Wolfsgraben (Altmühl)

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location Foreland of the southern Franconian Alb

Bavaria

River system Danube
Drain over Altmühl  → Danube  → Black Sea
source approx. 0.8 km southeast of Windsfeld opposite the Altmühl on the district of Theilenhofen - Wachstein
49 ° 4 ′ 24 ″  N , 10 ° 48 ′ 25 ″  E
Source height approx.  412  m above sea level NHN
Last mouth approx. 0.2 km west-north-west of the outskirts of Gundelsheim an der Altmühl Coordinates: 49 ° 3 ′ 40 ″  N , 10 ° 49 ′ 13 ″  E, 49 ° 3 ′ 40 ″  N , 10 ° 49 ′ 13 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  411  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 1 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.56 ‰
length approx. 1.8 km
Catchment area approx. 6.5 km²

The Wolfsgraben is an alluvial ditch connecting the Altmühl river in the municipality of Theilenhofen in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district in Central Franconia . It drains the shallow, left-hand floodplain of the river near the bank.

It begins at an altitude of 412  m above sea level. NHN south-east of Windsfeld and south-west of Wachstein and stretches for about 1.8 kilometers in a south-westerly direction parallel to the Altmühl through the wide open landscape of the wide valley floodplain . It absorbs the water from the Wachsteiner Bach and the Weidachgraben , both of which are original Altmühl tributaries. A first connection with the Altmühl is not far from the mouth of the Weidachgraben after a run of about one kilometer ( Lage ). The second and last connection is located northwest of Gundelsheim an der Altmühl at an altitude of 411  m above sea level. NN .

Like the Altmühl that runs parallel, the water overcomes a difference in altitude of only one meter, which is why the water drains off very slowly. After heavy rainfall, the landscape is inundated by the water masses of the Altmühl.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Tichy: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 163 Nuremberg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1973. →  Online map (PDF; 4.0 MB)
  2. ↑ a b c d BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
  3. ↑ Topographic maps , Bavarian Surveying Office ( BayernAtlas )

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