Sizenbach

	Sizenbach; upper and middle course: Frankenbach or - at least earlier - Espach
	Wetland on the upper reaches of Frankenbach in front of the Espachweiher
	Data
Water code	DE : 2388132
location	Ellwanger Mountains Baden-Württemberg Ostalbkreis Neuler parish ; Municipality Rosenberg ; City of Ellwangen ; ;
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Jagst → Neckar → Rhine → North Sea
source	Eastern slope of Schönberg ( 569.2 m above sea level ) ; 48 ° 58 ′ 24 ″ N , 10 ° 2 ′ 25 ″ E
Source height	approx. 510 m above sea level NHN
muzzle	at Ellwangen-Schleifhäusle from the left and finally southwest into the Jagst . Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '49 " N , 10 ° 7' 22" E 48 ° 56 '49 " N , 10 ° 7' 22" E;
length	9.1 km
Catchment area	12.982 km²

Sägweiher

Espachweiher

The Sizenbach is an approximately 9 km long forest stream in the Ellwanger Mountains , which flows into the upper Jagst from the west in the district of Schleifhäusle in the town of Ellwangen in the Ostalbkreis in northeastern Baden-Württemberg . Its upper course is called Frankenbach , earlier and perhaps still today Espach .

geography

course

The upper course Frankenbach / Espach of the Sizenbach arises on the eastern slope of the highest elevation Schönberg ( 569.2 m above sea level ) of the Ellwang Mountains in a large contiguous forest area. It rises at about 510 m above sea level. NHN a little west of the section of the K 3234 between the Rosenberg district of Hinterbrand and its intersection with the L 1033, runs through under the district road and then turns to the southeast. It soon flows through at 490 m above sea level. NHN a first, 0.6 hectare reservoir, in front of whose dam it then crosses the aforementioned state road. Still running in the dense forest, some small tributaries of less than a kilometer in length flow into it up to about 3.5 km below its source, mainly from the right.

Then it flows from the right to about 457.7 m above sea level. NHN , just in the closed forest, the first of its two longest tributaries to, the 1.8 km long Leinenfirster Bach , also called Wertbach . This arises from some sources on the open eastern slope of the free Black Jura plateau around the hamlet of Leinenfirst in the municipality of Neuler and takes in some side streams. Immediately afterwards, the valley floor opens into a strip of meadow, initially only about 50 meters wide, through which the stream meanders . Less than a kilometer further down the valley, it then flows at 452 m above sea level. NHN into the 3.6 hectare Sägweiher , which is now almost 150 meters wide between its two forest banks. The second large tributary Reutegraben on the right flows into it , which is almost the same length and similar to the previous one on the upper slope. Its spring branches feed the 2.5-hectare forest lake Grießweiher on the lower slope , before the combined side stream flows into the Sägweiher through the valley of the Frankenbach, which bulges at the side.

Less than half a kilometer below the Sägweiher, the stream flows at 448 m above sea level. NHN in the 3.5 hectare Espachweiher , in which again this time a shorter side stream runs from the right slope, which for the first time runs entirely through open fields, because the right valley slope is free from forests up to Neuler on the plateau. At the dam, over which the K 3333 runs from Ellwangen to Neuler, and on the lower right slope is the Ellwang district of Espachweiler , the first settlement on the stream. The closed settlement stretches far up the slope in the Adlersteige residential area in Neul, next to the rise in the street. The Espachweiher is a popular destination in summer for hikers, swimmers and boaters in Ellwang; a lakeside inn and hotel on the dam offers food and accommodation.

At the outlet from the Espachweiher begins the lower Sizenbach , which now runs in a moderate meandering eastward through a barely 100 meter wide strip of meadow between hillside forests on both sides and also passes the place of the lost glaze mill. Then he turns more and more to the northeast below the modernistic-looking building of a mission company on a right hilltop, touches the Ellwang hamlet Schleifhäusle on the right and behind it reaches the left edge of the Jagsttalaue. Here it crosses under the railway line from Aalen-Goldshöfe to Crailsheim and then flows straight to 432 m above sea level. NHN from the left and opposite the Reinhardt barracks in Ellwang on the far right Jagsttalhang in the upper Jagst .

