Walkersbach (Rems)

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Walkersbach
The Walkersbach below Strauben

The Walkersbach below Strauben

Data
Water code DE : 2383654
location Schurwald and Welzheimer Wald

Baden-Württemberg

River system Rhine
Drain over Rems  → Neckar  → Rhine  → North Sea
source about 0.3 km south-east of the Welzheimer Eibenhofs the slope Won book sponging
48 ° 51 '13 "  N , 9 ° 37' 3"  O
Source height approx.  492  m above sea level NN
muzzle on the western edge of the nature reserve "Lorcher Baggerseen" near Lorch from the right in the Rems coordinates: 48 ° 47 '42 "  N , 9 ° 39' 38"  E 48 ° 47 '42 "  N , 9 ° 39' 38"  E
Mouth height 273.2  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 218.8 m
Bottom slope approx. 26 ‰
length 8.4 km
Catchment area 17.1 km²
Left tributaries Schautenbach, Kühnenbach , Nitzelbach, Haselbach
Small towns Welzheim , Lorch
Communities Plüderhausen , Alfdorf

The Walkersbach is a creek in northern Baden-Württemberg of just over 8 km in length. It flows into the Rems from the right below Lorch in the Ostalbkreis .

geography

Source and history

The Walkersbach arises in the Welzheimer Forest on the southern flank of the narrow, ribbon-shaped Lias plateau between the middle Wieslauf - and the Leintal in the north and the Remstal in the south. About one kilometer southwest of the central street triangle of Welzheim - Breitenfürst it springs Hang Won at the top Talwaldrand in Welzheimer book bumming . From here on, it flows first of all in a southerly and then in a south-easterly direction in an initially widening forest valley. On the first kilometer of its course, its streambed often lies in a steep-walled trough; here as well as further down to the entrance to the Remstal, it takes in numerous tributaries from such blades with strong relief . Then the bottom of his valley is about 390  m above sea level. NN flatter and from the left the K 1886 descends in serpentines into it, which will accompany the stream almost to its mouth, from the district boundary in the lower valley as K 3270.

A little later it reaches the border of an initially narrow clearing on the valley floor. About 2 km below the Walkersbach source, the Schautenbach becomes the first major tributary. From the Alfdorf - Pfahlbronner Schenkenhöfle the valley direction begins to widen up to half the slope height, here the municipality of Alfdorf borders on the left bank and the municipality of Plüderhausen on the right bank of the brook, from the right the Schützenbach flows towards the homestead . After that, the only larger settlement in the valley, the village of Walkersbach, is on the Plüderhausener Ufer . At the footbridge over the stream, the (upper) Haselbach flows from the left , soon afterwards the Kühnenbach , the longest tributary in the upper reaches , at the sewage treatment plant . Then the Walkersbach turns its course to the south and the clearing narrows again to the valley floor.

After about one kilometer the stream passes the Pfahlbronner mill on its right bank; Here the Alfdorf-Pfahlbronner district extends exceptionally over the right valley floor. About one and a half kilometers after the Kühnenbach tributary, the Walkersbach leaves the Rems-Murr district behind and enters the urban area of ​​Lorch in the Ostalb district . It turns to the southeast and after about a kilometer passes the first Lorch settlement, the Metzelhof farmstead on the left side hill with the first slope that is again free of forests since Walkersbach. Here the Nitzelbach reaches him from the left . Immediately afterwards, in the same position by the stream, the hamlet of Strauben and the Weitmarser Sägmühle in the triangle of the (lower) Haselbach , which in turn flows in from the left, follow; it is the longest tributary of the Walkersbach ever.

At the entrance to the Remstal, between the brook and the 0.6 km long Mühlkanal, which is parallel to the right, is the Walkersmühle, above which is the village of Weitmars on the right-hand mouth of the river. The canal soon flows back and the stream then runs another half a kilometer southwest over the Remsaue, where it crosses, among other things, the federal highway 29 and the Remsbahn . Then the Walkersbach flows after a run of 8.4 km at the western tip of the nature reserve “Lorcher Baggerseen” at 273.2  m above sea level. NN from the right into the Rems.

