Steigersbach

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Steigersbach
Data
Water code DE : 2386392
location Swabian-Franconian forest mountains

Baden-Württemberg

River system Rhine
Drain over Kocher  → Neckar  → Rhine  → North Sea
source at the hamlet of Wildgarten von Gschwend
48 ° 56 ′ 57 ″  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 15 ″  E
Source height approx.  475  m above sea level NN
muzzle in front of the Unterrot district of Gaildorf from the left and from the southwest in the upper Kocher coordinates: 48 ° 58 '32 "  N , 9 ° 47' 29"  E 48 ° 58 '32 "  N , 9 ° 47' 29"  E
Mouth height 327.1  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 147.9 m
Bottom slope approx. 24 ‰
length 6 km
Catchment area 16.539 km²
Communities EZG only :
Sulzbach-Laufen

The Steigersbach is a 6 km long, northeast running stream in the northeast of Baden-Württemberg in the Kirnberger Forest and in the Gaildorf Basin, which flows into the upper Kocher from the left and southwest just before the Unterrot district of the small town of Gaildorf in the Schwäbisch Hall district .

geography

course

The Steigersbach arises at about 475  m above sea level. NN near the hamlet of Wildgarten a little north of Gschwend across from the road triangle there on the federal road 298 . It initially flows east-northeast and after about a hundred meters, accompanied by the Hungerweg , enters the large forest area between the main road and the Kocher valley northeast of it, in which it covers most of its course.

After about 1.6 km the Seebach flows from the right , its right upper course, which is almost the same length and almost as rich in catchment area, which arises at Gschwender Waldhaus, has a waterfall in the upper course and in its lower section was once dammed into a mountain lake, known as a Treibsee or also Schwellweiher, whose periodic, rapid drainage made it possible to raft firewood to the cooker and then on to Schwäbisch Hall in the stream sequence that naturally had too little water for this transport method . Today the partially silted lake is a natural monument.

Shortly afterwards and after the change over the district border to the Unterroter submarket of the city of Gaildorf , a brook of the same size from the Rußklinge near Honkling, also on the main road, flows from the left , the Steigersbach then swings towards the east and becomes a brook reinforced by the Sangehrenklinge from Reippersberg and passes the place where the Reippersberg sawmill once stood. Thereupon flows from the south to 369  m above sea level. NN in a strongly indented bed of the Zwieselbach , its second largest tributary, whose brook system, which is fanned out in an arc from southwest to southeast, rises from sources between the Gschwender hamlets of Buchhaus and Rotenhar in the area of ​​the Hoher Nol ( 564.9  m above sea level ). The Steigersbach then continues to flow northeast.

Around where the well-established forest path that accompanies the brook crosses the course for the third time, another, again smaller brook flows from the left from the Säuklinge , after which the path leaves the valley basin up to its connection to the valley trail of district road 2662 Schoenberg down. At the foot of the valley, after almost three quarters of its length, the Steigersbach changes to the meadow around the Unterrot hamlet of Schönberg , the first place on the bank since Wildgarten, in front of which a mill channel branches off to the right, which flows back after crossing the hamlet.

Immediately afterwards, the largest tributary, the Osterbach , which contributes around a third to the entire catchment area, flows in from the south, the longest upper course of which through the Buchgehrnklinge originates at the Teufelskanzel under the highest peak and the northern spur Hohentannen ( 565.4  m above sea level ) in the south subsequent Frickenhofer Höhe has. After this Osterbach, the Steigersbach moves its last half a kilometer northwards between the last meadows of its own valley and then through a piece of arable land in the subsequent wide floodplain of the Kocher to its confluence with it shortly before the start of the industrial area before Unterrot at 327.1  m ü. NN and from the left.

After a 6.0 km long run, the Steigersbach flows with a mean bottom gradient of around 24 ‰, about 148 meters in altitude below its origin.

Catchment area

The Steigersbach has a catchment area of ​​16.5 km², which - with the exception of narrow marginal strips and a meadow around Schönenberg on the lowest course of at most a little more than 2.0 km² - is completely forested. In terms of nature, it is part of the Kirnberger Forest , a sub-area of ​​the Swabian-Franconian Forest Mountains . The Steigersbach runs through it, mostly a little closer to the watershed on the left than the one on the right, on an approximately north-easterly course, its two largest tributaries run to it from the right.

