Steinbach (Schmerach)

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Steinbach
Data
Water code DE : 23866852
location Hohenloher and Haller level

Baden-Württemberg

River system Rhine
Drain over Schmerach  → Bühler  → Kocher  → Neckar  → Rhine  → North Sea
source west of the K 2668 from Oberaspach - Lerchenmühle
49 ° 9 ′ 10 ″  N , 9 ° 53 ′ 55 ″  E
Source height approx.  432  m above sea level NHN
muzzle About 1 km southwest of Ilshofen- Steinbächle under the Klingenfels castle ruins from the left into the Schmerach Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′ 49 ″  N , 9 ° 52 ′ 30 ″  E, 49 ° 8 ′ 49 ″  N , 9 ° 52 ′ 30 ″  E
Mouth height 347  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 85 m
Bottom slope approx. 44 ‰
length 1.9 km
Catchment area approx. 1.2 km²

The Steinbach is an approximately 2 km long stream in the area of ​​the small town of Ilshofen in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in north-eastern Baden-Württemberg , which flows from the right and northeast in the middle Schmerachklinge into the lower Schmerach near the hamlet of Steinbächle in the Ilshofen district of Unteraspach .

geography

course

The mostly trench-shaped course of the Steinbach begins about 150 meters west of the K 2668 from Oberaspach in the south to Lerchenmühle in the north at about 432  m above sea level. NHN between the Stein and Steinbach Feldwannen and runs between fields consistently southwest to west. From the beginning it is accompanied by a sketchy tree gallery. It passes the main part of the hamlet Steinbächle on the right slope at a distance of about 100 meters, some newer agricultural buildings extend down to the stream. Then he crosses under the municipal road to Oberaspach in the southeast beyond the left edge hill. After about three quarters of the run it reaches the edge of the forest around the Schmerach blade and enters its own steep lower blade. From her it flows out to about 347  m above sea level. NHN from the left into the lower Schmerach . On the plateau of the steeply sloping spur between the two streams lies the area of ​​the barely recognizable castle ruins of Klingenfels .

The Steinbach flows after a 1.9 km long run with a medium slope about 85 meters below the beginning of the ditch. About three quarters of the total slope are accounted for by the last quarter of the run in the blade. It has no significant inflows.

Catchment area

The Steinbach has a catchment area of ​​around 1.2 km², which in terms of natural space lies in the lower area of ​​the Haller level of the Hohenloher and Haller levels . His with about 443  m above sea level. NHN highest point is on the northern edge.

The catchment areas of the following neighboring waters border in turn. Beyond the northwestern and northern watershed, the Schmerach's left bow lies in its blade, with no permanent inflows from the scabbard. In the northeast, the Grauwiesenbach drains last via the Sommerbach further up into the Schmerach. Behind the entire southeastern border, the Hohteichbach and a tributary from it to the Schmerach run further down the river.

The only settlement area is the Ilshofener hamlet Steinbächle , which is mainly located in the northwestern watershed. A settlement between the Ilshofen villages of Oberaspach and Unteraspach has spread out up the slope almost to the southeastern watershed. By far the largest part of the catchment area lying in the Unteraspach von Ilshofen submarket, with the exception of the Klinge on both sides of the last half kilometer of the stream, is an open landscape with predominantly fields, in the softness of Steinbächle also some meadows. The blade is then filled with forest.

geology

The oldest geological layer that strikes in the catchment area is the Upper Muschelkalk . It can only be found in the blade of the lower Steinbach. In the much larger remaining catchment area, it is covered by Lettenkeuper ( Erfurt Formation ), on which, in the area of ​​the highest hills, younger loess sediment from Quaternary deposits lies in two small and one larger island . The creek ditch only begins in the Lettenkeuper and runs up to the blade in a strip of alluvial land.

Nature and protected areas

The Steinbach is sometimes on long sections with no flow. In its blade it falls over several small falls formed by slabs of rock. In the last two to three meters wide bed there is a lot of coarse-grained gravel and also coarse boulders.

The forest portion of the catchment area around the Unterlaufklinge belongs to the Bühlertal landscape protection area between Vellberg and Geislingen with side valleys and adjacent areas .

Individual evidence

LUBW

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

  1. ↑ a b Height according to the contour line image on the topographic map background layer .
  2. ↑ Height according to the gray lettering on the background layer topographic map .
  3. ↑ Length according to the waterway network layer ( AWGN ) .
  4. ↑ Catchment area measured on the background layer topographic map .
  5. ↑ Protected areas according to the relevant layers, nature partly according to the biotope layer .

Other 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. ↑ Geology according to the layers for Geological Map 1: 50,000 on: Map server of the State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining (LGRB) ( notes )

literature

  • Topographic map 1: 25,000 Baden-Württemberg, as single sheet No. 6825 Ilshofen

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