Kraichbach

Seehausschleuse - historical Kraichbachschleuse between Hockenheim and Ketch (2004)

The Kraichbach (also called the Kraich ) is a 55 km long river in north-western Baden- Württemberg, which arises on the western edge of the Stromberg, northwest by the Kraichgau and the Upper Rhine Valley pulls and main run then at Ketch in the Rhein- Neckar-Kreis of right flows into the Rhine.

Course

The Kraichbach rises in the western edge heights of the Strombergs south the capital of the municipality rock star in the Enz district, where he first retention basins drinking Waldsee and after a few hundred meters, flows through the Kraichsee.

Then flows through or affects Kraichgau in the district of Karlsruhe, the main town and the district Flehingen the town of Oberderdingen, the districts Gochscheim, Münzesheim, Oberöwisheim and Unteröwisheim the city Kraichtal. In the district Ubstadt the community Ubstadt -Weiher he enters the Upper Rhine Valley, in which he sometimes passes between dams, is accompanied by side trenches long, even branches has and in more or less distance still in the district of Karlsruhe in succession passes by ponds, Stettfeld ( both community Ubstadt -Weiher ), bathroom Langenbrücken, bathroom Mingolsheim (both municipality of Bad Schönborn ) and Kronau. Then it switches to the Rhein- Neckar-Kreis, runs through the district of St. Leon the community of St. Leon-Rot, happened Reilingen and then traverses Hockenheim.

West of the ketch Kraichbach finally flows from the right and towards the local island in the Old Rhine.

Grave run in the Upper Rhine Valley

In the Upper Rhine Plain of Bach uses initially a long -reaching valley at its eastern edge, in the north after the Kraichbach has turned to the northwest, then the adjacent Leimbach flows. In this lowland area, the water usually runs in artificial ditches, often accompanied by flood protection dams, and often followed by addition trenches. Here you will discover the body of water also feeds from other divisions and the art trenches.

In the district area of Ubstadt -Weiher war Bach branches off to the west, crosses the forest area of ​​the Lußhardts northwest and flows into the Rhine Altlußheim. The diverted water is precisely controlled by a special defense.

The reciprocal digging begins his near right parallel run something before and ends after he has accompanied the Kraichbach 13 km long, finally at the St. Leon lake.

To the west of Hockenheim turn left from the old Kraichbach, the right flows into the Rhine, after combination with a slightly longer drain a separated Altrhein sling after 6 km run at Hockenheim seal grove.

A little later flows north of Hockenheim Talhaus ( industrial area ) immediately above the Seehausschleuse the Hardt stream in from the right, one to the west of ongoing discharge channel of the Leimbach through the forest area of Schwetzingen Hardt.

Inflows

Source of Kraichbachs in Trinkwald south of rock star at about 299 m above sea level. NN.

