Bibert

The Beavers in Fuerth

Template: Infobox River / Obsolete

The beaver is a river in Central Franconia of nearly 36 km in length. After the Bavarian Water Act, the beaver is a body of water of the second order, for the improvement and maintenance of the district of Middle Franconia is responsible.

Geography

The Beavers springs southwest of Schmalnbühl ( part of the municipality Flachslanden ) on the franc height and flows through the Rangau. She crosses the municipalities of Rügland and Dietenhofen. In Münch cell of Haselbach joins the Beavers. South of the confluence with the leech and the pond Mühlbach Schwaighausen. At Großhabersdorf and Vincenzenbronn the river in the south flows past. East of the Ammer villages hamlet of boys mill forms the boundary between the Beavers Ammerndorf and Rosstal. The Zirndorfer Districts Weinzierlein, winter village and body Mühle is tangent to the Beavers north and then crossed Leichendorf and Fuerth. The last piece of Beavers, about 1.9 km, forms the border between the cities of Fuerth and Obersasbach. The Beavers flows over Weikershof, a place in the city of Fürth, in the Rednitz.

Like most of the western tributaries of the Rednitz has the Beavers a low gradient and low runoff and sand structures near the shore and in the river bed.

Environment

Fauna

Because of the large presence of the Greens Clubtail and traditional aquaculture, the beaver was explained by its floodplain and the Haselbach with its floodplain between Bruck mountain and the confluence with the Beavers at Münch cell to FFH area between Dietenhofen and Großhabersdorf. In the good 222 acre conservation area are also the Dark burnet - Large Blues, the yellow-bellied toad and the little river mussel to find. In the water there are a large number of different species of fish: grayling, barbel, trout (rainbow trout and brown trout ), char, pike, perch, carp, tench, eels, Rutten, nose, Koppen, gobies and white fish.

Flora

For inclusion in the list of Special Areas of Conservation led the extensively used hay meadows, the riparian forests of different levels as well as the wet tall herb fringe communities and forest edges.

Water quality

The beaver has, in its upper reaches, the water quality class II-III and improved in its lower reaches in the district of Fürth grade II at the measuring point of the Bibertmündung the river is so contaminated with the herbicide mecoprop that the quality objectives of the Water Framework Directive are exceeded.

Inflows

Among the tributaries of the Beavers include downriver considered:

Attractions and buildings

The Bibertgrund is a recreation and tourist area. Places of interest are, for example, the Playmobil Fun Park in Leichendorf, camping in body Mühle, the Ammer Mühle, the Gasthof Rotes Ross in Großhabersdorf, the restaurant "Zur monastery chapel " ( " Kappel " ) in Dieterich Hofener district Münch cell, the ruins of the moated castle castle Leonrod at Leonrod.

The Beavers gave the Bibertbahn her name, she associated to 1986 between the stations of stone and Großhabersdorf, before 1971 to Unternbibert - Rügland. On the route of the Bibertbahn today runs a popular bike path. Until Großhabersdorf the Rothenburgerstraße runs through the Biberttal.