Catchment area

The Walkersbach has a catchment area of ​​17.1 km². Less than a third of these lie to the left of the stream, because longer tributaries almost only reach it from the left.

In the north, the flax , which flows east to the upper Kocher , competes . All other adjoining catchment areas also drain to the Rems. In the east the watershed runs to the Aimersbach , which flows into Lorch itself, in the southwest very close to the short Aitenbach , in the rest of the west close to the Bärenbach , which flows into Plüderhausen a little down the valley. In the northwest the Wieslauf competes , which only flows further down the Rems at Schorndorf .

Inflow system

List of tributaries, including those of a higher order, which are recorded in the data sets of LUBW-FG10, lined up from the source to the mouth below the receiving water. Where possible and sensible, with name, mouth side, mouth location and length. Water courses, lengths and areas preferably according to the map layers of the LUBW, names preferably according to the background map. Lengths rounded to the nearest hundred meters. Italic names of waters are proper names. Otherwise, there is a descriptive name as a substitute, of which only the italicized parts (valley names, mountain names, name given to gain, etc.) are proper names from the sources.

Origin of the Walkersbach at the edge of the forest about 150 m southwest and below the houses on the Welzheim-Breitenfürster Zeilgasse in the Buchschorren hillside at about 492  m above sea level. NN .