From the confluence near the east end of the industrial area along Schönberger Straße von Unterrot, this right watershed rises to the Dürrenberg and then continues in a south-easterly direction to the Lautenwald on the K 2635 from Sulzbach towards Rotenhar between Nestelberg and Steinhöfle . Then it rises in a westerly direction to the highest point on the water reservoir on the summit of the Hohentannen ( 565.4  m above sea level ), the highest mountain and northern spur of the Frickenhofer Höhe . Up to this point, beyond the Kocher receiving water itself and a few small tributaries from it, the Great Wimbach above, which flows into it, competes with its tributaries.

Having descended on a saddle to Rotenhar, the border of the catchment area continues west to the hamlet of Waldhaus a little north of Gschwend itself; On this section, the route of the Nestelberg – Ebnisee toboggan path used to stick to the ridge line on which the Hohe Nol ( 564.9  m above sea level ) lies, an isolated Black Jurassic crest in front of the Frickenhofer Höhe. The Joosenbach drains up to the Nol , then smaller left tributaries from it the opposite side to the “Gschwender” Rot , which reaches the Kocher even further upwards via its large tributary Lein .

From the forest house at the take Fichtenberger Red current Rauhenzainbach the drain side of the now from Forest House on a shallow corridor back running, left-side watershed, in addition to the B 298 to toward Unterrot Honkling runs north, then for a short distance to Reippersberg northeast, wherein now outside the catchment area of ​​the Eichelbach adjoins the Fichtenberger Rot. Behind the also not very long remnant stretch back to the mouth, smaller streams all drain to Fichtenberger Rot, the next and much larger left tributary of the Kocher after the Steigersbach.

The greater part of the catchment area is in the Unterrots district of the town of Gaildorf in the Schwäbisch Hall district . A smaller one, in the west and south, on the district markings of Gschwend itself and of Frickenhofen of the community of Gschwend in the Ostalbkreis , from whose other community Sulzbach-Laufen a noticeably smaller part of the district of Sulzbach and a tiny part of Laufen in the southeast extends into the catchment area.

Tributaries and lakes

List of tributaries and RiverIcon-SmallLake.svglakes from source to mouth. Length of water, lake area and catchment area and altitude according to the corresponding layers on the LUBW online map. Other sources for the information are noted.

Source of the Steigersbach at about 475  m above sea level. NN near the Gschwender hamlet Wildgarten next to the B 298 Gschwend– Gaildorf . From there, the stream initially flows next to the Hungerweg approximately east-northeast through a large closed forest area, in which or at the edge of which all tributaries arise.

