Speltbach

This article is about the Spelled creek , a tributary Jagst in Mulfinger district Bernd Hofen in Hohenlohekreis. There is also a Spelt ach that flows over 50 kilometers further up the Crailsheim district Jagstheim in the district of Schwäbisch Hall into the same river in Baden-Württemberg.

Speltbach
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Water code	DE : 2388334
location	Kocher-Jagst Plains Eastern Kocher-Jagst-Riedel Middle Jagsttal Baden-Württemberg Hohenlohe district City of Künzelsau Mulfingen municipality
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Jagst  → Neckar  → Rhine  → North Sea
source furthest from the mouth	the Siedelbachs between Künzelsau - Mäusdorf and - Nitzenhausen in Lohebusch 49 ° 16 '39 "  N , 9 ° 47' 24"  O
Source height	approx.  437  m above sea level NN
muzzle	in Mulfingen - Berndshofen from the left and west in the middle Jagst coordinates: 49 ° 18 '27 "  N , 9 ° 48' 13"  E 49 ° 18 '27 "  N , 9 ° 48' 13"  E
Mouth height	270.3  m above sea level NN
Height difference	approx. 166.7 m
Bottom slope	approx. 24 ‰
length	6.9 km  from Q. d. Siedelbach's
Catchment area	11.2 km²
Small towns	EZG share only : Ingelfingen

The Speltbach is a main stream almost 7 km long in Hohenlohekreis in northern Baden-Württemberg , which flows into the middle Jagst from the left and west in Mulfingen - Berndshofen .

geography

course

The Speltbach arises from two branches of the same name, which unite later, on the narrow strip of plateau between the middle Kocher and Jagst valley east and northeast of Künzelsau. However, the main strand of the small water system begins at the source of the longer left source brook Siedelbach to the southern and left upper reaches, which is a dirt road ditch at about 437  m above sea level. NN between the Künzelsau places Mäusdorf and Nitzenhausen emerges, soon to run in a long right- hand bend towards the Künzelsau hamlet of Berndhausen , at the end of which the settlement lies in an already noticeably deepened valley. In the village, the longer Siedelbach converges with the southern Speltbach -Quellbach, which comes in a shorter course from Mettelholz in the east.

Now after this Speltbach called crosses in Berndshausen for the first and only time before the similarly worded Mündungsort Bernd Hofen a road the waters K 2303 of Amrichshausen to Buchenbach , because that now northward current Valley digs soon steeply to the forest blade Spelled one in which the stream is only accompanied by a farm road. From secondary blades it experiences two inflows here, in order to then unite with its left upper course on the border to the municipality of Mulfingen .

This shorter source branch from the north arises near the Mulfinger Unteren Railhof and drains a larger forest area in the Grund and Holderbach waters to the west of it in a rather consistent southern course . Two secondary blades also flow to this smaller Speltbach branch from the right on the second half of its course.

From the confluence, the combined Speltbach then runs eastwards in the downward branch of the Ts of its steep valley blades. Remaining in the forest for the first half of this lower course, the valley widens noticeably and the stream enters the open corridor below the southern slope of the Weingartsteige , which is structured by stone bars, on the left side of the valley, accompanied by a wood gallery. After a last kilometer run, it reaches the local border of the Mulfinger Mündungsweiler Berndshofen , where it is crossed by the Jagsttalstraße L 1025, which runs here on the left side of the river, and immediately afterwards the Speltbach flows from the left and west at less than 270  m above sea level. NN into the middle Jagst running north here .

Catchment area

The Speltbach has a catchment area of ​​11.2 km². The contour roughly forms a rectangle parallel to the cardinal points with a north-south extension of 4.5 km and a west-east extension of 2.5 km. The highest point in it is the Hohe Lindle in the southeast at 447  m above sea level. NN near the Siedelbach origin. The slightly undulating plateau, which takes up over three quarters of the catchment area, is mostly over 400  m above sea level. NN .

