Sittenbach (Pegnitz)

Sittenbach
Data
Water code	DE : 242254
location	Franconian Alb Germany Bavaria Middle Franconia , District of Nürnberger Land
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Pegnitz  → Regnitz  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	in Steinensittenbach 49 ° 35 ′ 32 ″  N , 11 ° 24 ′ 46 ″  E
Source height	approx.  475  m above sea level NN
muzzle	near Altensittenbach in the Pegnitz Coordinates: 49 ° 30 '21 "  N , 11 ° 24' 30"  E 49 ° 30 '21 "  N , 11 ° 24' 30"  E
Mouth height	approx.  332  m above sea level NN
Height difference	approx. 143 m
Bottom slope	approx. 13 ‰
length	10.8 km
Catchment area	42.3 km²

The Sittenbach is an almost 10.8 km long, coarse material-rich, carbonate low mountain range , which flows into the Pegnitz on the right and north .

geography

course

The Sittenbach rises in Steinensittenbach, a district of Kirchensittenbach . It flows into the Pegnitz near Altensittenbach .

Tributaries

• Moosbach (right)
• Stöpperbach (left)
• Kleedorferbach (left)
• Unterkrummbacher Bach (right)
• Rangenbach (right)
• Rauschelbach (left)

Pegnitz river system

• List of rivers in the Pegnitz river system

places

The Sittenbach flows through the following

• Districts of the community of Kirchensittenbach :
  • Steinensittenbach
  • Algersdorf
  • Dietershofen
  • Kirchensittenbach
  • Aspertshofen
  • Hop garden mill
• and districts of Hersbruck :
  • Kühnhofen
  • Hagenmühle
  • Altensittenbach

use

The hydropower of the Sittenbach was used to operate mechanical systems in several places along its course. These were mostly mills . Parts of the former weirs for damming the water can still be found near Aspertshofen and Hagenmühle. In Hopfengartenmühle, water power was used to operate a sawmill.

A use in the sense of shipping is and was not possible or only on short sections due to the very natural course of the stream.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map services of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment
2. ↑ Flood Action Plan Main
3. ↑ Backwaters of the Pegnitz from the confluence of the Happurger Bach to the confluence of the Schnaittach (flowing waters - identifier: DE_RW_DEBY_2_F041) , water body profile surface water bodies of the 2nd management plan according to the Water Framework Directive, accessed on March 30, 2018.