Catchment area

The Sizenbach drains about 13.0 km² of the Ellwang Mountains in an east-south-east direction towards the Jagst. The catchment area has roughly the shape of a sickle open to the northeast, the edge of which, at most 800 meters from the course, runs on the left over the isolated, small and elongated Black Jura plateau around Hinter- and Vorderlengenberg, while the sickle ridge runs up to 1800 meters on the right from the brook on the much wider plateau follows the road from K 3234 ("Hochstraße") and L 1075 from Leinenfirst via Neuler to Schwenningen . Accordingly, less than 30% of the catchment area lies to the left of the stream and most and largest tributaries reach it from the right.

Beyond the watershed competes on the northeastern side of the catchment area to nearly the entire length of the Jagst inflow Rotenbach with his right inflows from rattling leg Bach down to duck creek , south of about Ahlbach for Rain Auer reservoir draining the Jagst run Strütbach . In the southwest the Schlierbach runs to Niederalfingen, in the west the much longer Blinde Rot runs to Abtsgmünd to the Kocher .

The forest covers about 7.5 km² over half of the catchment area, it fills almost the entire valley, with the exception of parts of the upper right slope, the clearing strip from Espachweiler up to Neuler and the nowhere very wide floodplain strip by the stream. However, the largest open land areas in the catchment area are mainly on the right-hand Black Jura plateau.

With small fluctuations, for example at Espachweiler, which is part of Ellwangen, to the right of the Sizenbach, the course of the stream marks the border between Neuler in the south-west, with the significantly larger area, and Ellwangen in the north-east. A gusset of only about 12 hectares of mold forest in the north in the area of the first reservoir also belongs to the municipality of Rosenberg .

Tributaries and still waters

Hierarchical list of tributaries and lakes, indented below the receiving water and from the source to the mouth. Length of water, size of catchment area, lake area, height information usually according to the water and background layers on the map services of the LUBW . Other sources for the information are noted.

Origin of the upper reaches Frankenbach at about 510 m above sea level. NHN on the eastern slope of Schönberg , about 200 m west of the road from Hinterbrand to the intersection with the L 1073 Ellwangen – Adelmannsfelden. After initially running a quarter of a kilometer east, the stream swings onto its long south-east course.

Runs through a reservoir at around 490 m above sea level. NHN on the L 1073, 0.6 ha.

(Pond runoff), from the right into the lake, approx. 0.3 km.
- Pond of 0.2 ha at about 500 m above sea level. NHN in the meadow northwest of the intersection

(Inflow from the direction of a tree garden at the L 1073), from the right to about 485 m above sea level. NHN , approx. 0.4 km. Sources at about 500 m above sea level. NHN

(Inflow from north of the Gewann Hasen ), from the right at a forest path bridge to about 480 m above sea level. NHN , approx. 0.4 km. Source at about 495 m above sea level. NHN

(Feed from the bear blade from a pond), from the left at the next crossing forest path to over 475 m above sea level. NHN , approx. 0.3 km.

Small pond in the Bärenklinge at about 485 m above sea level. Below 0.1 ha.

(Inlet from the Spatzenloch ), from the right at the forest path crossing to about 473 m above sea level. NHN , 0.716 km. Source at about 505 m above sea level. NHN .

Pond in the middle reaches at about 485 m above sea level. NHN , 0.1 ha.

(Inflow from the Schlipfenwald ), from the right to below 470 m above sea level. NHN at a forest path triangle, approx. 0.8 km. Source near the upper edge of the forest at about 505 m above sea level. NHN .

Small pond in the middle reaches at about 485 m above sea level. Below 0.1 ha.

