Rohrach (Wörnitz)

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The Rohrach, also called Western Rohrach, is a creek in the Bavarian districts White Castle -Gunzenhausen and Donau- Ries, from left opens at Wechingen in the Wörnitz. In one section he is also called a mill race.

Geography

Source

The source of Rohrach situated at an altitude of 549 m above sea level. NN between the desert and the hamlet Obelshof Krämershof of market Heidenheim district White Castle -Gunzenhausen.

Course

The Rohrach happened in a south-southeast direction Heidenheim cherry mill runs closely between the main town of Heidenheim on the left and the local area brick hut at the right hand of him. On her now südsüdwestlichen run flow at the wastewater treatment plant of the municipality from the right part of the springing in and on the nearby wood ticks Seven Springs, a few steps away from the left of the Röthelgraben. The half a kilometer further down the valley turn right which opens Faulerwasenbach, the west of the springs Heidenheimer Bucks in the coal wells, run to the other of the seven sources. Between the Balsenmühle and check the mill, on the mouth of the West of saffron Bach, it means water mill race. Shortly thereafter, it has inlet of the stone gutter close to the east. The following in the south running valley Hechlingen near the lake on the lower slopes of the mountain chapel, on the summit of the St. Catherine's Chapel stands, flows around the creek on its western edge and pulls it through the same site of the Hasenmühle.

Then the Rohrach opens to 468.5 m above sea level. NN in the approximately 23 -acre Hahnenkammsee, the oldest reservoir of the district of White Castle -Gunzenhausen, which is counted to the Franconian Lake District. After their reemergence in the south Rohrach happened the Heidenheim steel mill and then passed over to the municipality of Polsingen. Here they first attained the village Ursheim, immediately followed by Wiesenmuhle. The central Polsingen even touched in the north-east in a right turn, after it flows west-southwest. After the hamlet Kronhof on the left bank they leave the church, runs through the eastern Riesrand and flows into the area of Munningen in the district of Donau -Ries. Here it crosses the village leaves, opens at the eastern edge of the left spring meadow ditch. Shortly after the village it changes to exchange Inger district on the left bank follow here only the wolf, then the Pfladermühle each other. About three hundred yards further down opens the Rohrach after a run of about 19 km compared to the sports field and the St. Vitus Church of Wechingen to slightly below 410 m above sea level. NN from the left in the Wörnitz.

Just before the village leaves, branches off from the Rohrach right of Bader battle trench from reaching across the Neugraben the Wörnitz already 500 m above the Rohrach estuary.

Name interpretation

1053 Bach is called " Rohrara ", as flowing water ( Ache ), grows on the reed, called. The names were Germans, the fourth in the 3 / Century settled in the valley.