Wiesent (Regnitz)

Wiesent
Limitation of Franconian Switzerland by various rivers
Data
Water code	EN : 2426
location	Franconian Switzerland Germany Bavaria Upper Franconia Bamberg district Bayreuth district Forchheim district
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Regnitz  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	near Stadelhofen - Steinfeld 49 ° 58 ′ 38 ″  N , 11 ° 9 ′ 13 ″  E
Source height	approx.  445  m above sea level NN
muzzle	near Forchheim in the Regnitz coordinates: 49 ° 42 '53 "  N , 11 ° 3' 6"  E 49 ° 42 '53 "  N , 11 ° 3' 6"  E
Mouth height	approx.  240  m above sea level NN
Height difference	approx. 205 m
Bottom slope	approx. 2.6 ‰
length	78 km
Catchment area	1041 km²
Discharge at the Muggendorf auxiliary gauge (63.6% of the catchment area) A Eo : 662 km² Location: 25 km above the mouth	NNQ (June 26, 1974) MNQ 1957–2006 MQ 1957–2006 Mq 1957–2006 MHQ 1957–2006 HHQ (January 26, 1995)	2.9 m³ / s 4.55 m³ / s 7.17 m³ / s 10.8 l / (s km²) 34.2 m³ / s 111 m³ / s
Wiesent in Ebermannstadt

The Wiesent is a right and eastern tributary of the Regnitz and the main river of Franconian Switzerland with a length of 78 kilometers.

Origin of name

The name of the Wiesent is derived from the Old High German name Wisantaha , which is made up of Wisant ( wisent ) and Aha (water) and means "water on which bison live".

geography

Wiesentquelle

The Wiesent spring is located in the west of Steinfeld , a district of the Stadelhofen community . It is a contained karst spring between the houses of the village, which rises in the reef dolomit of the Franconian Jura . The spring can have an enormous pouring down after heavy rain . The source is identified by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment as geotope 471Q001. See also the list of geotopes in the Bamberg district .

River course

The Wiesent initially flows in a south-easterly direction and turns to the south-west after Waischenfeld . From the mouth of the Aufseß in Doos it flows to the southeast, takes up the Püttlach at Behringersmühle and bends to the west. A few hundred meters downstream, it is reinforced by the Stempfermühlquelle (550 l / s). From Burggailenreuth via Muggendorf to the Neideck castle ruins near Streitberg , it flows to the northwest, then back to the southwest via Ebermannstadt and Pretzfeld . In Forchheim the Wiesent empties into the Regnitz.

Tributaries

The most important tributaries ( EZG > 10 km ² ) of the Wiesent are:

• Kainach
• Truppach
• Zeubach
• Aufseß
• Püttlach
• Line ladder
• Trubach
• Ehrenbach
• Reithgraben
• Breitenbach

A more comprehensive list, including small tributaries, can be found in the list of rivers in the Wiesent river system .

Places along the Wiesent

Traffic map from 1912 with the Wiesent at the bottom center and right

• Steinfeld
• Treunitz
• hole
• Wiesentfels
• Hollfeld
• Plankenfels
• Waischenfeld
• Behringersmühle
• Muggendorf
• Streitberg
• Niederfellendorf
• Ebermannstadt
• Forchheim

freetime and recreation

The Wiesent offers the only river hiking trip through Franconian Switzerland that is still permitted and is particularly popular with canoeists .

According to a new legal ordinance by the government of Upper Franconia , canoeing is only permitted to a limited extent from 2006 onwards, rafting is generally prohibited:

• From October 1st to April 30th, paddling is prohibited between Plankenfels and Gasseldorf.
• From May 1 to September 30, the Wiesent can be used from Plankenfels to Sachsenmühle from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from Sachsenmühle to Gasseldorf from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• The upper course is closed all year round as far as Plankenfels.
• You may only paddle in the direction of flow.
• Getting in and out is only permitted at marked points.
• All organized boating events with more than ten boats are prohibited, exceptions must be approved.
• The local boat rental companies are only allowed to use a prescribed number of rental boats that are marked accordingly.

Picture gallery

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  Wiesent spring in Steinfeld

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  Museum railway along the Wiesent

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  Wiesent near the Rabeneck Castle

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  Wiesent at Behringersmühle

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  Wiesent near Muggendorf

literature

• Franz X. Bogner: Franconian Switzerland. An aerial portrait . Ellwanger, Bayreuth. ISBN 978-3925361623 .
• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Wiesent . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 6 : V-Z . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1804, DNB  790364328 , OCLC 833753116 , Sp. 224-225 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Wiesent (Regnitz)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Wiesent: Flood risk management plan , water system , flood characteristics , flood events , government of Lower Franconia
• The Wiesent - river in the heart of Franconia
• Profile map of the Wiesent river water body
• Water body profile

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Flood risk management plan, catchment area Bavarian Main: Wiesent planning unit
2. ^ Deutsches Gewässerkundliches Jahrbuch Rheingebiet, Part II 2006 Bavarian State Office for the Environment, p. 101, accessed on October 4, 2017, at: bestellen.bayern.de (PDF, German, 23.6 MB).
3. ^ Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 242 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
4. ↑ Geotop: Wiesentquelle (accessed on July 7, 2015; PDF; 177 kB)