Rems

The Rems shortly before its confluence with the Neckar near Remseck

Location of the Rems

The Rems [ ʁɛms ] is a river in Baden- Württemberg. It rises to 551 meters above sea level. NN near the village of Essingen in eels in Ostalb at the foot of the Swabian Alb and ends after about 78 km at Neckarrems the district of Ludwigsburg to 203 m above sea level. NN from the right into the Neckar.

Geography

Remsursprung

The Remsursprung or Remsquelle is located about 3 km southwest of Essingen to 551.4 m above sea level. NN next to the L in 1165 south of the mountain forests Hart. There is a designated as a natural monument karst spring. The Rems arises from a small opening in the mountainside. Right at the source of the Remswanderweg begins.

Course

From its origin in Essingen from the Rems flows a short distance to the north and then take the direction to the west. It forms a broad valley and is accompanied in it by the Federal Highway 29 and the Rems Railway, making the Rems valley is an important traffic route of East Württemberg and the adjacent areas of Bavaria for the greater Stuttgart area. After the communities Essingen, Mögglingen and Böbingen the settlement becomes denser, and commercial and industrial facilities are numerous. The Rems now reached the district town of Schwäbisch Gmünd. After Lorch it changes over the Rems- Murr district of Ostalbkreis. Behind Pluederhausen and Urbach they come to the district town of Schorndorf, which opens from the right the only major tributary, coming from the north from the Welzheimer Waldwiesenstrasse run. From here you can find on the valley slopes vineyards; the Rems Valley is one of the largest wine regions Württemberg. Riverside lie Paderno, Remshalden and the city formed from different localities wine town, seat of Remstalkellerei, the largest wine cooperative in the Rems valley. Besides vineyards are also found many fruit crops, especially cherries and apples are cultivated.

Finally reached the Rems Waiblingen, the administrative seat of the Rems- Murr -Kreis. From here on the course as the form of the Remstales drastically change. While main road and continue straight ahead Rems Railway to the west in the direction of Stuttgart, bends the Rems from the northwest. From the soft Keuper stage it enters into the harder limestone area, the valley becomes narrower. Below Waiblingen- Neustadt it flows past the headquarters of the chain saw Stihl factory and is crossed by the 239 m long and 45 m high viaduct of the railway line Waiblingen- Schwäbisch Hall Hessental. Then she comes with powerful meanders into the nature reserve Lower Rems valley. The baffle slopes are today mostly wooded; but partly wall remains of former vineyards are visible. The flatter Gleithänge are still used for agriculture. Shortly after crossing into the district of Ludwigsburg, the Rems flows with Neckarrems into the Neckar.

In Schwäbisch Gmünd

In Remshalden

The Rems in Neckarrems

Confluence with the Neckar in Remseck

Inflows

Source of Rems about 3 km southwest of Essingen.

  • Old Rems, from right at Essinger customs house, 3.7 km and 2.9 km ².
  • Ammerbach, from right in Mögglingen, 3.4 km and 6.6 km ².
  • Lauter, from left Mögglinger the train station, 5.1 km and 10.3 km ².
  • Sulzbach, from left opposite the Barnberg, 1.1 km.
  • Klotzbach or Upper Mühlbach, from left below the Remsbrücke the Klotzbach street in Böbingen, 8.8 km and 9.0 km ².
  • Krümmlingsbach or Büchelesbach, from left to Schwäbisch Gmünd - rooms, 5.3 km and 7.2 km ².
  • Sulzbach from the Schießtal, right in the center of Schwäbisch Gmünd, 5.3 km and 12.5 km ².
  • Joseph Bach, from the left edge of the old town Gmünd, 13.2 km and 48.5 km ².
  • Rotenbach, right 4.0 km and 4.4 km ².
  • Tiefenbach from the Hölltal, from left, 4.3 km and 6.3 km ².
  • Tannbach or (at right upper reaches ) also Lichtenbach, from left opposite a court of the district Großdeinbach of Gmünd, 4.6 km and 7.6 km ².
  • Prey Bach, from left in the rich field against the Lorcher Haldenhof, 6.3 km and 9.8 km ².
  • Swiss Bach, from right at Lorch, 10.8 km and 28.4 km ².
  • Götz Bach, from right in Lorch, 4.9 km.
  • Aimersbach, right past the cemetery shortly after the previous, 5.2 km.
  • Walkerbach, right to the Lorcher lakes to 273.2 m above sea level. NN, 8.4 km and 17.1 km ².
  • Schlierbach, right at Pluederhausen (Rems -Murr -Kreis), 2,7 km.
  • Oak Brook, from left Pluederhausen at 2.9 km.
  • Bear Creek, right across from two small lakes at 255.4 m above sea level. NN, 8.0 km and 16.2 km ².
  • Urbach, from right in Urbach at the bridge of the Rems Railway, 8.6 km and 11.0 km ².
  • Wieslauf, from right near Schorndorf to 248.2 m above sea level. NN, 23.7 km and 77.2 km ².
  • Oak Brook, from the left, opposite the sports fields between Rems and the Wieslauf - Altlache, 4.8 km.
  • Schornbach, from right in Schorndorf, 6.6 km and 11.1 km ².
  • Ramsbach, from right near Schorndorf, 2.9 km.
  • Brunnbach, in the lower reaches Weilerbach, from left in winter creek, 3.9 km.
  • Sit Bach, from the left in winter creek, 4.9 km and 7.1 km ².
  • Krebsbach, from right in winter creek, 2.4 km away.
  • Monk Klingenbachstrasse, left to the wastewater treatment plant, 2.8 km.
  • Lochbach from the Lochshau, from left by - Remshalden Geradstetten at the Rapp 's Mill, 1.7 km away.
  • Tithe Bach, from the right 200 m off the eastern settlement boundary Grunbachs, 2,6 km.
  • Grunbach, from right channeled under the Mill Road in Grunbach, 2.8 km and 1.8 km ².
  • Gundelsbach, right on the Wine City - Grunbacher exit onto the B 29, 3.7 km.
  • Heppach, from right below the ridge Großheppacher walkway next to the B 29, 2.8 km and 7.6 km ². Runs soon after entry into the village underground channel.
  • Swiss Bach, above and bag Bach, from left bag between Bach and Bach Enders at the ramp to the B 29, 11.6 km and 35.6 km ².
  • Haldenbach, from left near the blind end of the Birkelstraße in Enders Bach, 11.1 km and 26.0 km ².
  • Beibach, from left opposite the Waiblingen district Leg Stone, 5.6 km.
  • Schüttelgraben, from left in the area of ​​the city of Waiblingen, 5.0 km and 13.8 km ².
  • Kätzenbach, from right in front of the center of Waiblingen, 2.1 km.
  • Soren Bach, from the right after a few steps in subterranean route, 2,7 km.
  • Erbach, right by the Fuchsklinge, 3.8 km and 4.3 km ².

