Schwalb (Wörnitz)

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Swallow
Schwalbach
The swallow at the lower mill

The swallow at the lower mill

Data
Water code DE : 11874
location Bavaria
River system Danube
Drain over Wörnitz  → Danube  → Black Sea
source Schwalbquelle at the Mittelmühle
48 ° 50 '47 "  N , 10 ° 43' 27"  E
Source height approx.  440  m above sea level NHN  at the Schwalbquelle
over  515  m above sea level NHN  upper course origin
muzzle near Bühl im Ries in the Wörnitz coordinates: 48 ° 49 '40 "  N , 10 ° 38' 42"  E 48 ° 49 '40 "  N , 10 ° 38' 42"  E
Mouth height over  405  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 35 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.6 ‰
length 7.6 km  from Schwalbquelle
14.2 km  from the origin of the upper reaches
Catchment area 31.18 km²

The Schwalb , also called Schwalbach , is a 14 km long brook in the Bavarian district of Donau-Ries , which flows downstream from Bühl im Ries in the area of ​​the city of Harburg (Swabia) from the left and east into the lower Wörnitz . The so-called Schwalbquelle , a water-rich karst spring north of Gosheim , feeds the stream only at the middle course. The body of water is also considered to be the namesake for a county, the Sualafeldgau , that emerged during the early medieval Franconian expansion to the east .

geography

Upper course

The uppermost course of the Schwalb begins less than a kilometer southeast of the Fünfstettener church village Heidmersbrunn in a small wood surrounded by a field at a little over 515  m above sea level. NHN . From here the young stream flows in all in all in a south-westerly direction through the corridor to about the Schwalbenberg north of Fünfstetten, after which it turns west and soon crosses under the DON 20 district road. Walking past the Upper and Lower Beutmühle, in addition to the Hühnerberg, which is already part of it, in the now deepened valley, he reaches a larger forest area on the eastern edge of the Ries , where he changes to the area of ​​the municipality of Huisheim .

The Schwalbquelle at the Mittelmühle

Swallow spring

At the Gosheimer upper and middle mill , the state road from Wemding lie to the north of this village, the river undergoes then strong inflow of as a natural monument designated Schwalb source , one at about 440  m above sea level. NHN rising karst spring on the inner structural crater rim of the Ries. The spring water rises here from the Malm  δ. Two other sources are in the immediate vicinity.

Lower course

The swallow then flows further west past the Unter-, Mathes-, Stadel-, Stoffel-, Pfleger-, Herber-, Haunzenmühle as well as the Neumühle and the Anhäuserhöfe, which are already in Alerheimer area, and then turns to the southwest. It crosses Bühl im Ries , finally crosses the Heroldinger submarket of the small town of Harburg (Swabia) and then flows into the lower Wörnitz from the left shortly before the southern edge of the Ries .

Tributaries

  • Argelsbach , from the left and east below Bühl im Ries along the district boundary Alerheim / Harburg, approx. 4.5 km on the name run encompassing the left upper course and 6.0 km with the longer right upper course Angergraben from Gosheim and 10.2 km²

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Height according to the contour line image on the Bavaria Atlas. See the →  web links .
  2. ↑ Length from the Schwalbquelle at the Mittelmühle to the mouth, measured on the BayernAtlas. See at the web links.
  3. ↑ a b List of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Danube river area from source to Lech, page 91 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.3 MB)
  4. ^ Name of the brook and the right upper reaches of the Argelsbach after the search for waters on the Bavaria Atlas. The labeling on the BayernAtlas is contradicting itself, the directory of the brook and river areas in Bavaria used for the total length, which is more unreliable in terms of names, names the main line from the right upper reaches of the Angergraben and Argelsbach- Unterlauf as a whole Angersbach .
  5. ↑ Length of the Argelsbach name run measured on the BayernAtlas.
  6. ↑ a b Directory of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Danube river area from source to Lech, page 92 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 2.3 MB)