm
- Gde. Osterberg
- (without local residents)
- Gde. Osterberg
- District of Unterallgäu
- Babenhausen market
- (without local residents)
- Babenhausen market
- District of Neu-Ulm
- Gde. Oberroth
- Oberroth (parish village, mostly on the right)
- Schalkshofen (hamlet, with some distance to the right)
- Gde. Unterroth
- Unterroth (parish village, mainly on the right)
- Market book
- Lehenmühle (settlement area)
- Buch (main town, with some distance to the right)
- Obenhausen (parish village, right) with Hetzenmühle
- Untermühle (settlement area, right)
- Riedmühle (settlement area, mostly on the right)
- Gannertshofen (parish village, far right)
- City of Weißenhorn
- Bubenhausen (Kirchdorf, mostly on the right)
- Grafertshofen (Kirchdorf, almost only on the right)
- Weißenhorn (main town, mostly on the right)
- Hegelhofen (Kirchdorf, almost only on the right)
- Engelhardmühle (settlement area)
- Attenhofen (Kirchdorf, far right)
- Kuttenthalmühle (settlement area, right)
- Market Pfaffenhofen an der Roth
- Erbishofen (village, left)
- Diepertshofen (Kirchdorf, right)
- Volkertshofen (village, left)
- Pfaffenhofen an der Roth (main town, mostly on the right)
- Mountain (village, right)
- Roth (Kirchdorf, left)
- Kadeltshofen (village, right)
- Remmeltshofen (Kirchdorf, left)
- Lohhof (settlement area, some distance to the right)
- Gde. Nersingen
- Straß (parish village)
- Glassenhart (hamlet, right)
- Oberfahlheim (parish village, mostly on the right)
- Gde. Oberroth
Watermills on the Roth
There were 21 water mills on the river, most of which have been closed. The mill buildings are in almost all cases with the ridge parallel to the watercourse, while the house was built on at right angles.
The following mills can be verified:
- Mahlmühle Oberfahlheim , first evidence 1440
- Oil mill Oberfahlheim , first evidence 1688
- Hardermühle Strass , first evidence 1440
- Grinding mill (also Hardermühle) Remmeltshofen , first evidence 1356
- Kadeltshofen mill , first evidence 1375
- Mill mountain
- Mill Roth
- Diepertshofen mill , first evidence 1150
- Mahl-Mühle Pfaffenhofen , first evidence 1364
- Pfaffenhofen oil mill , first evidence around 1800
- Kuttenthalmühle (between Erbishofen and Attenhofen ), first evidence 1134
- Engelhardmühle Attenhofen , first evidence 1413
- Lower mill (also Stadtmühle or Klotz'sche Mühle) Weißenhorn , first evidence 1390
- Weissenhorn Upper Mill
- Grafertshofen mill , first evidence 1351
- Lower mill Obenhausen
- Hetzenmühle Obenhausen
- Mill Unterroth
- Unterroth sawmill
- Mahlmühle Wahl Oberroth
- Mill Johann Seitz Oberroth
Others
At the time of the Celts the locally extracted iron ore was smelted in the Rothtal. Slag from this Iron Age production was found several times in the corridors of Osterberg, Obenhausen, Emershofen and Attenhofen.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Directory of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Danube river area from source to Lech by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.3 MB)
- ^ Deutsches Gewässerkundliches Jahrbuch Danube region 2006 Bavarian State Office for the Environment, p. 109, accessed on October 4, 2017, at: bestellen.bayern.de (PDF, German, 24.2 MB).
- ^ Albert Haug: Mills to Roth and Biber. In: History in the Neu-Ulm district. 12th year 2006, pp. 73-108.