Menach

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The Menach (also written Mehnach, formerly Mennach ) is a river in the district of Straubing-Bogen, Lower Bavaria. She is one of the northern Danube tributaries in the area of the Bavarian Forest the waters from the waters of order 3 Type the Mehnach attributable to the coarse substrate rich, siliceous means mountain streams.

Course

It rises with Konzell and flows through the communities Haibach, Haselbach and Mitterfels direction arc. In Furth (city arc ) the Menach is divided by river regulation. One arm leads already here in the Kinsach, a second will be continued at the Kinsach along and once even under her channeled here running and reaches about two kilometers further along with the Kinsach the Bogener oxbow lake of the Danube.

Interventions

In the 1960s, the Menach was straightened by the land consolidation from the sewage treatment plant Haibach to the municipal boundary at Bachwies on the length of about one kilometer. This had, however, a negative effect on the flow behavior and thus on vegetation and wildlife. In the summer of 2000, was re- created as part of a restoration measure in a more natural stream course with meander loops, rocks and tree stumps to create a more chaotic flow and slow down the flow rate.

Accidents

On the evening of April 11, 2001 fell between Haibach and Waldmenach one with 32,000 liters of heating oil a fully loaded tanker about three feet deep slope down. It probably ran 15,000 liters in the Menach, of which a large part thanks to the local volunteer fire department who were 15 emergency vehicles quickly spot could be captured and pumped by oil booms. Damage to nature held despite this large amount within limits, the smell of fuel oil remained still for days throughout Menachtal.

Perlbach

The V-shaped valley of Mehnach in the range of Mitterfels is there still called Perlbachtal today. In this area of ​​Menach there was, as in many other streams in the area, significant deposits of freshwater pearl mussel.