Rottach (Iller, Kempten)
| Rottach | ||
 Rottachbrücke of the disused Isny railway in the Kempten district of Rothkreuz near the Rottachmühle |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | DE : 114574 | |
| location | Germany , Bavaria | |
| River system | Danube | |
| Drain over | Iller → Danube → Black Sea | |
| source | Confluence of the Großer and Kleiner Rottach in Ahegg 47 ° 42 ′ 37 ″ N , 10 ° 15 ′ 3 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 768 m above sea level NHN | |
| muzzle | In Kempten in the district Auf der Breite , north of the north bridge of the Adenauerring in the Iller coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′ 20 ″ N , 10 ° 18 ′ 49 ″ E 47 ° 44 ′ 20 ″ N , 10 ° 18 ′ 49 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 656 m above sea level NHN | |
| Height difference | approx. 112 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 8 ‰ | |
| length | 14.1 km with the Großer Rottach and its longest upper course from the Gabertobel | |
| Catchment area | 23.35 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Kalbsangsttobelbach / Thingerstobelbach, various unnamed streams | |
| Right tributaries | Göhlenbach, various unnamed streams | |
The Rottach is an orographically left tributary of the Iller, about 14 km long on its longest stretch of river . After the confluence of its upper reaches near Ahegg , the Rottach cut is initially a border between the independent city of Kempten (Allgäu) and the Buchenberg market in the Oberallgäu district . Together with the Iller, the Rottach and Leubas are the most important rivers in Kempten. Further upriver on the Iller there is another, right tributary also called Rottach .
geography
course
Kleine Rottach and Große Rottach
The Rottach arises from two tributaries, both of which have their origin east of the Adelegg in the Iller Jungmoränenland .
The Kleine Rottach is about 4 km long and rises on a meadow north of the hamlet of Orthalden. The stream initially runs along the municipal boundary between Buchenberg and Wiggensbach , thus following the state road 2376 until it takes the outflow from the Herrenwieser Weiher . Shortly afterwards the stream in Ahegg joins the Große Rottach from the left.
The Große Rottach arises on the western edge of Buchenberg from a very long upper course from the west, which runs between the Buchenberg hamlet of Eschach in front of the desert in the north and Steckenried in the south at about 963 m above sea level. NHN rises and finally, accompanied by the route of the former Kempten – Isny railway line , through which Gabertobel flows, and a very short southern upper course. The combined stream initially flows northwards between a newer part of the Buchenberg settlement and the old part of the village opposite and deepens into a forest ravine, of which the right slope to the place is under nature protection as Hölzler's ravine . After this, the gorge turns in a right curve on the east run, which it has reached at the Buchenberg village of Ahegg. There it then flows together with the Kleine Rottach to the Rottach, which initially continues eastwards.
Rottach
From Ahegg, the Rottach is initially the border river between the Oberallgäu district and the independent city of Kempten. After the State Road 2376 has crossed it and it has passed the Rottachmühle , it bends northeast at approximately the Rottachbrücke of the former railway line on the edge of the Kempten district of Rothkreuz (Kempten). The Rottach now flows through another deep cut past the Stiftallmey and is dammed by the Hehlen weir built in 1677. The earlier sunbathing area was on the narrow Rottach loop that followed . Further downstream, the Kalbsangsttobelbach / Thingerstobelbach flows from the left , and the Göhlenbach flows from the right into the Rottach about 100 meters further. 500 meters further she runs under the textile concrete bridge. The Rottach flows into the Iller a little further down the north bridge of the Mittlerer Ring .
Buildings
Weir
The weir in the area of the Pulvermühlweg in Kempten originally served to divert service water in the monastery and imperial city, for example to drive striking mechanisms and mills. The first draft plan for the weir was made in 1613. In 1677, the wooden weir was completed under Prince Abbot Bernhard Gustav von Baden-Durlach . The weir was already badly damaged by 1803, and the tunnel east of the weir was increasingly collapsing. As a result, around 1809 the urban sewer system was no longer supplied with Rottach water. As a result, little of the extensive canal system was preserved. New technologies increasingly displaced hydropower, so there was no interest in maintaining the canal system. Individuals complained in August 1811 about the lack of hydropower. In 1815 the stone weir was renewed and in 2003 it was renewed by the water management office according to original plans.
Sunbathing and mineral bath
Sunbathing began in 1927 in the Rottachschleife, as indicated by the street “Beim Sonnenbad”. Another bath, the Rottachbad, was a mineral bath that was built in 1854 and existed until 1930. The associated restaurant Bad Rottach existed until the building was demolished in 1974.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Directory of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Danube river area from source to Lech, page 14 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.3 MB)
- ^ Hansjörg Dongus : Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 187/193 Lindau / Oberstdorf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1991. → Online map (PDF; 6.1 MB)
- ↑ City history: The Schlangenbach in Kempten. In: kempten.de, November 28, 2016 (accessed January 7, 2018)
- ↑ Hehlenwehr is like in the times of the prince. In: all-in.de, April 29, 2003 (accessed January 7, 2018)
- ^ Wolfgang Haberl: Kempten in old postcards . tape I. . Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag, Kempten 1979, ISBN 3-88006-050-9 , p. 80 .
