Bühler (river)

Map of Buehler run

The Buhler at Vellberg - Rappolden

The Buhler is a 48 km long river in the northeastern Baden- Württemberg, which opens at Geislingen am Kocher in the community Braunbach in the district of Schwäbisch Hall from the right and south-southeast into the cooker.

• 3.1 Fauna
• 3.2 Flora

Name

The river's name derives from the Celtic bilerna ( the Shimmering ) from.

Geography

The Buhler is one of the few major streams that could be formed between the rivers Kocher and Jagst.

The Buhler has its origin on the eastern slopes of the ridge at Büchel Berger Pommertsweiler in Ostalb. There are a number of water leakage from the Knoll marls.

Was designated as the source of the Buhler " Berrothsbrunnen ". It flows very resistant to the north- north-west, nowhere avoids it has fallen by more than 3 km from the straight line between source and mouth. Below Pommertsweiler Buhler is dammed to forge lakes.

Later they initially flows in a gentle meadow valley the landscape between the Keuper and Limpurger Ellwanger mountains. Between Obersontheim and Vellberg it reaches the hard layers of the Upper Muschelkalk, and enters into an initially very narrow Meander. In Geislingen am Kocher, now buried more than 150 meters deep into the plateau of the Haller level, it opens about a kilometer before the Kochertalbrücke crosses the valley from the right in the cooker.

Tributaries

The two longest tributaries Fischach and Schmerach of Buhler are about 14 km long. Remarkably, open the valleys of the larger tributaries preferably opposite direction to today's flow direction of the Bühler, an indication of the previous affiliation of Buhler Danubian river system as well as about the orientation of the upper reaches of Buhler in more than 7 km distance almost parallel, but flowing southward Blind Red.

Diagram of the tributaries of the Buhler

Environment

Fauna

The fire salamander is native to the deep gorge-like valleys of Buhler. Rarely you can watch the kingfisher. More commonly, however, the Dipper is below the water surface to hunt for aquatic insects. On the stone bars of the lower Bühlertals lizards bask. Several bat species were detected: Parti-colored Bat, Barbastelle, common pipistrelle and the greater mouse-eared. In the Buhler itself bullhead, Strömer, crayfish and caddis fly larvae live. Whether the river lamprey still occurs is uncertain.

Flora

In its course, the flora changed with the change of geological layers. In the upper Bühlertal prevails on the sandy soils ( Stubensandstein, pebble sandstone, Schilfsandstein ) before the coniferous forest.

• In humid places one often finds the peat moss (Sphagnum sp. ), The blueberry ( Vaccinium myrtillus), the club moss ( Lycopodium spp.), The rare fern ( Blechnum spicant ).
• On warm forest edges, the rough carnation (Dianthus armeria ) is often found.
• Very rarely is the arnica (Arnica montana).

Already in Gipskeuper similar to the flora of the Muschelkalk, but still has its own character. The forests now consist mainly of deciduous trees.

• In the middle Bühlertal the mosquito Händelwurz ( Gymnadenia conopsea ) and the Ordinary Frans gentian ( Gentianopsis ciliata ) growing on a few small heaths.

The plant life changes again on the steep slopes of the Muschelkalk.

• Often the flower of the Stinking Hellebore (Helleborus foetidus ) begins in February.
• In the early spring of Hohlknollige Corydalis ( Corydalis cava ) and wild garlic (Allium ursinum ) cover wide areas in the deciduous forests.
• Not too rare liverwort ( Hepatica nobilis), the wild hops ( Humulus lupulus), the Turk's cap lily ( Lilium martagon ) and the Genuine clematis (Clematis vitalba ).
• Very rarely, however, the Hart ( Phyllitis scolopendrium ) and the honesty are ( Lunaria rediviva ).
• The thin-lipped helleborine ( Epipactis leptochila ) was detected in 2005 for the first time.
• Coming from Kochertal the Lesser squill ( Scilla bifolia ) has migrated far into Bühlertal a piece.
• Near it often grows, the forest - Yellow Star ( Gagea lutea).

Alpine Squill

Stinking Hellebore

Türkenbundlilie

Attractions and buildings

• The steep slopes in the shell were a natural protection for the eight castles that lined the valley between Vellberg and Geislingen. Apart from her neck trenches of them is hardly anything left today.
• In the valley at Neunbronn near Sulzdorf the tusk of a mammoth was found in the 16th century, which was then interpreted as a unicorn's horn. The tusk is still located in the Church of St. Michael in Schwäbisch Hall.
• In Geislingen am Kocher dinosaur bones have been found (see Bridge Museum Geislingen am Kocher ).