  • (Bach from the Langengerenklinge ), from the left and about west to about 415  m above sea level. NN , 0.9 km and about 0.3 km². Arises at about 467  m above sea level. NN in the eastern part of the Wiesengewann Seebeet and soon separates the Kurzengeren right from the Langengeren left in the forest .
  • Seebach , from the right and south-southwest to about 398  m above sea level. NN at, 1.7 km and 0.9 km². Rises at about 495  m above sea level. NN at the edge of the forest near the Gschwender hamlet Waldhaus .
    • RiverIcon-SmallLake.svgPasses a forest pond at about 480  m above sea level. NN left on the run, 0.1 ha.
    • RiverIcon-SmallLake.svgFlows through the mountain lake, laid out as a driving lake and today declared a natural monument with its silted edge strip, at over 430  m above sea level. NN , 0.3 ha.
  • (Stream from the soot blade ), from the left and (with the main branch) northwest to about 396  m above sea level. NN little after the previous one, 1.4 km and about 1.1 km². Arises at about 472  m above sea level. NN across from the northern connection from Honkling to the B 298. After
    this tributary, the Steigersbach initially runs almost to the east.
  • (Stream from the Sangehrenklinge ), from the left and northwest to below 390  m above sea level. NN between two bridges of the forest path that runs along the stream near the desert of the former Reippersberger Sägmühle , 1.3 km and approx. 0.9 km². Arises at about 473  m above sea level. NN in the edge of the forest south of the Unterroter Höhenweiler Reippersberg .
    • (Other source branch), from the left and north-northwest to less than 400  m above sea level. NN less than 200 meters from the mouth, 0.8 km and about 0.3 km². Arises at a little more than 470  m above sea level. NN in the forest area of Hirschreute, southeast of Reippersberg, the upper course is unstable.
  • Zwieselbach , from the right and south to about 369  m above sea level. NN in the area of ​​a pronounced creek notch in front of the southeast spur of the Stößelhalde , 2.1 km and 3.1 km². Rises at about 520  m above sea level. NN a little east of the summit of the Hohen Nol ( 564.9  m above sea level ) near the Hohenohl farm (!) Von Gschwend. Especially a little west on the northern slope of the Hohe Nol arises at about 550  m above sea level. NN a bunch of source streams, which quickly by small forest sound tapering shorter then 437.2  meters above sea level. NN are united in the severely torn Bachtal, others run later.
    After this inflow, the Steigersbach changes to the northeast.
    • (Inflow from the Gewann im Swamp ), from the left and southwest to about 430  m above sea level. NN , 0.5 km and approx. 0.1 km². Arises at about 480  m above sea level. NN only at the foot of the slope of the Hohe Nol.
    • (Inflow from the former Nestelberg – Ebnisee sledge path ), from the left and finally south-west to around 390  m above sea level. NN , 1.6 km and approx. 1.0 km². Arises at about 500  m above sea level. NN on the north slope of the Nol and flows in a left curve around the Gewann Im Sumpf .
      • (Inflow from the Kreuzstein ), from the left and southwest to a little over 430  m above sea level. NN east below a forest hut in a forest clearing, 0.5 km and about 0.1 km². Rises at about 485  m above sea level. NN also close to the sledge path.
    • (Stream), from the right and southeast to less than 380  m above sea level. NN under the ladder heap and across from the Stößelhalde , 1.6 km and approx. 1.1 km². Rises at about 500  m above sea level. NN directly on the northern edge of the Gschwender hamlet Rotenhar .
      • (Other source branch), from the left and south to about 415  m above sea level. NN , 0.7 km and approx. 0.2 km². Arises at about 500  m above sea level. NN in the beginning forest at the west end of Rotenhar.
  • (Bach from the Säuklinge ), from the left and west-northwest to about 355  m above sea level. NN at the last bridge of the forest path in the valley before its ascent to K 3330 / K 2662 Rotenhar – Schönberg, 1.4 km and about 0.9 km². The main upper reaches arise at about 470  m above sea level. NN east of Reippersberg in the forest. Has two initially unstable upper reaches in blades that are soon steeply torn.
    Less than 500 meters after this tributary, the corridor opens up in the valley to the meadow around the Unterrot hamlet of Schönberg .
  • (Schönberger Mühlkanal), goes before Schönberg to about 340  m above sea level. NN to the right and flows back to the place shortly before the next from the right, 0.6 km.
The Teufelskanzel is the highest, albeit unstable, source of the Osterbach.
  • Osterbach , from the right and south to the southeast at less than 335  m above sea level. NN right after Schönberg, 4.7 km with the upper reaches from the Buchgehrnklinge and 5.5 km². The highest springs , which constantly flow north-east over the Buchgehrnklinge, arise at about 515  m above sea level. NN near or at the Teufelskanzel on the northern slope of the Hohentannen .
    After this tributary, the Steigersbach runs its last half kilometer northwards.
    • (Stream between Hinteres Wald and Häberlensforst ), from the right and south to about 445  m above sea level. NN , XX km and approx. 0.4 km². Is a little shorter, but a bit richer catchment area than the approx. 0.2 km². large sub-catchment area contributing main branch. Arises below 500  m above sea level. NN on the northeast slope of Hohentannen next to the K 3248 (later: K 2635) Rotenhar – Sulzbach.
      From this inflow on, the beech-horned blade moves northward.
    • Hirschbach , from the left and west-southwest at 388  m above sea level. NN between Hirschberg left and Eckertsberg right at a district tip of Gschwend, 1.8 km and about 1.2 km². Arises inconsistently at about 472  m above sea level. NN in Heidenbühl northeast of Rotenhar and runs for a long time north, finally east.
      After this inflow, the Osterbach briefly turns to the east.
    • ( Upper course Osterbach (?)), From the right and southeast to about 382  m above sea level. NN between Eckertsberg in the northwest, Dürrenberg in the east and Eckertsberg in the south, 1.5 km and approx. 1.1 km². Arises at about 461  m above sea level. NN on Damenweg between Mittelberg right and Rotem Bühl right.
    • (Klingenbach from the Storrenwald ), from the left and southwest to about 358  m above sea level. NN less than 500 meters before the Osterbach emerges into the meadow around Schönberg, 0.7 km and approx. 0.3 km². Arises at about 440  m above sea level. NN north of the Hirschberg ridge.

Mouth of the Steigersbach from the left and finally south to 327.1  m above sea level. NN a little before the start of the commercial zone of Unterrot in the left floodplain in the Kocher . The Steigersbach is 6.0 km long and has a catchment area of ​​16.5 km².

Localities

In the very wooded catchment area there are only a few small towns and of them entirely and on both sides of the stream only the Unterrot hamlet of Schönberg in the northeast on the lower reaches a little before the mouth. The hamlet of Reippersberg, which also belongs to the Unterrot, is mostly on the other side of the northern watershed. The following hamlets are all in the municipality of Gschwend . In the north-west corner is mostly outside Honkling , on the south-west corner mainly inside Waldgarten and mainly outside Waldhaus , both close to the source of the stream itself and its first major tributary. All these are in the suburb of Gschwend itself. After all, half of the hamlet Rotenhar is located in the suburb of Frickenhofen on the southern watershed between the two highest elevations Hoher Nol and Hohentannen.

