Döllbach (Fliede)

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The Döllbach, also called the upper reaches also moat and in the middle reaches Döllau, is about 23.5 km long, right or southeasterly inflow of Lilac in the districts of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria and Fulda, in Hesse.

Course

The Döllbach arises as a moat in the Hohe Rhön. Its source lies within the Rhön biosphere reserve in the area of ​​military training area wildlife spots on the southwestern edge of the nature reserve Haderwald ( NSG-Nr. 318 486 ), which was founded in 1997 and approximately 17.83 km ² is large. It is located at the Bavarian- Hessian border around 4 km east-northeast of the village of moths, the chief town of the same name, between the Dalherdaer dome ( also called Dalherdakuppe; 800.6 m ) in the north and the three- field cap ( 832 m) in the southeast to about 710 m above sea level. NHN.

A little below its origin the moat flows at about 300 m length in the Rhön Nature Reserve by Hessian area, and then in the northern part of the Bavarian district of Bad Kissingen in the Milseburger Kuppenrhön between the High chamber (700 m) in the north and the Ehrenberg (approx. 674 m; westward infuse location of the pilgrimage church Maria -Ehrenberg ) in the south, now called Döllau in the Bavarian Rhön Nature Park. There he runs through the below belonging to the Brückenauer Kuppenrhön Great hood ( hood Mottener; 658.1 m), this village moths, in which he crossed State Road 27, according to which the river turns north.

Below moths the Döllau forms the natural border of the Bavarian district of Bad Kissingen ( with the Bavarian Rhön Nature Park ) in the east to the Hessian Fulda district ( with the Rhön Nature Reserve ) to the west, coming opens to the west from the direction Uttrichshausen the Schmidt water. Shortly after, it passes along the B 27, the Hessian village Altenhof, which belongs to the district of Ebersburger Thalau. Henceforth, he forms the natural border of the Rhön in the Northeast and the Hessian ridge in the southwest.

After that reached the final Bach Hesse, where he is called Döllbach. Along the B 27 towards the north-west running it flows into the commune of oak cell, where it is bridged by the 600 m long Döllbachtalbrücke the Federal Highway 7. Then it flows, according to open out the Zillbachs, through the village Döllbach, after which the Thalaubach opens. Further along the B 27 to extend the above it applied BAB 7 he reached the village Eichenzeller Rothemann. There, the stream leaves the Rhön Nature Reserve and the B 27 and passes through the village Neuhofer Hattenhof, after which it passes under the railway line only Fulda- Hanau ( Kinzig Valley Railway ) and then the federal highway 40.

Ultimately, the Döllbach flows through the Eichenzeller village Kerzell to something north of it, after passing under the K 100 and on his last Bach meters from the south, after overcoming of around 446 m difference in altitude to about 264 m in the there on their last Bach meters from the west zoom flowing Fulda inflow Lilac (near Fliedebachkilometer 3.8 ) to open. Your mouth north opposite the candle creator hamlet Steinberg.

Catchment and inflows

Among the tributaries of the Döllbachs whose catchment area covers 75.082 km ² belong with orographic mapping (l = left side, R = right side), river length, Mündungsort with Döllbachkilometer and - if known - catchment size ( bach downward considered ) /:

• Schmidt water ( l; 7.2 km ) below moths (near 14.65 km ), 16.164 km ²
• Zillbach ( l, 3.8 miles), above the village Döllbach (near km 10.55 ), 9.302 km ²
• Thalaubach (r; 8.2 km ) below the village Döllbach (near 9.55 km ), 9.262 km ²

Name

In Rothemann the creek is also called " beautiful Fulda ". The name comes from a slurring of scanum Fulda ( Fulda short ) as described in old maps and in contrast to the " long Fulda " that flows through the neighboring valley.