The watershed in the east runs against the Jagst tributary Buchenbach , which flows into the Mulfingen valley town of the same name ; the southern one to the Kocherstettener Kocher tributary Heiligenbach and to the Kocher itself; the western one to the Deubach, which flows further down at Nagelsberg into the Kocher, with its tributaries in the earsbach , Steinbach and Österbach one after the other . In the north-west a very short border separates the catchment area of ​​the trout stream , which in turn reaches the Jagst at Dörzbach - Hohebach ; in the north runs across the Hetzlesbach to the Jagst in the little downward Heimhausen .

Commented inflow list

Hierarchically indented list of the upper reaches ( right, left), right ( ) and left ( ) tributaries and lakes ( ), each listed from the source to the mouth. Water body names usually according to LUBW-GN, water lengths according to LUBW-FG (data record entries), corresponding lake areas according to LUBW-SG and catchment areas according to LUBW-BEZG. Elevation information is usually based on the contour map on the topographic map. Other sources for the information are noted in each case.

The Speltbach has two upper courses of the same name, which are less than 0.4 km east-northeast of Büttelbronn at 344  m above sea level. NN ▲ come together in its valley gorge called Spelt from the south and north. After that, the stream runs eastwards throughout.

• (Southern) Speltbach [GKZ 2388334-2 to Siedelbach -Zulauf, then 2388334], right upper course, 3.2 km.
  • Arises between the Mettelholz forest in the northwest and the Hohen Lindle in the southeast on the road from Künzelsau - Nitzenhausen to -Berndshausen at about 427  m above sea level. NN ▲ and initially flows as a dirt road to the northwest.
    • Runs through a flood retention basin southwest of the Mettelholz at around 405  m above sea level. NN ▼ , 0.5 ha. Here the Speltbach already runs to the west.
      
  • Siedelbach [GKZ 2388334, like the Speltbach below], verdolt from the left in Berndshausen at the beginning of the Nitzenhausener Straße at around 390  m above sea level. NN ▼ , 2.5 km.
    • Arises between Künzelsau - Mäusdorf and - Nitzenhausen not far from the Hohen Lindles ( 449  m above sea level ) at a fork in the field in Lohebusch at about 437  m above sea level. NN ▲ and first walk west, then turn to the right. After this tributary, the Speltbach flows further north in the direction of the tributary, which also shows a stronger valley formation than the upper Speltbach.
    • Hinteres Brünnlein [GKZ 2388334-12], from the left a little south of Berndshausen at about 395  m above sea level. NN ▼ , 0.6 km. Runs, first underground in the field, northeast. After this inlet, the Siedelbach flows north.
      • Arises a little north of the Kügelhof on a scrub island within a field contour at about 418  m above sea level. NN ▲ .
  • Inflow from the northern edge of the Mettelholz [GKZ 2388334-32], from the right verdolt in Berndhofen at the beginning of the Speltbachweg at around 385  m above sea level. NN ▼ . West run along roads and roads.
    • Arises on the northern edge of the Mettelholz at about 432  m above sea level. NN ▲ .
    • Flows through a flood retention basin at the northwest tip of the Mettelholz at about 420  m above sea level. NN ▼ , 0.2 ha.
  • Diebsklingenbach [GKZ 2388334-34], from the left opposite Wolfsölden up on the plateau in the Klingenwald Oberer Spelt at over 360  m above sea level. NN ▼ , 1.0 km.
    • Arises southwest of Büttelbronn im Wendel at about 417  m above sea level. NN ▲

• (Northern) Speltbach [GKZ 2388334-4], left upper course, 1.8 km. The stream runs south throughout.
  • Arises north-west of the Mulfinger Untere Railhof on the edge of the forest at around 407  m above sea level. NN ▲ .
  • Flows through a flood retention basin immediately west of the Lower Railhof at around 403  m above sea level. NN ▼ , 0.8 ha.
  • At a distance of no more than 150 m to the west in the forest in a small tapering valley basin are two further ponds of 0.2 ha and 0.1 ha.
  • Flows through a tiny pond immediately before entering its forest edge at less than 390  m above sea level. NN ▼ .
  • Holderbach [GKZ 2388334-42], from the right opposite the Upper Railhof at the height in the Klingen at around 370  m above sea level. NN ▼ .
    • Arises on the southwest edge of the Holderbach forest to Dörnich at about 410  m above sea level. NN ▲ .
    • Passes or crosses three small ponds on the eastern edge of the Holderbach forest at around 395  m above sea level. NN ▼ , together 0.2 ha.
  • Klingenbach [GKZ 2388334-44], from the right between Büttelbronn and the Upper Railhof to less than 360  m above sea level. NN ▼ , 0.8 km.     Arises west of Büttelbronn at about 415  m above sea level. NN ▲ .
    