  • (Waldklingenzufluss), from the left after the descent of the K 1886 Breitenfürst – Walkersbach into the valley at 390  m above sea level. NN , 0.6 km. Source of the longest branch in the transition between the Waldgewann Heuweg and Eichenzeil at about 462  m above sea level. NN . Soon afterwards the stream runs through the wooded bite blade .
  • (Forest blade inflow), from the left immediately after entering the corridor at about 378  m above sea level. NN , 0.5 km. Arises on the K 1886 between the top two serpentines at about 457  m above sea level. NN .
  • Schautenbach , from the left parallel to the confluence of a forest path in western Schautenhau in the valley road at 360  m above sea level. NN , 1.1 km. Arises at about 497  m above sea level. NN a little below the junction of the K 1886 from the Höhenstraße L 1155 Breitenstein– ( Alfdorf -) Haghof still in the open corridor.
  • (Waldklingenzufluss), from the left a little later before the Alfdorfer Schenkhöfle, 0.5 km. Arises in the southeastern Schautenhau at about 431  m above sea level. NN .
  • Schützenbach , from the right to about 355  m above sea level. NN at a field path bridge in front of the Plüderhausen- Walkersbacher shooting range, 0.4 km. Arises on the upper slope of the Dickne forest at about 460  m above sea level. NN .
  • Haselbach (!), From the left on the opposite bank of Walkersbach at the footbridge at about 343  m above sea level. NN , 0.8 km. Arises on the edge of the field below the plateau around Haghof at about 482  m above sea level. NN .
  • Kühnenbach , from the left opposite the Walkersbach sewage treatment plant at 335  m above sea level. NN , 2.2 km. Rises from a source on the Pfahlbronner Petershalden at about 477  m above sea level. NN
    • (Waldklingenzufluss), from the right and north southeast of the Haselhof at 350  m above sea level. NN , 0.8 km. Rises from a source on the edge of the plateau around the Haghof at about 340  m above sea level. NN ,
    • ( Forest blade inflow from the Glashau ), from the left to about 350  m above sea level. NN , 0.5 km.
  • ( Forest blade inflow from the northern Walkersbacher Forest ), from the left to a forest bar over the entire floodplain to about 320  m above sea level. NN , 0.6 km.
  • (Brook from the Krotenloch ), from the right from the forest part of the Gewann Krotenloch , from the right a little afterwards, 0.9 km. In the above-mentioned floodplain forest, it feeds two ponds of less than 0.2 ha. Arises north of the Heuberg at less than 420  m above sea level. NN .
  • Hinterer Heubergkopfbach , from the right a little afterwards, 0.6 km. Arises on the eastern slope of the Heuberg at 420  m above sea level. NN .
  • Mittlerer Heubergkopfbach , from the right to the Pfahlbronner Mühle, 0.7 km. Arises on the southeast slope of the Heuberg at the same height.
  • Vorderer Heubergkopfbach , a little afterwards from the right, 0.9 km. Arises near the ridge between Heuberg and Heidenbühl at about 390  m above sea level. NN .
  • (Bach vom Heidenbühl ), from the right at the beginning of another forest bar that blocks the valley at about 310  m above sea level. NN , 0.6 km. Arises at about 390  m above sea level. NN .
  • (Forest blade inflow from the northern Walkersbacher Wand ) (!), From the right at the lower end of the bar, 0.6 km. Arises at about 360  m above sea level. NN .
  • (Forest blade inflow from the middle Walkersbacher Wand ), from the right immediately afterwards, 0.8 km. Arises at about 385  m above sea level. NN .
  • (Forest blade inflow from the southern Walkersbacher Wand ), from the right on a dirt road bridge to about 300  m above sea level. NN , 1.0 km. Arises on the eastern edge of the Hohbergkopf at about 430  m above sea level. NN .
  • Nitzelbach , from the left at the first houses next to the K 3270 (Talstraße) at about 295  m above sea level. NN , 2.0 km. Arises in the Straubenkopf forest about one kilometer east-north-east of the Pfahlbronner Mühle at about 410  m above sea level. NN .
    • (Bach from the Brunnenklinge ), from the right opposite the Straubenwald , 0.4 km. Arises on the edge of the Wetzler plateau at about 375  m above sea level. NN .
    • (Flurhangbach near Metzelhof), from the right next to the valley houses, 0.5 km. Arises on the edge of the plateau around Lorch -Metzelhof at about 350  m above sea level. NN .
  • ( Forest blade inflow from the eastern slope of the Hohbergkopf ), from the left exactly opposite the Nitzelbach, 1.0 km. Arises at about 430  m above sea level. NN .
  • → (exit of the canal to Weitmarser Sägmühle), to the left after a dirt road bridge.
  • Haselbach (!), From the left at the Weitmarser Sägmühle at about 290  m above sea level. NN , 3.0 km. Rises about one and a half kilometers southwest of Pfahlbronn from a spring in the uppermost spelled forest on the southwest slope of the plain plateau at about 465  m above sea level. NN .
    • (Forest blade inflow from the Neuwiesenholz ), from the left opposite the Unger at 363  m above sea level. NN , 0.9 km. Arises on the edge of the southern tip of the plain at about 470  m above sea level. NN .
    • (Forest blade inflow from Zimmerplatz ), from the left opposite the Straubenwald , 0.5 km. Arises at about 390  m above sea level. NN .
    • ( Forest blade inflow from the Kalbsklinge ), from the left opposite the Lorch hamlet of Strauben at about 310  m above sea level. NN , 0.8 km. Arises on the edge of the southern tip of the plain at about 362  m above sea level. NN .
    • ← (return of the canal to Weitmarser Sägmühle), from the right a few steps before the mouth, 0.4 km.
  • (Bach from the Alberlesklinge ), from the right immediately afterwards at a field path bridge, 0.6 km. Rises north of the Weitmar cemetery at about 350  m above sea level. NN .
  • → (exit of the canal to Walkersmühle), to the right to about 285  m above sea level. NN .
  • (Bach from the Schäfersklinge ), from the left immediately after the brook division at Lorcher Edenhof into the Walkersbach itself, 1.1 km. Arises on the southeast edge of the Enderlesholz to the Great Field at about 352  m above sea level. NN .
  • (Bach from the Schindersklinge ), from the left just before the fulling mill in the Walkersbach itself, 0.7 km. Arises at almost 340  m above sea level. NN on the edge of the Lorcher Gehrn .
  • ← (return of the Mühlkanal to Walkersmühle), from the right to below 280  m above sea level. NN after crossing under the K 3313, 0.6 km.

