Schefflenz (Jagst)

	Schefflenz
	The Schefflenz in its lowest valley section, about a kilometer before the mouth
	Data
Water code	DE : 23888
location	Building land Schefflenzgäu; Kocher-Jagst Plains Neudenauer Hills; Baden-Württemberg Neckar-Odenwald district Gde. Seckach ; Gde. Schefflenz ; Gde. Cheap home ; ; Heilbronn district City of Neudenau ; City of Gundelsheim ; ;
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Jagst → Neckar → Rhine → North Sea
source	north of Großeicholzheim ; 49 ° 26 ′ 58 ″ N , 9 ° 17 ′ 10 ″ E
Source height	approx. 328 m above sea level NHN
muzzle	Before Bad Friedrichshall - Untergriesheim from the right and north into the lower Jagst coordinates: 49 ° 16 ′ 33 ″ N , 9 ° 13 ′ 40 ″ E 49 ° 16 ′ 33 ″ N , 9 ° 13 ′ 40 ″ E;
Mouth height	151.1 m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 176.9 m
Bottom slope	approx. 7.3 ‰
length	24.3 km
Catchment area	96.877 km²
Right tributaries	Sulzbach

The Schefflenz is a right tributary of the Jagst in the north of Baden-Württemberg . On its approximately 24-kilometer run, it crosses the Neckar-Odenwald district and the Heilbronn district .

geography

course

Schefflenzquelle

The Schefflenz rises immediately north of Großeicholzheim (municipality of Seckach ) at about 328 m above sea level. NN and then flows in a southerly direction. She crosses one after the other the districts of the community named after her Schefflenz , namely Kleineicholzheim, Ober-, Mittel- and Unterschefflenz. It then flows through the Billigheimer districts of Katzental , Billigheim and Allfeld , where the longest tributary Sulzbach joins from the right . In the lower reaches of the southwest, it is the city boundary between Neudenau and Gundelsheim . In this area it runs through an idyllic meadow valley, the slopes of which are covered by forests on both sides. It flows north of Untergriesheim at 151.1 m above sea level. NHN as the last major tributary in the lower reaches of the Jagst. From a geological point of view, the Schefflenz runs in the layers of shell limestone .

The Schefflenz in Allfeld

Catchment area

The catchment area of the Schefflenz covers about 97 km². Although it is limited to a strip of just a few kilometers along the course of the river, the stream with it is one of the four large Jagst tributaries on the lower reaches of the Seckach , Kessach and Erlenbach , the fourth largest Jagst tributary in terms of the catchment area . In the west the catchment area is limited by the Elz , in the east by the Seckach. The only tributary of more than 5 km in length is the Sulzbach in Allfeld. At the gauge there, the mean discharge of the Schefflenz is 0.53 m³ / s with a catchment area of 60 km². In addition to the places directly on the river, the catchment area also includes the villages of Sulzbach, Waldmühlbach (both municipality of Billigheim) and, for the most part, Höchstberg (municipality of Gundelsheim).

Tributaries

From the source to the mouth.

