Sulzbach (Rhine)

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Sulzbach
Oberdottinger Bridge in Ballrechte-Dottingen over the Sulzbach

Oberdottinger Bridge in Ballrechte-Dottingen over the Sulzbach

Data
Water code DE : 23352
location South Baden , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Rhine  → North Sea
source at Rammelsberger Eck
47 ° 49 ′ 33 ″  N , 7 ° 45 ′ 52 ″  E
muzzle near Hartheim - Weinstetten under the A5 into the Upper Rhine Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '46 "  N , 7 ° 35' 26"  E 47 ° 53 '46 "  N , 7 ° 35' 26"  E

length 17.4 km
Small towns Sulzburg , Heitersheim

The Sulzbach ( listen ? / I ) is a 17.4 km long right tributary of the Rhine . It forms the historical border between the Markgräflerland and the Breisgau . Audio file / audio sample

Flood

On August 9, 2007, the Sulzbach in front of the town of Heitersheim reached a water level of almost six meters.

Several retention basins exist in its course. The one above Heitersheim is considered exemplary in its natural design. The latest with a volume of 40,000 m³ was built in 2010 as part of the renovation and modernization of an existing building above the city of Sulzburg .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geoportal Baden-Württemberg ( information )
  2. ↑ badische-zeitung.de, October 29, 2010, opinion, letters to the editor , Werner Schäffner: The historical border is the Sulzbach (November 12, 2010)
  3. ↑ badische-zeitung.de, August 7, 2007, picture gallery, image 13: Southwest: floods and rain chaos ( memento from March 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (November 12, 2010)
  4. ↑ badische-zeitung.de, October 21, 2010, Lokales, Sulzburg , Volker Münch: The work is right on schedule (November 12, 2010)