Uchabach

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Uchabach
Ucha
Uchabach in Böhmischbruck

Uchabach in Böhmischbruck

Data
Water code DE : 14494
location Upper Palatinate Forest

Bavaria

River system Danube
Drain over Pfreimd  → Naab  → Danube  → Black Sea
source North slope of Schwangbühls
49 ° 32 '2 "  N , 12 ° 22' 58"  O
Source height approx.  708  m
muzzle in Böhmischbruck in the Pfreimd coordinates: 49 ° 34 '36 "  N , 12 ° 21' 3"  E 49 ° 34 '36 "  N , 12 ° 21' 3"  E
Mouth height approx.  468  m
Height difference approx. 240 m
Bottom slope approx. 34 ‰
length 7.2 km
Catchment area 10.63 km²
Communities Vohenstrauss , Leuchtenberg

The Uchabach is a 7.15 km long, left tributary of the Pfreimd in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria .

Name, origin and meaning

There are various explanations for the origin and meaning of the name "Ucha" (formerly also: Ocha, Ochaha, Uochaha; dialect: Ouche).

  • Once Ucha is traced back to the Germanic adjective uk- (wak-, ueg-; Greek: hygros), which means "moist", "make moist". "aha" is the old high German word for "water, river".
  • Another explanation derives Ucha of Oka and of celtic and altkymrisch , meaning "quick" "auc", "oc" from. This would mean "The Fast" Ucha.

course

The Uchabach arises from several source streams on the northern slope of the Schwangbühl in the Tännesberg Forest. One of these spring brooks rises from the abundant spring "Kochlöffelbrunnen" in a small wetland.

The Uchabach initially flows north to Stockwiese. There it turns to the west, passes the Uchamühle and flows through a narrow valley between Unterucha in the south and Kranbühl in the north. At Pfarrholz the Uchabach turns north again. South of Böhmischbruck it splits into two arms, which reunite 90 m from its confluence with the Pfreimd. The Uchabach flows into the Pfreimd at the western edge of the old town of Böhmischbruck.

On its course, the Ucha takes in some unnamed streams from the right and several unnamed streams from the left, which arise on the spring-rich northern slopes of the Tännesberg Forest.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Course and catchment area of ​​the Uchabach
  2. ↑ a b Length and catchment area according to: List of stream and river areas in Bavaria - Naab river area, page 100 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 4.0 MB)
  3. ↑ Albrecht Greule: Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch , De Gruyter, 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-019039-7 , e- ISBN 978-3-11-033859-1 , p. 551, ( limited preview in Google book search)
  4. ^ Albrecht Greule: A historical-etymological book of names of waters for Bavaria. 15 theses in sheets for Upper German name research , year 40/41, year 2003/2004, ISSN  0172-0872 , p. 169

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