Mouth of the Walkersbach immediately after the Unterquer and the B 29 and the Remsbahn in the Remsaue after 8.4 km of run and at 273.2  m above sea level. NN from the right into the Rems . In the upper triangle of the mouth, the nature reserve Lorcher Baggerseen is located , with six Baggerseen with a total of 6.7 hectares.

geology

The course of the Walkersbach lies entirely in the Upper and Middle Keuper . It rises in the tuberous marl ( Trossingen formation ) and then runs through the entire sequence of layers down to the Gipskeuper ( grave field formation ), which it only reaches shortly before entering the Remstal. In the north of the catchment area, on both sides of the upper Walkersbach and its left inlet Kühnenbach, the surrounding heights are plateaus in the Lias α, in the south they only reach the Stubensandstein ( Löwenstein Formation ) , with the exception of an isolated occurrence of the Lias α on the right side of the Hohbergkopf . .

history

There is evidence that firewood has been transported on the Remsseitenbach Walkersbach, Wieslauf and Bärenbach since 1628 , largely as logs. Since the natural water flow of the brooks would not have been sufficient, raft or swell lakes were created. In 1742, for example, the Schorndorf forester from Grassenberg had an older pond, located around 800 meters south of the village of Walkersbach, expanded from the Vogel grave in Böblingen to the Walkersbacher Tal reservoir. According to a floor plan mapped by the ducal sworn surveyor Christoph David Benignus from Schorndorf on July 17, 1791, the dam was 304 feet (87 meters) long and 30 feet (8.6 meters) high. In 1831 the dam was improved by a brick wall and at the same time the course of the stream below the lake was straightened and its gradient leveled. The amount of water accumulated in the lake was sufficient for two to three days of rafting. The millers at the brook had to stop their operations during the rafting and help with the rafting. From the mouth of the Walkersbach, the wood was rafted on the Rems to Neckarrems , where it was collected in a “ wood garden” and loaded onto Neckar ships. The flowable length of the Walkersbach was about five kilometers. Even before the Remsbahn went into operation in 1861, rafting on the Walkersbach was stopped. The dam and bridge path, which is still called the "Seedamm" for forestry today, was pierced after the rafting industry was abandoned; the remains of the dam can still be seen today.

At the sulfur smelter , attempts were made at times to break down iron. The existing lawn iron stone deposits, however, were not rich enough so that the attempt was made.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interpolated according to the contour line image on the background map of the LUBW-FG10.
  2. ↑ Text entry at the mouth on the background map of the LUBW-FG10 in blue at scale 1: a little over 5000.
  3. ↑ According to LUBW-FG10 (data record entry).
  4. ↑ Sum of the sub-catchment areas according to LUBW-GEZG (database records).
  5. ↑ a b c d Text entry in blue at the mouth on the background map of the LUBW-FG10 at a scale somewhat coarser than 1: 5000.
  6. ↑ Text entry in blue at the mouth on the background map of the LUBW-FG10 with a scale somewhat coarser than 1: 10000.
  7. ↑ a b c Correction of an unorthographic name form in LUBW-FG10 (data record entry). Possibly just an improvised name there and not a common name.
  8. ↑ Text entry in black at the muzzle on the background map of the LUBW-FG10 at a scale somewhat coarser than 1: 10000
  9. ↑ Addition of the individual lake areas according to the data sets of LUBW-SG10.
  10. ^ Geology according to GK50-SFW.

literature

  • "TK25": Topographic map 1: 25,000 Baden-Württemberg North, as single sheet No. 7123 Schorndorf, No. 7124 Schwäbisch Gmünd North
  • "GK50-SFW": 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.
  • The raft lake and the rafting at Walkersbach. In: Herbert Heidl, Kuno Kerler: Local history tour of historical buildings and objects in Plüderhausen and Walkersbach. Heimatverein Plüderhausen (ed.), 2001–2002.

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