(Inlet from the communal wood ), from the left to about 460 m above sea level. NHN , approx. 0.4 km. Source on the forest slope west of Hinterlengenberg at about 505 m above sea level. NHN .

Hirtenfeldbach , from the left after the first clearing on the bank to below 460 m above sea level. NHN , approx. 0.6 km. Source on the forest slope south of Hinterlengenberg at about 500 m above sea level. NHN .

Wertbach , partly also Leinenfirster Bach , from the right to 457.7 m above sea level. NHN , 2.0 km. Arises at the top-floor slope value on the eastern edge Leinenfirst to about 525 m above sea level. NHN .

Feeds three ponds in the corridor between 490 and 480 m above sea level. Above sea level , together 0.3 ha.

Reesengraben , from the left to about 465 m above sea level. NHN , 0.7 km. Source in a forest near the Leinenfirster sewage treatment plant at about 510 m above sea level. NHN .

( Inflow ), from the left at the southeastern tip of the Ottenbühl forest , approx. 0.8 km. Source in Gehrn at about 510 m above sea level. NHN .

(Stream through the Besemerhalde ), from the right to about 460 m above sea level. NHN , approx. 0.9 km. Source in western semolina at about 495 m above sea level. NHN .
Soon after this tributary, the stream runs in small meanders in a narrow meadow.

Passes the Sägweiher at 451.9 m above sea level. NHN , 3.6 ha.

Reutegraben , from the right in the Sägweiher, 1.8 km. Source on the open upper slope of the Reute at about 490 m above sea level. NHN .

(Inconsistent, longer left source branch), from the right to below 475 m above sea level. NHN , approx. 0.6 km. Source on the slope shoulder at about 525 m above sea level. NHN .
- Drains two ponds at about 495 m above sea level. NHN and 480 m above sea level NHN , 0.1 ha and 0.2 ha.
Flows through the Grießweiher , at 463.7 m above sea level. Above sea level , 2.5 ha.
Bergwiesengraben , right inlet in the Grießweiher, 0.8 km. Source at over 500 m above sea level NHN near the K 3234. Entire run in the hallway.

Passes the Espachweiher at 447.9 m above sea level. NHN , 3.6 ha.
Downwards the stream is now called Sizenbach .

Espengraben , from the right into the Espachweiher, 1.4 km. The source is the Hagenbrunnen at about 510 m above sea level. NHN next to the Steigenstraße to Neuler. Entire run in the hallway.

→ (Second run from the Espachweiher), to the right of the Sizenbach run.

Hülbach , from the right into the right lake drain, 0.9 km. Source at the upper edge of the forest at about 505 m above sea level. NHN . Inconsistent.

← (return of the second lake drain into the Sizenbach), from the right at the Espachweiler sewage treatment plant to below 445 m above sea level. NHN , 0.6 km.

Fornsbach , from the right into the right ditch, 0.7 km. Source in the meadow slope Brühl north of Rainau -Schwenningen at about 470 m above sea level. NHN .
- Passes through three small ponds right after the source, a total of 0.1 ha.
(Inflow), from the right into the right ditch in the area of one of the two meandering congruent sections, 0.6 km. Source at the upper edge of the Salchen hillside forest at about 465 m above sea level. NHN .
Pond on the right, close to the run, less than 200 meters before the outskirts of Schleifhäusle, 0.2 ha. Is fed by a ditch less than 0.2 km long in the right floodplain.

Mouth of the Sizenbach shortly after passing Ellwangen-Schleifhäusle from the left and finally southwest at 432 m above sea level. NHN in the upper Jagst .

Municipalities and localities

on the run with their affiliations. Only the names of the lowest nesting level denote neighboring settlements.