• Fed next to the Kraichwald to below 270 m above sea level. NN the drinking Waldsee, 0.34 ha
• Fed to 244.2 m above sea level. NN the Kraichsee, 0.856 ha
• Dog Aich, right east of Oberderdingen below the oil mill at 181.5 m above sea level. NN, 1.451 km.
• Froschgraben from the left in Oberderdingen between main and Bachstraße to about 176 m above sea level. NN, 2.811 km. Evolves from feldweg accompanying trenches south and southwest of the village, partly verdolt there.
• Mühlkanal the Lower Mill, after the village, 0.83 km.
• Gypsy ditch, from left opposite the Hock mountain at about 166 m above sea level. NN, 2.283 km. Lies in the eastern high forest of the Gypsies fountain at a small forest pond at about 195 m above sea level. NN, then mostly dirt road concomitantly.
• Kohlbach, from the right and east in Oberderdingen - Flehingen the water tower to almost 160 m above sea level. NN, 11.593 km and 46.899 km ². If more than 2 km longer than the Kraichbach headwaters at the confluence.
• Bolenzer ditch, left just before the outskirts of Flehingen to about 158 m above sea level. NN, 1.478 km.
• Inflow from the idol reason, right before the Flehinger treatment plant at about 156 m above sea level. NN, 2.284 km.
• Bauer Bach, from the left to the sewage treatment plant at about 155 m above sea level. NN, 4.197 km.
• Bach from the thief digging, from right to Brettener Hagenmühle to about 153 m above sea level. NN, 1.554 km.
• Mühlkanal in Kraichtal - Gochscheim, 0.456 km.
• Eschbach, from right little after Gochscheim to about 143 m above sea level. NN, 8.587 km.
• Pond Brook, from right in front of the mountian limit of Kraichtal coin home to about 140 m above sea level. NN, 4.291 km.
• Upper arable village stream, from left at the transformer station at the entrance of Münzesheim to about 137 m above sea level. NN, 1.686 km.
• Haubruchgraben, from the left of the center of coins home to about 135 m above sea level. NN, 2.462 km.
• Fürtbruch, left before the town of Münzesheim to about 133 m above sea level. NN 1.83 km.
• Ohlsbach, from left opposite the spiral forest at about 132 m above sea level. NN, 1.683 km.
• Klump Brunnbach, from left near the sulfur spring in the nature reserve at about 130 m above sea level. NN, 1.406 km.
• New citizens Baechle, right in the nature reserve at about 128 m above sea level. NN, 3.985 km.
• Oberöwisheimer village stream, from right at the breakpoint Oberöwisheim the Kraichtalbahn to about 127 m above sea level. NN, 6.834 km.
• Rußgraben from the left in the Ubstadter Bruchwiesen the community Ubstadt -Weiher at about 118 m above sea level. NN, 1.52 km.
• Berz or Bert Bach, right at Ubstadt station at about 113 m above sea level. NN, 1.7 km away.

Here the Kraichbach run in the Upper Rhine Valley occurs after approximately half of its course, and pre at the right edge to the north.

• Hollergraben, right on the northern edge of Ubstadt, 0.529 km.
• Boundary ditch, to or from left to war Bach feed Gießgraben by pond between Ubstadt and Stettfeld, 1.253 km.
• Toth, from right Stettfeld the Stettfelder sand to 108 m above sea level. NN, 17.038 km.

Disposal of the War of Bach, left, and right after that on the north-west Herdweg Bridge to below 108 m above sea level. NN, 18.288 km. Opens at Altlußheim right into the Rhine.

• Little Creek, from the right and the east by the district of Bad Schönborner Mingolsheim and Kehrbach, crossing in front of the Kronauer treatment plant, 10.659 km.

Subsequently, the Kraichbach detaches from the right side of the Rhine valley and then draws approximately north-west to the mouth.

• Sweeping digging, right at the St. Leon lake north of St. Leon, 13.011 km. Runs parallel to the right a bit before the war Bach finish and collects some inflows.
• Deduction ( the gravel pit lake and Lake St. Leon ), left at the Castle Mill Reilingen to less than 102 m above sea level. NN, 1.321 km.

Disposal of the Old Kraichbachs, to the left in the Hockenheimer Bachwiesen beyond the B 36, 3.555 km. Combines the west of the junction of the A61 Hockenheim from the right to the left slightly longer casting trench, which then 2.447 km later from the right leads as Kothlachgraben at the Speyer bridge the A61 at Hockenheim seal grove into the Rhine.

• Hardt Bach, from right at Ketch- lake house, 12.979 km. A relief channel of Leimbach by the Schwetzingen Hardt, who departs from this east of Walldorf to the left.

Mouth of the Kraichbachs west of Ketch in the local Altrheinarm right, the further downward flows back 4.35 km into the Rhine.

Attractions

Attractions along this stream include the picturesque old town of Gochscheim with the Graf- Eberstein Castle, the Kislau castle in Bad Schönborn ( today's correctional facility ) and the town of Hockenheim with the Tobacco Museum and the famous Hockenheimring.

Find out more

The Kraichbach was straightened as many bodies of water in the past. In Reilingen he pointed earlier to meander. In is the current quarry Reilingen, here gravel was mined, with finds of Homo erectus reilingensis were discovered.

Fauna

The Kraichbach forms a habitat for kingfishers and Others.