Götzenbrunnen ( right ), in Seckach - Großeicholzheim , 0.4 km
Eberbach ( right ), in Schefflenz - Kleineicholzheim , 2.5 km
Frankenbach ( left ), before Schefflenz- Oberschefflenz , 0.8 km
Auebächlein ( right ), in Oberschefflenz, 3.0 km and 3.2 km²
Safferackergraben ( right ), entrance to Schefflenz- Mittelschefflenz , 0.63 km
Kertelgraben ( left ), in Mittelschefflenz, 2.8 km and 3.5 km²
Hoheweidenbach ( right ), between Mittelschefflenz and Schefflenz- Unterschefflenz , 1.3 km and 1.4 km²
Schmalwiesengraben ( right ), in Unterschefflenz, 1.4 km and 1.7 km²
Apfelbach ( right ), after Unterschefflenz, 0.7 km
(Bach aus der Klinge ) ( right ), in Billigheim - Katzental , 3.6 km
Wolfsbach ( left ), on the northern edge of Billigheim, 5.6 km and 16.9 km²
Schafsgraben ( right ), in Billigheim, 1.2 km
Stuhlwaldgraben ( left ), to Billigheim, 0.7 km
(Bach aus der Stuhlklinge ) ( left ), in front of Billigheim- Allfeld , 1.2 km
Sulzbach ( right ), in Billigheim-Allfeld, 6.4 km (with upper course Moostalbächle ) and 19.3 km²
(Bach from the Mergelklinge ) ( right ), in Billigheim-Allfeld, 0.6 km
(Brook from the Möckmühlergrund ) ( left ), in Billigheim-Allfeld, 1.1 km
(Bach from the Hoschelwald ) ( left ), south of Billigheim-Allfeld, 1.6 km
(Bach from the Kisslichklinge ) ( right ), south of Billigheim-Allfeld, 0.8 km
(Bach from the Moosichklinge ) ( right ), at Unter Bichelbacherhof, 0.9 km
Bartelsbächle ( left ), north of Neudenau , 3.0 km and 4.8 km²
(Bach aus der Mannsklinge ) ( right ), west of Neudenau, 2.5 km
Löchlesgraben ( right ), southeast of Gundelsheim - Höchstberg , 0.8 km

Flood protection

After the flood events of December 1993 and January 1995, the communities Billigheim and Schefflenz felt compelled to found the special purpose association for flood protection Schefflenztal . To protect against a 100-year flood event, three effective retention basins were built:

Oberschefflenz-Zehntwiesen, storage target 47800 m³, controlled basin
Mittelschefflenz-Schendelwiesen, storage target 44,000 m³, controlled pool with weather station
Katzental-Oberes Wiesental, storage target 152900 m³, controlled pool with weather station

The Schefflenztal as a traffic route

The traffic importance of the Schefflenz valley is comparatively low. The state roads L520 / L526 run through it along its entire length and the Neckarelz – Osterburken railway line crosses it at Oberschefflenz and Kleineicholzheim . Between 1908 and 1965 the Schefflenz Valley Railway also opened up the section from Oberschefflenz to Billigheim.

swell

All-field level [3]
All other area and length information after measurements on a topographic map 1: 50,000.
Hans Mattern: The lower Jagsttal. From Dörzbach to the mouth . Baier, Crailsheim 2005, ISBN 3-929233-27-4 .

Web links

Commons : Schefflenz - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Otto Klausing: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 151 Darmstadt. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1967. → Online map (PDF; 4.3 MB)
^ Horst Mensching , Günter Wagner : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 152 Würzburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1963. → Online map (PDF; 5.3 MB)
↑ Josef Schmithüsen : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 161 Karlsruhe. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1952. → Online map (PDF; 5.1 MB)
↑ Wolf-Dieter Sick : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 162 Rothenburg o. D. Deaf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. → Online map (PDF; 4.7 MB)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )
^ Flood forecast center , State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg
^ Association statutes, Zweckverband Hochwasserschutz Schefflenztal [1] (PDF; 52 kB) , accessed on July 16, 2013
↑ Measured values of the retention basin special purpose association for flood protection Schefflenztal [2] , accessed on July 16, 2013

[BfL-151-1] Otto Klausing: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 151 Darmstadt. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1967. → Online map (PDF; 4.3 MB)

[BfL-152-2] Horst Mensching , Günter Wagner : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 152 Würzburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1963. → Online map (PDF; 5.3 MB)

[BfL-161-3] Josef Schmithüsen : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 161 Karlsruhe. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1952. → Online map (PDF; 5.1 MB)

[BfL-162-4] Wolf-Dieter Sick : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 162 Rothenburg o. D. Deaf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. → Online map (PDF; 4.7 MB)

[DE-BW_LUBW-5] State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )

[DE-BW_HVZ-6] Flood forecast center , State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg

[7] Association statutes, Zweckverband Hochwasserschutz Schefflenztal [1] (PDF; 52 kB) , accessed on July 16, 2013

[8] Measured values of the retention basin special purpose association for flood protection Schefflenztal [2] , accessed on July 16, 2013