The Reippersberger Sägmühle used to stand on the middle course of the Steigersbach , now a deserted area .

geology

The two highest elevations in the catchment area, the summit of the summit of the isolated Hohen Nol and the Hohentannen spur of the Frickenhofer Höhe plateau, which extends south from here , protrude into the Lower Jurassic . Otherwise Keuper strata cover the landscape everywhere . A narrow band of marl ( Trossingen formation ) is wrapped around each of them . Underneath there is an undulating plain in the Stubensandstein ( Löwenstein formation ), in which most of the stream springs arise. Most of the stream valleys are dug into the underlying layers of the Mittelkeuper , over the Kieselsandstein ( Hassberge Formation ), the Untere Bunten Mergel ( Steigerwald Formation ) and the reed sandstone ( Stuttgart Formation ) down to the Gipskeuper ( Grabfeld Formation ) . Unlike in the wider area, the silica sandstone only takes up a comparatively small area and there is also no noticeable slope at the level of the very narrow reed sandstone band.

The main body of water Steigersbach reaches the Gipskeuper between the inlet of the Seebach and the Zwieselbach and remains in it until the mouth. Before Schönberg, the Steigersbach already runs in a floodplain sediment band that widens sharply from the tributary of the Osterbach .

See also

Individual evidence

LUBW

Official online waterway map with a suitable section and the layers used here: Steigersbach with catchment area
General introduction without default settings and layers: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( notes )

  1. ↑ a b c Height according to the contour line image on the background layer topographic map .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Height according to the blue lettering on the background layer of the topographic map .
  3. ↑ a b Length according to the waterway network layer ( AWGN ) .
  4. ↑ a b Catchment area summed up from the sub-catchment areas according to the basic catchment area layer (AWGN) .
  5. ↑ a b c Height after black lettering on the background layer topographic map .
  6. ↑ Lake area after the layer standing waters .
  7. ↑ Catchment area according to the basic catchment area layer (AWGN) .
  8. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Catchment area measured on the background layer topographic map .
  9. ↑ Length measured on the background layer topographic map .

Other evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d The sources give different names for the Osterbach and its upper reaches. The following description of the name sections is based on the terms chosen in the section on tributaries.
    • An Osterbachstrasse , which crosses the lower course of the Osterbach near the mouth, attests to this name.
    • The labeling on the topographic map names the lower course Osterbach from the inflow of the last right inflow opposite the southeast slope of the Hirschberg . Of the runs above, only the left tributary on the southern slope of the Hirschberg is designated with the name Hirschberg . A name Buchgehrenklinge  - anyway more of a valley than a water body name - does not appear anywhere, but a winning name Buchgehren on the mouth spur to the right of the Hirschbach.
    • The layer water names of the LUBW (see above) names the entire Buchgehrnklinge , here referred to as Osterbach , from below the Teufelsklinge to the confluence with the Steigersbach and designates the last right inlet opposite the southeast slope of the Hirschberg with the name Osterbach .
    • The online map Geoportal Baden-Württemberg ( information ) ( detailed map ( memento of the original from August 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) on the only relevant water layer offered there, flowing water 1: 10,000, the designations follow the water body name layer of the LUBW. Labeled on the preset background map, on the other hand, is the run with Osterbach, also referred to here as this . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geoportal-bw.de
    The choice made for the designation used here is based on experience that the labels on the topographic maps are usually more reliable than the sometimes quite arbitrary designations on the water layers when sections of a flowing water body have different names. It is possible that the valley name (!) Buchgehrenklinge for the upper course blade can really be found on a local forest or location map - or it is an arbitrary renaming after the forest area on the left. Conversely, it is hard to doubt that the name of the lower course is Osterbach , which is why it was adopted here for the entire course.
  2. ↑ Hansjörg Dongus : Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 171 Göppingen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1961. →  Online map (PDF; 4.3 MB)
  3. ↑ Geology according to the geological map listed under →  Literature . A rough overview also provides: Mapserver of the State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining (LGRB) ( notes )

literature

  • Topographic map 1: 25,000 Baden-Württemberg, as single sheet No. 7024 Gschwend
  • Geological map of the Swabian-Franconian Forest Nature Park 1: 50,000, published by the State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining Baden-Württemberg, Freiburg i. Br. 2001.

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