Singold

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Singold
The Singold near Inningen

The Singold near Inningen

Data
Water code DE : 12682
location Bavaria
River system Danube
Drain over Factory Canal  → Wertach  → Lech  → Danube  → Black Sea
source in Waal
47 ° 59 ′ 35 "  N , 10 ° 46 ′ 28"  E
Source height approx.  638  m above sea level NN
muzzle In Augsburg from the right and south in the factory canal there next to the Wertach Coordinates: 48 ° 20 '39 "  N , 10 ° 51' 53"  E 48 ° 20 '39 "  N , 10 ° 51' 53"  E
Mouth height approx.  480  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 158 m
Bottom slope approx. 3.1 ‰
length approx. 51.3 km
Catchment area 197.61 km²
Discharge at the Langerringen
A Eo gauge : 101 km²
Location: 27.5 km above the mouth
NNQ (09/26/1976)
MNQ 1956–2006
MQ 1956–2006
Mq 1956–2006
MHQ 1956–2006
HHQ (08/07/2000)
509 l / s
1.22 m³ / s
2.14 m³ / s
21.2 l / (s km²)
12.6 m³ / s
33.6 m³ / s

The Singold is a river in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia and a second order body of water with a length of about 51 km. Its source is in the center of Waal in the Ostallgäu district . On the way north, the Singold crosses Schwabmünchen and Großaitingen, among others, and finally flows into the factory canal , an artificially created tributary of the Wertach, in the Göggingen district of Augsburg .

etymology

Historical maps show that in addition to its current name Singold , the river was also called Singolt , Singalta , Sinkel and Senkel . Places and streets such as Sinkelmühle or Sinkelweg also indicate these earlier names. The former lower reaches of the Singold, the Augsburg Canal Senkelbach , still bears this old name today .

The ending "-gold" or "-galta" is probably of pre-Germanic-Celtic origin and means swampy water . An origin from Latin is also conceivable. The word “singultus” means (for example “the chuckle (of the water)”).

geography

River course and history

The source of the Singold in Waal

The Singold rises in the Ostallgäu district near Landsberg am Lech ; its source is in the center of the market town of Waal . From there it flows northwards through Schwabmünchen , Großaitingen and Bobingen to Augsburg .

Until 1588, the Singold did not belong to the Wertach river basin, but flowed west past the fortified city of Augsburg and ended up flowing into the Lech from the left as a Senkelbach near Wolfzahnau . On September 6th, 1588 the Singold broke into the Wertach north of Göggingen after heavy rain . As a result, all the mills located on its lower reaches fell dry. After negotiations between the millers with the city and the bishop to force the Singold back into their old bed failed, a new tap was dug further downstream from the Wertach to the old Singold bed in 1589. This corresponds to today's canal section Holzbach . The Senkelbach was no longer part of the Singold, but of the Wertach system; his name remained, however.

From 1588 to 1884 the Singold flowed into the Wertach. In 1884, the factory sewer branching out from the Wertach on the right was built in Göggingen . This connects to the Singold so that it now flows into it instead of directly into the Wertach. Since 1920 the factory canal has continued to the Wertach Canal , which today feeds the Holzbach and the Senkelbach. In the Wolfzahnau , a nature reserve at the confluence of the Lech and the Wertach, the Senkelbach flows back into the Wertach.

Tributaries and branches

From the source to the mouth. Length and height mostly according to the Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( information ). Other sources are noted.

Source of the Singold at about 638  m above sea level. NN at St. Nikolaus in Waal .