    • Flows through a pond on the northwestern edge of Büttelbronn before entering its Waldklinge at almost 400  m above sea level. NN ▼ , 0.1 ha.

Mouth of the Speltbach in Mulfingen - Berndshofen from the left and west into the middle Jagst at less than 270  m above sea level. NN ▼ , immediately after the return of the left Mühlkanal of the Jagst from Buchenbach . From the confluence of its two upper courses of the same name, the stream has a length of 2.7 km, from the source of its longer right upper course a length of 5.9 km, the longest flow section in the stream system begins at the source of its left inlet Siedelbach and measures 6.9 km. The catchment area covers a total of 11.2 km².

Localities

The only places on the run are the Künzelsau hamlet of Berndshausen on the right-hand source stream running northwards and the Mulfingen hamlet of Berndshofen at the mouth.

Share in the catchment area of ​​11.2 km²:

• the city of Künzelsau with about 7 km². In addition to Berndshausen, the Kügelhof is located on the southern watershed in its sub-area; the hamlet of Wolfsölden in the corner above the right source stream running northwards and the lower course running westwards; the hamlet of Büttelbronn to the west above the confluence of the source streams. To the northwest of it there used to be a place called Holderbach at the side stream of the same name and on the edge of the forest area of ​​the same name, which has now disappeared.
• the municipality of Mulfingen with about 3.5 km² in the northeast, mainly east of the left source stream running southwards and on both sides of the lower reaches. In their sub-area, apart from Berndshofen, the Untere Railhof lies to the east above the upper (!) Left upper course and the Untere Railhof to the northeast above the confluence of the source streams.
• the city of Ingelfingen with about 0.7 km². Its completely uninhabited sub-area is located west of the left-hand source stream running southwards and consists almost entirely of the forest area of ​​the Grund and Holderbach basin around the tributary of the same name.

geology

On the plateau, which takes up a large part of the catchment area, in the central part of the Lower Keuper is found , where loess sediments of Quaternary origin often lie in an arc from east to south to northwest on the ridges near the watershed . The spring branches and large tributaries usually arise in the border area of ​​these two layers. The larger left upper course Siedelbach of the southern Quellbach then reaches the Upper Muschelkalk in the valley approximately at the inlet of the Hinterer Brünnlein , the Speltbachzweig coming from the north at its blade entrance. Only shortly before Berndshofen does the combined Speltbach on the Unterlauf reach the Middle , and at the very last on the edge of the Jagsttalaue in the hamlet the Lower Muschelkalk , into which it also flows.

Kügelhofer Moortopf (2013)

On the plateau in the catchment area there are two larger sinkholes showing the karst formation of the Upper Muschelkalk.

• On the upward spur of the mouth of the Speltbach, southwest of Berndshofen, in the Galgenfeld not far from the Mulfinger Bodenhof, there is a moderately preserved elongated sinkhole about 4 m deep in the border area of ​​the Unterseuper to the Upper Muschelkalk, into which the ditch of a dirt road drains. ^▼
• The poorly preserved Kügelhofer Moortopf lies east of the Künzelsau Kügelhof in the Gewann Vorderes Seeholz still in the Unterkeuper, has a diameter of about 40 m, is sealed with washed-in clay - what one would call a Hülbe on the Swabian Alb - and silted up. ^▼
• Not far from the second there is another sinkhole almost directly on the Siedelsbachlauf.

landscape

The Speltbach runs through part of the strip of plateaus between the neighboring rivers Kocher and Jagst, which is part of the Kocher-Jagst plains natural area . This plateau in the catchment area is slightly wavy and is mainly located in an open corridor, in which some forest islands are interspersed. It is mainly used for arable farming, but grassland predominates in the upper valley hollows. West of the upper left course of the Speltbach there is a larger closed forest area in the Grund and the Holderbach up to the watershed and beyond.

