Weibersbach (Kahl, Michelbach)

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Weibersbach
upper course: Albstädter Bach
( historical : Michelbach )
The Weibersbach behind the little castle in Michelbach

The Weibersbach behind the little castle in Michelbach

Data
location Spessart

Bavaria

River system Rhine
Drain over Kahl  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
origin Confluence of Eichbach and Wehmig
50 ° 7 '6 "  N , 9 ° 6' 58"  O
Source height 160  m above sea level NHN (at the confluence) 
muzzle in Michelbach in the Kahl coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 3 ″  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 11 ″  E 50 ° 6 ′ 3 ″  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 11 ″  E
Mouth height 135  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 25 m
Bottom slope 11 ‰
length 2.3 km   from the confluence
5.5 km  with Wehmig
Catchment area 10 km²
Left tributaries Amselgraben
Mouth of the Weibersbach in the Kahl

Mouth of the Weibersbach in the Kahl

The Weibersbach (partly also Albstädter Bach or Michelbach ) is a right tributary of the Kahl in the district of Aschaffenburg in the Bavarian Spessart . It arises in the northeastern part of Albstadt , a district of Alzenau , through the confluence of the Eichbach and Wehmig (also called Wehmigbach).

Surname

The original name of the river Michelbach comes from the old word "mihil" , which means big and the old high German bach . The explanation is bigger brook . He gave the place Michelbach , through which it flows, his name.

geography

Spring streams

Confluence of Eichbach (left) and Wehmig (right)

Wistful

The Wehmigbach rises at the Metzkopf (351 m) in the Sülzert . It takes on the Ruhgraben, feeds some fish ponds at the tennis courts and flows towards Albstadt. At 3.2 km, it is the longer and richer spring stream.

Eichbach

The 2.2 km long Eichbach rises in Hesse on the grounds of the Hof Trages belonging to Freigericht . There he feeds the artificially created water hazards on the golf course . In Albstadt it joins the Wehmigbach at the sports fields .

course

After the confluence of the source brooks, it flows as the Albstädter Bach through the place where it operated the Albstädter Mühle and reaches Michelbach . There it bears the name Weibersbach and flows between the houses at the Michelbacher Schlösschen . It crosses under the 2305 state road through an underpass and flows into the Kahl .

Tributaries

  • Amselgraben (left, temporarily dry)
  • Karst trench (right, temporarily dry)

Kahl river system

history

Mills

  • Albstädter mill

See also the list of mills in the Kahlgrund .

See also

Web links

Commons : Weibersbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
  2. Our Kahlgrund 1957: Name of the headwaters at the Albstädter Mühle: Michelbach
  3. Bavarian Surveying Administration
  4. The Chronicle of Albstadt
  5. Our Kahlgrund 1980 . Homeland yearbook for the Alzenau district. Published by the working group for homeland research and homeland maintenance of the Alzenau district, district administrator. ISSN  0933-1328 .