  • Oh , from the right and south to over 620  m above sea level. NN between Waal and its district Bronnen , 11.5 km and 20.9 km². Arises at almost 660  m above sea level. NN north of the Lengenfeld district of Oberostendorf from the confluence of some up to 4 km long source streams that arise southwest to southeast of the village, including the Hafnerbach . The Ach is significantly longer at the confluence than the Singold itself (approx. 2.1 km).
  • Schorenbach , from the left and south to around 605  m above sea level. NN in the district of Holzhausen of the municipality Igling , 6.4 km and 9.2 km². Branches east of Jengen at 633  m above sea level. NN to the right of the uppermost Schanzgraben , which flows into the Gennach from the right at Lamerdingen .
  • Röthenbach , from the left and south to over 555  m above sea level. NN on the northern edge of the Langerringen district of the municipality of Langerringen , approx. 13.0 km. Drained at over 610  m above sea level. NN the Großkitzighofener Moos northwest of Holzhausen.
  • Departure of the Feldgießgraben , to the left and northwest to over 550  m above sea level. NN at the bath of Schwabmünchen on the southern outskirts. After approx. 3.5 km it flows into the Wertach from the right.
  • Departure and return of the side course Kaltenbach , to and from the left to around 510  m above sea level. NN in Bobingen , approx. 0.9 km.
  • Departure of the Ablaßbach , to the left to over 490  m above sea level. NN at the upper Radaumühle on the southern edge of Augsburg-Göggingen . After approx. 0.6 km it flows into the right Wertach side ditch Forellenbach , this after another approx. 0.8 km at the Wertach bridge on the Wellenburger Straße from Göggingen at 487  m above sea level. NN in the Wertach itself.

Mouth of the Singold from the right and south to about 480  m above sea level. NN at the Gögginger Bad in the factory canal .

Places and cities on the Singold

Singold between Holzhausen near Buchloe and Rollmühle

allegory

Figure of Singold at the Augustus Fountain (cast between 1588 and 1594)
Paintings in the Golden Hall; below the personifications of the four Augsburg rivers Wertach, Lech, Singold and Brunnenbach. In this representation, the Singold is the female figure with a water jug.

At the Augustusbrunnen in Augsburg, a female figure personifies the Singold. She wears a wreath of ears of corn as a headdress, leans on a Mühlradviertel and presents a tuft of grain. This representation of the river deity resembles a Ceres , the Roman goddess of agriculture and fertility. Like the three other Augsburg city rivers Lech, Wertach and Brunnenbach , it occupies one of the four corners of the fountain.

In the Golden Hall of the Augsburg town hall , a mural by the Augsburg artist Hans Rottenhammer also allegorically shows the Singold above one of the portals .

River conference

In 2008 a project on living space design from a cultural, ecological, social and political point of view took place in Bobingen. The aim was to perceive and design the Singold again as an ecologically living river. At the final river conference, to which Mayor Bernd Müller from Bobingen invited, a. a. Members from fishing associations, farmers, property owners, business representatives, operators of mills and hydropower plants, local politicians, representatives from nature conservation organizations.

Web links

Commons : Singold  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c According to the contour line drawing on the BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
  2. a b c d e f Directory of brook and river areas in Bavaria - Lech river area, page 67 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 1.8 MB)
  3. ^ German Hydrological Yearbook Danube Region 2006 Bavarian State Office for the Environment, p. 137, accessed on October 4, 2017, at: bestellen.bayern.de (PDF, German, 24.2 MB).
  4. ^ Hans Bahlow: Germany's geographical world of names . Suhrkamp, ​​1985, ISBN 3-518-37721-3 , pp. 449 .
  5. ^ Map in Martin Kluger: Hydraulic engineering and hydropower, drinking water and fountain art in Augsburg . 1st edition. Context Verlag, Augsburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-939645-72-6 , p. 104 .
  6. ^ Martin Kluger: Hydraulic engineering and hydropower, drinking water and fountain art in Augsburg . 1st edition. Context Verlag, Augsburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-939645-72-6 , p. 44 .
  7. Length measured on the BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
  8. Text entry in blue with a high point at the junction on the BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
  9. Text entry in blue at the mouth on the Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
  10. Ecological Academy Bobingen: River conference on the future of the Singold in the Bobinger area Future conference concludes the project "Living with the Singold". In: myheimat Portal Augsburg (September 16, 2008). URL: http://www.myheimat.de/bobingen/flusskonferenz-zur-zukunft-der-singold-im-bobinger-raum-zukunftskonferenz-schliesst-projekt-leben-mit-der-singold-ab-d50911.html ( Accessed March 12, 2010)