Sheikh (river)

	Sheikh
	The Schaich near Aichtal-Neuenhaus
	Data
Water code	DE : 238186
location	Schönbuch Southern Schönbuch; Holzgerlinger plate; Northern Schönbuch; Baden-Württemberg District of Boeblingen Gde. Altdorf ; City of Holzgerlingen ; Gde. Because in the beautiful book ; ; Tübingen district Gde. Dettenhausen ; ; District of Boeblingen City of Waldenbuch ; ; District of Reutlingen Gde. Walddorfhäslach ; ; Esslingen district City of Aichtal ; Gde. Schlaitdorf ; ;
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Aich → Neckar → Rhine → North Sea
source	Stallion fountain in Schönbuch near Altdorf ; 48 ° 36 ′ 14 ″ N , 8 ° 59 ′ 35 ″ E
Source height	approx. 544 m above sea level NHN
muzzle	to Aichtal- Neuenhaus in the Aich Coordinates: 48 ° 37 '20 " N , 9 ° 12' 54" E 48 ° 37 '20 " N , 9 ° 12' 54" E;
Mouth height	315.9 m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 228.1 m
Bottom slope	approx. 9.7 ‰
length	23.6 km
Catchment area	38.092 km²
	Memorial stone of the citizens' initiative

The Schaich is an almost 24 km long, right and altogether western tributary of the Aich below the Neuenhaus district of Aichtal . It flows through or limits on its course the districts of Böblingen , Tübingen , Reutlingen and Esslingen in central Baden-Württemberg .

geography

course

The Schaich rises at about 544 m above sea level. NHN the stallion fountain in the forest south of Altdorf, a little east of the fork oak at the Rauhen Hau. Your source area is in the north of the 582.6 m above sea level. NHN high Bromberg .

From there, the Schaich flows in a predominantly eastward direction through or on the edge of the areas of the municipalities of Altdorf, Holzgerlingen , Weil im Schönbuch , Dettenhausen , Walddorfhäslach , Aichtal and Schlaitdorf . At the end of the Neuenhaus district of Aichtal, it flows at 315.9 m above sea level. NHN from the right and finally southwest into the Aich .

At the end of its 23.6 km long path with an average bed gradient of 9.7 ‰, it flows about 228 meters below its source.

The Schaich flows mainly in an easterly direction through the Schönbuch natural area , a mountainous forest area in the southern German Keuper Hills . It rises on the northern edge of the sub-area Südlicher Schönbuch , then moves on the southern edge of the Holzgerlinger Platte , the lower course crosses the sub-area Nördlicher Schönbuch .

It initially runs roughly on the northern edge of the Schönbuch Nature Park, which is not congruent with the natural area, and later through its northeastern part.

Catchment area

The Schaich drains an area of 38.1 km² that is entirely in the Schönbuch natural area. Its highest point is the flat, 582.6 m above sea level. NHN high summit of the Bromberg south of the Hengstbrunnen, over which the southern watershed runs to the large catchment area of the Goldersbach and its tributaries, which drains over the Ammer to the Neckar . In turn, further to the east, the catchment area of the Reichenbach , which flows into the Neckar at Pliezhausen, borders in the south , then on this side the continuously shorter Neckar tributaries.

On the north side only short tributaries compete from the mouth upwards beyond the Betzenberg to the Aich receiving the Schaich , in the area of the upper course then its tributary Seitenbach, which is partly very close and also approximately eastward, competing . To the north of the immediate source area of the Schaich, the Altdorfer Würm rises just a kilometer away , a source branch of the Würm , which drains into the Neckar via the Nagold and Enz rivers much further down than the Aich. The watershed, which is less prominent on this section than towards the south, is therefore hydrologically the most important.

Tributaries

Direct tributaries from the source to the mouth. Selection.
Specified lengths and catchment areas according to the official waterway map.

Kreuzwiesenbach , from the right near the domain Schaichhof von Holzgerlingen , 2.0 km and 1.8 km²
Ramsbach , from the right between Weil im Schönbuch and Dettenhausen , 2.4 km and 2.5 km²
Fronlach, from the right in Dettenhausen, 2.9 km and 3.8 km²
Weinhaldengraben , from the left in Dettenhausen
Sauwasengraben , from the right to Dettenhausen
(Bach from the Hummelklinge ), from the left, 0.8 km

Schaichtal nature reserve

The Schaichtal is one of the most natural flowing water landscapes in the greater Stuttgart area. Since February 23, 1995, the valley area between Dettenhausen and Neuenhaus is around 8 km long, including the flanks of Betzenberg, Eichenfirst and Schaichberg, as the Schaichtal nature reserve (NSG number 1.210). The 467.8 hectare area extends over the districts of Reutlingen, Tübingen and Esslingen.

A species of snail was found here, the bellied diaper snail (Vertigo moulisiana), which was considered lost in Württemberg and has only been found alive here until now. Lush bank vegetation as well as lakes and ponds characterize the scenic valley, which is home to rare species such as kingfisher , fire salamander and dipper .

Schaichtal retention basin

In 1984 the Aich water association planned to damm the Schaich with a 17 m high dam. The citizens' initiative "Save the Schaichtal" prevented this.

Biking and hiking trails

Some cycling and hiking trails, such as the Hohenzollern cycle path , lead through the Schaichtal.

literature

Reinhard Wolf , Ulrike Kreh (Hrsg.): The nature reserves in the Stuttgart administrative region . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-5176-2 , pp. 483-485

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( notes )
^ Friedrich Huttenlocher , Hansjörg Dongus : Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 170 Stuttgart. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1949, revised 1967. → Online map (PDF; 4.0 MB)

Web links

Commons : Schaich - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas
Schaichtal – Betzenberg circular hiking trail , accessed on May 31, 2010 at schoenbuch.eu

[LUBW-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( notes )

[BfL-170-2] Friedrich Huttenlocher , Hansjörg Dongus : Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 170 Stuttgart. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1949, revised 1967. → Online map (PDF; 4.0 MB)