Schonunger Bay
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Mainberg Castle , in the middle distance on the right the Schonunger Bucht, behind the Steigerwald |
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| Geographical location | Bavaria , Germany | |
| Tributaries | Main | |
| Drain | Main | |
| Places on the shore | Sparing | |
| Location close to the shore | Schweinfurt | |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 2 '32 " N , 10 ° 18' 21" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 207.6 | |
| surface | 38 ha | |
| length | 1.85 km | |
| width | 385 m | |
| scope | 6.5 km | |
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The Schonunger Bucht is a complex of seven lakes lying along the Main , in the Lower Franconian district of Schweinfurt , 5 km east of Schweinfurt . By far the largest part of the left Main (southern) Schonunger Bucht belongs to the Right Main (northern) municipality of Schonungen . The bay consists predominantly of lakes and in a small range from remains of the Altmains that flowed through the western edge of the current bay along a steeply sloping here to Maintal hill.
The five northern and the two southern lakes are connected to each other. Both lake complexes also have a connection to the Main. The western half of the southern complex belongs to the left Main municipality of Gochsheim .
Immediately to the south (upstream of the Main ) is a Main Bay , which again belongs entirely to Schonungen, the Forster Bay , an oxbow river of the Main (6 ha).
location
The Schonunger Bucht lies between Schonungen and its left Main district Reichelshof , 2 km up the Main from the Sennfelder Seenkranz . The only road connection to the Schonunger Bucht leads over the Sennfeld on the left Main Main , over a 3 km long, well-developed cul-de-sac. Sennfelder Seenkranz and Schonunger Bucht are connected by floodplains and lie in the core of the Schweinfurt Main arc .
| Backwaters of the Main: Schweinfurt area & suburbs | |||
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| Surname | Type of body of water | place | Main km 1 |
| Forster Bay (L) | Backwater | Sparing | 340.2-339.6 |
| Schonunger Bucht (L) | Former Side arm & quarry ponds | Schonungen & Gochsheim | 339.5-337.6 |
| Sennfelder Seenkranz (L) | Backwater | Sennfeld | 335.1-332.6 |
| Saumain (L) | Old arm | Schweinfurt | 333.0-331.5 |
| Lock channel (L) | channel | Schweinfurt | 332.5-331.5 |
| Oberndorfer Altmainschleife (R) | Silted up backwater | Schweinfurt | 329.3-328.2 |
| Altmainschleife Nord (L) | Backwaters & quarry ponds | Grafenrheinfeld & Bergrheinfeld | 328.2-327.4 |
| Altmainschleife Süd (L) | Backwater | Bergrheinfeld | 326.8-324.9 |
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(L) left Main
(R) right Main
1 kilometer upstream (from the Main estuary near Mainz )
geography
Although the Schonunger Bucht is a combination of the Altmain and quarry ponds, today it has the character of quarry ponds or artificial main bays.
The Schonunger Bucht is one of the Schweinfurt local recreation areas for water sports, u. a with a beach along the road to Sennfeld. As a dead end on the banks of the Main, the street leads directly to a slipway . Directly on the opposite bank, on the Schonunger side, there is also a slipway on a riverside road. The structural requirements for a car ferry would then be in place. The permanent campsite was closed (see: History ) and the bay is dominated by nature today. In particular, the northern bank areas, with their larger meadows, paths and trees, give a park-like impression today.
Which lies on the south-western (left) side of the valley Burgstallberg Heide , an Outbound medieval hilltop castle . From here a mostly wooded slope falls steeply down to the Schonungen Bay. In the southern area, already at the level of Forster Bay, the slope falls down to a 145 m long, still preserved section of the Altmain.
history
From the Germanic tribes to the 20th century
The Altmain was a southern branch of the main stream. The Altmain still exists today in sections as Sennfelder Seenkranz (see: Sennfelder Seenkranz, history ). While the main stream flows along the impact slope of the Schweinfurt Rhön . At least in smaller areas, the Altmain ran through the Schonunger Bucht and then through today's Sennfelder Seenkranz. The north-western end of the Schonunger Bucht undoubtedly emerged from the Altmain.
Today's by far the largest part of Schonungen Bay was created by dredging. The exploitation of sand began in 1887. From then on, "sand scoops" were listed in the trade directory of the community of Schonungen (Schonungen citizens who dug the Main sand by hand and transported it by boat from the left bank). Mechanical excavation of the site began in the 1930s.
During the sand extraction work in 1938, a 7 meter long dugout canoe was excavated. It was made around 80 AD and was then probably used by Germanic fishermen on the Main until 120 AD. An indication that the Altmain still existed as a branch back then and was used by fishermen. The find was of supraregional importance, as it was the first reliable evidence of the presence of the Teutons in this region.
After the sand harvest was stopped after the war, the area around the lakes was initially used as a recreation area with around 230 plots for caravans and tents. For hygienic reasons, the area had to be abandoned in 1987.
The parcel boundaries follow Altmain
On the original cadastre (from 1808) in the northwestern end of the Schonunger Bucht the Altmain, which is still a short stretch of water, and the junction to today's Main course are shown. The silted up Altmain to the west, to the Sennfelder Seenkranz, is also characterized by parcel boundaries. In today's cadastral plan, the parcel boundaries still follow the Altmain. The first topographical map (from 1842) shows the Main in this area in a transitional stage up to 300 m wide, on the left side of the Main with the Altmainufer and on the right with the current bank that is set back. From here the map shows a 500 m wide flood plain up the Main with numerous river loops from one side to the other.
See also
literature
- Topographic map Bavaria 1: 25,000 - Sheet No. 5927 Schweinfurt . State Office for Surveying Bavaria, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3860388204
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bavarian Land Survey Office. Topographic map 1: 25,000, sheet no.5927 Schweinfurt . Munich 2005
- ↑ a b c d Measured with the help of the BayernAtlas
- ↑ mainpost.de: The Main is 40 centimeters deeper and four meters wider, January 29th, 2019. Accessed on January 30th, 2019 .
- ↑ mainpost.de: The seepage basins at Schonunger Bucht are closed, July 17th, 2019. Accessed on July 19th, 2019 .
- ↑ Inter-municipal alliance Schweinfurter Oberland: Schonunger Bucht. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Heribert M. Reusch, OberLand Kurier, November 2008
- ↑ BayernAtlas: Urkataster (1808–1864) Area Schonunger Bucht. Retrieved January 9, 2018 .
- ↑ BayernAtlas: Cadastral plan, area Schonunger Bucht. Accessed December 31, 2017 .
- ↑ BayernAtlas: Position sheet 1: 25,000, No. 94 Schweinfurt (1842, with later additional entries, including railway lines), area Schonunger Bucht. Retrieved January 9, 2018 .