Weisach (Aisch)

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Weisach
Data
Water code DE : 242894
location Southern Steigerwald

Bavaria

River system Rhine
Drain over Aisch  → Regnitz  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Steigerwald, northwest of the village of Altershausen
49 ° 40 ′ 44 ″  N , 10 ° 34 ′ 44 ″  E
Source height 363  m above sea level NHN
muzzle south of Uehlfeld from the left and west in the Aisch coordinates: 49 ° 39 ′ 53 ″  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 15 ″  E 49 ° 39 ′ 53 ″  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 15 ″  E
Mouth height 275  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 88 m
Bottom slope 7.8 ‰
length 11.3 km
Catchment area 24.47 km²

The Weisach is an 11 km long river in Franconia . It flows in the Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district in Central Franconia and flows into the Aisch from the left to the south-east, south-east of Uehlfeld .

geography

course

The Weisach rises at about 363  m above sea level. NHN northwest of the village of Altershausen , just before the state road 2256 . Then the river runs in a south-easterly direction through the village of Altershausen. After about 3 km of the river, the two creeks Weißtannengraben and Schwambach flow into the Weisach from the right. Then the river, which runs in an easterly direction, passes the places Schornweisach and Tragelhöchstadt . After the tributary of the Egelsbach from the right, the river Uehlfeld flows through, where it flows into the Aisch after a total of 11.31 km from the left .

Tributaries

Tributaries from the source to the mouth. The table shows the length of the waters and the catchment area. Selection.

Serial No. Surname Inflow side Length
in km 		EZG
in km²
1 Schwambachgraben right approx. 1.04 approx. 0.51
2 Silver fir trench right approx. 1.10 approx. 0.70
3 Schwambach right approx. 1.20 approx. 1.44
4th Wallmershofgraben right approx. 1.66 approx 1.75
5 Crows pit right approx. 1.41 approx- 1.22
6th Forest ditch right approx. 0.63 approx. 0.48
7th Egelsbach Left approx 2.69 approx. 3.38
8th Cress ditch Left approx 1.75 approx. 2.90

Individual evidence

Water directory Bavaria ("GV")

  1. ↑ Length according to: Directory of stream and river areas in Bavaria - Main river area, page 57 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 3.3 MB) (number of pages may change.)
  2. ↑ Catchment area according to: Directory of stream and river areas in Bavaria - Main river area, page 57 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 3.3 MB) (number of pages may change.)

BayernAtlas ("BA")

Official online waterway map with a suitable section and the layers used here: Course and catchment area of ​​the Aisch General introduction without default settings and layers: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )

  1. ↑ a b Height queried on the background layer Official map (right click).
  2. ↑ Length measured on the official map background layer .

Other individual evidence

  1. ^ BayernAtlas. Retrieved July 8, 2019 .