The steeply indented and sloping valley sections from the Kingen entrance down to about half of the eastward lower reaches are mostly covered by hillside and valley forest, downwards open land begins again. Especially on the left slope there is an old wine-growing area with many hedge-covered stone bars.

Protected areas

The lower course of the Speltbach and the blade sections of its two upper courses and its tributaries are part of the Jagsttal landscape protection area with side valleys… . They show a diverse historical cultural landscape composed of forest and open fields with watercourses and blades, stone bars, field trees, rain and embankments, orchards and extensively cultivated grassland in the valley.

Particularly protected biotopes are among others

• natural stream sections at the beginning surrounded by wood in the middle of a field, Hinteren Brünnlein and at the uppermost westward course of the right Speltbach towards Berndhausen
• a valley section with stone bars and field trees from Berndshausen down to the beginning of the wooded blade Spelt des Bach
• the wood surrounding the pond in the northwest of Büttelbronn
• Ponds, a pond and a spring forest in the forest area Grund west of the left Speltbach upper course
• the stream of Speltbach and tributaries in the blade sections as well as on the lower course
• an extensive stone bar landscape predominantly, but not only, on the left slope of the Unterlauf above the Weingartsteige of the road from Berndshofen to the Railhöfen, which shows old viticulture on this southern slope
• the two large sinkholes mentioned under → Geology .

history

Probably from the Stone Age, but certainly in the Celtic times, there was an approximately 50 km long high-altitude path on the narrow plateau between Kocher and Jagst, which continues to the confluence of the two rivers in the Neckar near Bad Friedrichshall , which was used until modern times , the Hohe Straße between Kocher and Jagst . The so-called path climbed from a Jagstübergang at Heimhausen in Mulfingen through the edge of the neighboring Hetzlesbach stream to the north and up to the plateau and then initially ran along the northern watershed of the Speltbach stream. A branch from the path ran to the south-east on the river watershed of the two neighboring rivers, which were also very close above, in the direction of Kirchberg an der Jagst , for which he had to move south in front of the steep Speltbach cut, a hilltop-gable road between Ohrbach, Büttelborn and Berndshausen attests to the old route .

See also

• List of the tributaries of the Jagst

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolf-Dieter Sick : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 162 Rothenburg o. D. Deaf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. →  Online map (PDF; 4.7 MB)
2. ↑ According to the contour line image on the LUBW-TK.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Text entry in blue on the LUBW-TK.
4. ↑ According to LUBW-FG10 (data record entry).
5. ↑ According to LUBW-GEZG (data record entry).
6. ↑ On LUBW-BRSWEB under the uniform river code 2388334.
7. ↑ geology to LGRB-GÜK300.
8. ↑ Geotope profile of the sinkhole on the gallows field (PDF) at LGRB .
9. ↑ Geotope profile of the Kügelhofer Moortopf (PDF) at LGRB .
10. ^ Geotopes according to LGRB-GTK.
11. ↑ For the road routes, see Emil Kost, Die Hohe Straße between Kocher and Jagst , (website, digitized), in particular the somewhat rough overview map in Figure 1.

literature

• “TK25”: Topographic map 1: 25,000 Baden-Württemberg, as single sheet No. 6624 Mulfingen and No. 6724 Künzelsau

Web links

• State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information ), in particular with
  • "LUBW-TK": the topographic map as a background image
  • the LUBW layers
    • "LUBW-FG": water → water network → water network (AWGN)
    • "LUBW-GN": water → water network → water body name
    • "LUBW-SG": water → water network → standing water (AWGN)
    • "LUBW-BEZG": Water → catchment areas → basic catchment areas (AWGN)
• Geoportal Baden-Württemberg ( information ), especially with
  • the LGRB layers
    • "LGRB-GÜK300": Geological overview map 1: 300,000
    • "LGRB-GTP": Geotope cadastre