Ostalbkreis
- Neuler
  parish
  - (predominantly on the right, no settlement)
- City of Ellwangen
  
  (except for Espachweiler only on the left)
  
  Espachweiler (hamlet, right; the Adlersteige residential area adjoining the slope is already part of Neuler)
  
  Glaze mill (desert, left)
  
  Schleifhäusle (hamlet, left)

geology

The Frankenbach and Sizenbach runs are entirely in the upper Mittelkeuper , the steep, spring-rich climbs leading to the accompanying plateaus on the left and especially on the right in the Oberkeuper . The plateaus themselves already belong to the Black Jura , which also covers the small cap of the Zeugenberg Schönberg above the Frankenbach source. A very erosion-resistant sandstone layer is the step forming the plateau.

Landscape and environment

The largest part of the catchment area naturally belongs to the main unit 108, Swabian-Franconian Forest Mountains . The mostly narrow valley-side edge of the plateau around Neuler, on the other hand, is part of the main unit 102, Eastern Alb Foreland . Both are sub-units of main unit group 10, Swabian Keuper-Lias-Land .

The open parts of the valley floor from where the forest emerges, with the exception of the Espachweiher, the hamlet of Espachweiler and the open slope on its side as well as the lowest valley up to about 350 meters before Schleifhäusle, form the 55 hectare Frankenbachtal landscape protection area (!). The Grießweiher and a slope zone in a southern semicircle around it, a total of 28 hectares, form the landscape protection area Grießweiher - Eichenhain near Neuler .

The only extensive natural monument is the 1.2 hectare oak grove near the Grießweiher on the southern tip of the last-mentioned landscape protection area. There are also three individual natural monuments, namely an oak tree on Steigenstrasse from Espachweiler up to Neuler, the village linden tree of the hamlet itself on the south side of the Espachweiher dam and a Wellingtonie near Vorderlengenberg on the left edge.

References and comments

↑ ^a ^b The description of the Oberamt Ellwangen from 1886 speaks in the section on the rivers and streams of the chapter natural characteristics of the " Sizenbach , above Espach, also called Frankenbach".
↑ ^a ^b Height according to the contour line image on the background layer Topographic map on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )
↑ ^a ^b Length according to the data record entry on the water network layer (AWGN) on: Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )

↑ ^a ^b ^{c Catchment} area size according to the data record entry on the water catchment area layer (AWGN) on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( notes )

↑ So with the map service of the LUBW, after the geodata viewer, however, already further up at the outlet of the Sägweiher.

↑ Lake area according to data record entry on the Still waters layer on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )

↑ Blue lettering at the confluence with the Jagst on: Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )

↑ Geology according to the (coarse-scale) geological overview map at: Mapserver of the State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining (LGRB) ( notes )

↑ Profile of the Frankenbachtal landscape protection area

↑ Profile of the nature reserve Grießweiher - Eichenhain near Neuler

literature

"TK25": Topographic map 1: 25,000 Baden-Württemberg North, as single sheet No. 7026 Ellwangen (Jagst) West

Web links

Commons : Frankenbachtal landscape protection area - collection of images, videos and audio files

[Name-Espach-1] The description of the Oberamt Ellwangen from 1886 speaks in the section on the rivers and streams of the chapter natural characteristics of the " Sizenbach , above Espach, also called Frankenbach".

[LUBW-TK-HLB-2] Height according to the contour line image on the background layer Topographic map on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )

[LUBW-GeNe-Länge-3] Length according to the data record entry on the water network layer (AWGN) on: Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )

[LUBW-BEZG-EZG-4] {c Catchment} area size according to the data record entry on the water catchment area layer (AWGN) on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( notes )

[5] So with the map service of the LUBW, after the geodata viewer, however, already further up at the outlet of the Sägweiher.

[LUBW-SG-Seefläche-6] Lake area according to data record entry on the Still waters layer on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )

[LUBW-TK-B-7] Blue lettering at the confluence with the Jagst on: Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )

[LGRB-Geologie-8] Geology according to the (coarse-scale) geological overview map at: Mapserver of the State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining (LGRB) ( notes )

[SB-Frankenbachtal-9] Profile of the Frankenbachtal landscape protection area

[SB-Grießweiher-10] Profile of the nature reserve Grießweiher - Eichenhain near Neuler