Wattbach

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Wattbach
Wattbach in the Brandtobel

Wattbach in the Brandtobel

Data
Water code CH : 2194
location Canton border St. Gallen / Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Switzerland
River system Rhine
Drain over Sitter  → Thur  → Rhine  → North Sea
source at the Stueleggwald on the Eggenhang above the St. Galler Quartier St. Georgen
47 ° 24 '2 "  N , 9 ° 23' 50"  E
Source height 925  m above sea level M.
muzzle near Zweibruggen, in the St. Gallen district of Bruggen in the Sitter coordinates: 47 ° 23 ′ 59 ″  N , 9 ° 20 ′ 23 ″  E ; CH1903:  743500  /  251 616 47 ° 23 '59 "  N , 9 ° 20' 23"  O
Mouth height 600  m above sea level M.
Height difference 325 m
Bottom slope 65 ‰
length 5 km

The Wattbach is the right tributary of the Sitter mainly along the canton border of St. Gallen and Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland .

location

The stream rises in the city of St. Gallen near the Stueleggwald on the Eggenhang at approx. 925  m above sea level. M. above St. Georgen and flows in the Brandtobel to Liebegg im Riethüsli , where the brook runs under the Teufenerstrasse and the tracks of the Appenzeller Bahnen through the Wattwald and flows into the Sitter from the right at Zweibruggen in the Bruggen district . The stream is about 5 km long. With the exception of the first few hundred meters, the stream forms the aforementioned canton border.

Naming

The name Wattbach comes from Jonenwatt, the place at Liebegg where the creek used to be waded on the way from St. Gallen to Teufen .  

The Wattbach flows into the Sitter near "Zweibruggen".

Web links

Commons : Wattbach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wattbach. In: Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Sixth volume. Attinger, Neuenburg 1910, p. 587.
  2. ↑ ortsnames.ch. Retrieved March 31, 2017 .
  3. ^ Hans Stricker: Our city of St. Gallen . School administration of the city of St. Gallen, St. Gallen 1970, p. 297 .