Pilgrimage moat

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Pilgrimage moat
Data
location Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Großer Brombachsee  → Brombach (Swabian Rezat)  → Swabian Rezat  → Rednitz  → Regnitz  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source north of Heiligenblut
49 ° 9 ′ 8 ″  N , 10 ° 56 ′ 21 ″  E
Source height approx.  474  m above sea level NHN
muzzle south of Heiligenblut Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′ 18 "  N , 10 ° 56 ′ 26"  E 49 ° 8 ′ 18 "  N , 10 ° 56 ′ 26"  E
Mouth height approx.  411  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 63 m
Bottom slope approx. 35 ‰
length approx. 1.8 km

The pilgrimage ditch is a northern tributary of the Great Bromb axis near Spalt in the Central Franconian district of Roth . The name comes from the past place Heiligenblut , which is a place of pilgrimage . Before the reservoir was built, the ditch flowed into the Igelsbach . The lower course, which sank into the lake today, was also known as the Schneidbach .

course

The pilgrimage ditch rises at an altitude of 474  m above sea level. NHN north of Heiligenblut near Spalt . It flows in a southerly direction past Heiligenblut and at times forms the municipal boundary to Pleinfeld . After a run of around 1.8 kilometers, the water flows out at an altitude of 411  m above sea level. NHN south of Heiligenblut in the Großer Brombachsee. Before the lake was built, the pilgrimage ditch flowed a further 900 meters north of the Langweidmühle into the Igelsbach, which shortly after flowed into the Brombach .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Topographic maps , Bavarian Surveying Office ( BayernAtlas )

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