Schefflenz (Jagst)

The Schefflenz in its lowest part of the valley, about a kilometer upstream of the mouth

Schefflenz shortly before its confluence

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The Schefflenz is a right tributary of the Jagst in northern Baden -Württemberg. On her good 23.5 km long run it crosses the Neckar- Odenwald-Kreis and the district of Heilbronn.

Course

The Schefflenz rises immediately north of Großeicholzheim (municipality Seckach ) to 328 m above sea level. NN and then flows in a southerly direction.

It crosses successively the districts named after her community Schefflenz, namely Kleineicholzheim, upper, middle and lower Schefflenz. Then it flows through the Billigheimer districts Katzental, cheap home and Allfeld where the Sulzbach opens. In the lower reaches turned to the south-west, it forms the boundary between city and Neudenau Gundelsheim. It flows in this area an idyllic meadow valley, whose slopes are on both sides consisted of forests. North of Untergriesheim it opens at 151 m above sea level. NN last more significant tributary in the lower reaches of Jagst. Geologically runs the Schefflenz in the layers of the Muschelkalk.

Data

The catchment area of ​​Schefflenz is 95.1 km ². Although it is limited to a few kilometers narrow strip along the river course, the creek thus belongs together with the Seckach, the Kessach and the Erlenbach to the four major Jagst inflows at its lower reaches and is the catchment area after the fourth largest Jagst inflow. In the west, the catchment area is limited by the Elz, in the east of the Seckach. The only inflow of more than 5 km in length, the Sulzbach in Allfeld. At the local level, the mean outflow of Schefflenz is 0.53 m³ / s with a catchment area of 60 km ². The catchment area still includes in addition to lying right on the river places the villages Sulzbach and Waldmühlbach (both community cheap home ).

Inflows

  • Götz wells (right), in Seckach - Großeicholzheim, at 0.3 km
  • Eberbach (right), in Schefflenz - Kleineicholzheim 2.5 km
  • Franken Bach ( left), with Schefflenz - Oberschefflenz, 0.8 km
  • Auebächlein (right), in Schefflenz - Oberschefflenz, 3.0 km
  • Kertelgraben (left), in Schefflenz funds Schefflenz, 2.7 km
  • High Weidenbach (right), between Schefflenz funds Schefflenz and Schefflenz - Unterschefflenz, 1.3 km
  • Narrow meadow ditch (right), in Schefflenz - Unterschefflenz 1.2 km
  • Apple Bach ( right), south of Schefflenz - Unterschefflenz, 0.6 km
  • Wolf creek (left), with cheap home, 3.9 km
  • Schafgraben (right), during low- Home 1.2 km
  • Chair Waldgraben (left), south of Cheap Home, 0.7 km
  • Chair blade ( left), north of Cheap -Allfeld 1.2 km
  • Sulzbach (right), during low -Allfeld, 6.4 km
  • Marl blade ( right), during low -Allfeld, 0.6 km
  • Möckmühlergrund (left), during low -Allfeld, 1.1 km
  • Bach from the Hoschelwald (left), to the south by low -Allfeld, 1.6 km
  • Kisslichklinge (right), to the south by low -Allfeld, 0.8 km
  • Moosichklinge (right), at sub Bichelbacherhof, 0.9 km
  • Bartelsbächle (left), north of Neudenau, 3.0 km
  • Klinge (right), west of Neudenau 2.5 km
  • Löchlesgraben (right), southeast of Gundelsheim Peak Mountain, 0.8 km

Flood protection

After the flooding events of December 1993 and January 1995, the municipalities Cheap Home and Schefflenz felt obliged to establish the purpose association flood protection Schefflenztal. To protect against a 100 - year flood event three territorially effective retention basins were built:

  • Oberschefflenz - tithe meadows, water level 47800 m³, controlled basin
  • Means Schefflenz - Schendel meadows, water level 44000 m³, controlled pool with Weather Station
  • Katzental - Upper meadow valley, water level 152900 m³, controlled pool with Weather Station

The Schefflenztal as a traffic

The importance of Schefflenztals traffic is comparatively low. At its entire length, it is crossed by the country roads L520/L526 and crosses at Oberschfflenz and Kleineicholzheim of the railway line Neckarelz - Osterburken. Between 1908 and 1965 the Schefflenz Valley Railway opened up in addition to the section of Oberschefflenz to cheap home.

Heilbronn (district) Seckach (Jagst) Erlenbach (Jagst) Elz (Neckar)
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