Mouth of the Rems from the right in the Neckar at 203.2 m above sea level. NN after 78.4 km run in Remsecker Neckarrems district and opposite the district Neckargröningen.

Towns and municipalities in Rems

The Rems successively passes through the following counties and municipalities:

  • Ostalb essingen
  • Mögglingen
  • Böbingen
  • Schwäbisch Gmünd
  • Lorch
  • Pluederhausen
  • Urbach
  • Schorndorf
  • Paderno
  • Remshalden
  • Wine city
  • Waiblingen
  • Remseck

Use history

The water of the Rems drove from the Middle Ages onwards, especially water mills. The built to Mühlwehre prevented long time rafting. However, although the Württemberg Müller order from 1627 called for the Floßbarmachung the Rems, but not until 1715 after the construction of the city and residence Ludwigsburg eliminated, in order heranzuschaffen that there used wood, the obstructive weirs or bypassed it with sluices. From 1723 it inspired on the river much funeral wood from the forest Schorndorfer. 1747 was the entrepreneur Braxmayer who had built numerous sluices, for ten years the raft chord on the Rems. In order to transport still more wood so over the river, was placed in the middle of the 18th century at four inflows raft lakes, which accumulated in winter, drained to the raft time and were grazed in summer. The lake on the lower reaches of the Swiss Bach at Lorch served as rafting on the upper reaches of the Rems above Lorchs, but this was abandoned in 1826 due to lack of water. The pent- 1744 Ebnisee was the most important of the Rems- raft lakes.

The first timber garden on the Rems was in Neckarrems; In 1834 a second invested in Waiblingen, whose goods envelope soon surpassed that of the Neckarremser. In the middle of the 19th century, the expansion of logging roads made ​​the rafting on the Rems unprofitable, so that you also already discussed in the Assembly proceedings from 1849 and the Parliament of 1850, set the Rems- rafting all. This happened after the opening of the Rems Railway in 1862.

Flood protection

The water level reached in Schorndorf on 21 March 2002 with 512 centimeters and 13 January 2011 with 522 centimeters historic highs; the statistical 100-year water level is at 521 centimeters. The flooding of the flood of 2002 directed between Remshalden and Waiblingen to damages in the amount of 40 million euros.

The Water Board Rems has developed a concept for flood protection, that provides that the construction of flood retention basins. In the years 2002-2008, the retention basins Schorndorf Winter Bach, Reichenhof / Schwäbisch Gmünd and Lorch - Waldhausen were built, another is planned between Pluederhausen and Urbach.

The flood of 2011 did not lead to flooding in the Rems valley. Its main cause was the feed from the Wieslauf that opens in Schorndorf on the middle reaches. In the course of the retention basin Schorndorf Winter Bach was almost completely flooded, the above -lying basins Lorch - Waldhausen but only by the hour.

Critics of the flood concept - including the Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany - complain that mainly surface sealing multiply the flood and is getting worse, and that this will not defend. According to estimates of the country from the year 2006, the settlement area in the Rems valley by 2014 increase by a further 14%.

High-water mark in Schwäbisch Gmünd 1912

Tiefenbach (Rems) Rotenbach (Rems) Ludwigsburg (district) Winterbach, Baden-Württemberg Muschelkalk Cut bank Point bar Beutelsbach (Weinstadt) Weinstadt High water mark
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